Ms. Kidwell English 6

1. Ms. KidwellEnglish 6 Lesson #17: prefix/suffix Fables, Writing Process: Rough Draft

2. Prefixes & Suffixes

3. Warm Up: Preheating • Write the prefix and suffix • Write the root word • Write the definition using the root • Use the word in a sentence • Make a new word with the root

4. preheating • pre- and –ing suffix • heat • To put heat before • My mom preheated the oven to make it warm before she baked the cookies. • Heating, heater, heated

5. Grammar and Parts of Speech

6. Adjectives describe: Which one (that, this)

7. Adjectives describe: How many (ten, three)

8. Adjectives describe: What kind (old, young, tall, short)

9. Adjectives can compare two items by using the suffix –er or the word more. Smarter, longer, taller, redder, closer

10. Adjectives can more than two items by using the suffix –est or the word most. Smartest, longest, tallest, reddest, closest

11. Circle the adjective and decide if it’s comparative or superlative.

12. Central High has the shortest basketball team in the league. • One of their most skillful plays is to pass the ball through the opponents'’ legs. • Central wins a lot of games because the team’s players are more clever.

13. The opposing team is dizzier because Central dribbles circles around them. • The toughest game of the year was against South High • Central’s captain won the game with the fanciest shot of the game.

14. Central High has the shortest basketball team in the league. • One of their most skillful plays is to pass the ball through the opponents'’ legs. • Central wins a lot of games because the team’s players are more clever.

15. The opposing team is dizzier because Central dribbles circles around them. • The toughest game of the year was against South High • Central’s captain won the game with the fanciest shot of the game.

16. Let’s Write

17. Review the writing process: 1. Prewrite (make a plan for your paper)2. Rough Draft (put your thoughts in paragraphs)3. Revision (make improvements to your paper)4. Proofread (fix your mistakes in spelling, punctuation, etc..)

18. This week’s revision You used your creativity and originality to create your re fable. Now, you are going to revise, or improve your paper.

19. Let’s Revise our papers: 1. Switch papers with one of your classmates. Make sure the paper has three paragraphs.

20. Let’s Revise our papers: The paper should animals characters who have a problem and then find a way to solve it. At the end there should be a moral at the end.

21. Circle your favorite sentence in the paper. Now think of one way your classmate could make the paper more interesting

22. STORY TIME

23. Remember: Fables are stories that usually have animal characters and teach a moral or lesson at the end of the story. Aesop was a Greek slave who wrote many fables.

24. The Wolf and the Crane A Wolf had been gorging on an animal he had killed, when suddenly a small bone in the meat stuck in his throat and he could not swallow it.

26. He soon felt terrible pain in his throat, and ran up and down groaning and groaning and seeking for something to relieve the pain.

28. He tried to induce every one he met to remove the bone. "I would give anything," said he, "if you would take it out." At last the Crane agreed to try, and told the Wolf to lie on his side and open his jaws as wide as he could.

30. Then the Crane put its long neck down the Wolf's throat, and with its beak loosened the bone, till at last it got it out. "Will you kindly give me the reward you promised?" said the Crane.

32. The Wolf grinned and showed his teeth and said: "Be content. You have put your head inside a Wolf's mouth and taken it out again in safety; that ought to be reward enough for you."

34. Moral: Gratitude and greed go not together.

35. In other words, be thankful instead of asking for a reward.

36. The Frog and the Ox "Oh Father," said a little Frog to the big one sitting by the side of a pool, "I have seen such a terrible monster!

37. "It was as big as a mountain, with horns on its head, and a long tail, and it had hoofs divided in two."

39. "Tush, child, tush," said the old Frog, "that was only Farmer White's Ox. It isn't so big either; he may be a little bit taller than I, but I could easily make myself quite as broad; just you see."

40. So he blew himself out, and blew himself out, and blew himself out. "Was he as big as that?" asked he.

41. "Oh, much bigger than that," said the young Frog. Again the old one blew himself out, and asked the young one if the Ox was as big as that.

42. "Bigger, father, bigger," was the reply. So the Frog took a deep breath, and blew and blew and blew, and swelled and swelled and swelled. And then he said: "I'm sure the Ox is not as big. But at this moment the frog burst.

43. Moral: Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

44. In other words, thinking too highly of yourself can cause you big problems

45. Answer these questions on the fables? What motivated the the frog to blow out his cheeks? To show his son he could be as big as an ox

46. Answer these questions on the fables? What was the consequence of the frog’s action? He blew out his cheeks too far and exploded.

47. Answer these questions on the fables? What problem did the wolf have? He had a bone stuck in his throat.

48. Answer these questions on the fables? How did the wolfsolve this problem? The crane reached into his throat to get the bone out.

49. Answer these questions on the fables? What motivated the crane to help the wolf? The wolf promised him a present for his help.

50. Answer these questions on the fables? Why was the crane mad at the wolf? The wolf refused to give him his reward.