Transcript one

The Midnight Ride of
Paul Revere
Word Structure
DAY ONE
What do the following
words have in common?
These words are homophones.
Homophones are two or more
words that sound the same
but have different spellings
and meanings.
It is easy to make a mistake
by writing one homophone
when you mean another.
Make sure you are alert of
homophones when you
proofread your writing.
Sometimes you will need to
use context clues to
determine the correct
meaning of the homophone in
a particular sentence.
Define each word in the word pairs.
hear here
meet meat
hour our
one won
• hear: to listen to, here: at, in, or to this
place
• meet: to come upon or find by chance,
meat: the flesh of an animal used as food
• hour: unit of time equal to sixty minutes.
our: of, belonging to, or relating to us
• one: single person, thing or unit, won: to gain
a victory
Use each word in an original
sentence that demonstrates the
meaning of the word.
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hear
here
meet
meat
hour
our
one
won
rain
reign
Define each word and use each
word in an original sentence.
• rain: precipitation that falls from the
sky
• reign: to rule, or to be in power
What do the following
words have in common?
These words are irregular
plurals. Irregular plurals are
words that do not follow the
regular rules for making words
plural. Most words are made
plural by adding –s or –es, as in
dogs or porches.
What are the rules for forming
regular plurals?
• For words that end in a consonant and y, change
the y to i and add –es, as in cities.
• For words that end in a vowel and y, just add –s,
as in keys.
• For some words that end in f or fe, change the f
or fe to v and add –s, as in leaves.
• For words that end in a consonant and o, you add –
s, as in pianos.
• For words that end in o preceded by a vowel, just
as –s, as in radios.
• For words that end in s, z, ch, sh, or x, just add –
es.
What is the singular form of
children, salmon, feet, and people?
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child
salmon
foot
person
Use a dictionary if you are
unsure of the singular or plural
form of a noun.
Look at pages 240-243 of your
Student Reader. Identify
three regular plurals and two
irregular plurals. Provide the
singular and plural of each
word. Share your words with
the class.
Create two original sentences. Each
sentence should use two of the words
from the word line.
children
salmon
feet
people
DAY TWO
Identify the type of words
represented in the
following slide.
All of these words are closed
compound words. Closed
compound words are
compound words with no
space between the smaller
words, such as popcorn. The
two words are written as one.
Divide the compound words into
two words.
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moonlight
moon/light
churchyard
church/yard
overhead
over/head
shoemaker
shoe/maker
Put each word in an original
sentence. Each sentence should
clearly reflect the word’s meaning.
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moonlight
churchyard
overhead
shoemaker
What structural feature
do the following words
have in common?
These words have the suffix
–less, which means “without.”
For example, hopeless means
“without hope.”
Identify the base words in
fearless, hopeless, friendless, and
sightless.
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fear
hope
friend
sight
Define fearless, hopeless,
friendless, and sightless.
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fearless: lacking intimidation, brave
hopeless: with no hope of success
friendless: without a companion
sightless: without vision or not being
able to see
What part of speech are all the
words?
• adjectives
Put each word in an original sentence.
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fearless
hopeless
friendless
sightless
DAY THREE
fear
hope
sight
• These are base words from day two.
Work in small groups and add two
derivatives for each base word. Define
each new word and use each in an
original sentence
bare
would
• These words are homophones. Provide
the second half of each homophone pair.
Define each word and use each in an
original sentence reflecting the word’s
meaning.
DAY FOUR
Explain what compound words are.
Work in small groups and find other
closed compound words in the
previous selections. Identify the
smaller words that make up a
compound. Define the new words and
use each of them in an original
sentence. Each sentence should
clearly express the meaning of the
compound word. Share some words
sentences with the class.
DAY FIVE
Define homophones.
• Words that sound the same but have
different spellings and different
meanings.
bawl ball
great grate
billed build principal principle
• Work in small groups and use each new
word in an original sentence. Each sentence
should clearly reflect the meaning of the
word.
• Share one of your sentences with the class,
and have the class identify which word of
the homophone pair was used in the
sentence.
Complete the activity on pages
143-144 of Skills Practice 1
for practice with homophones
and the suffix –less.