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Big Question: How do we
decide the value of
different resources?
Author:
Sarah Angliss
Genre:
Expository
Nonfiction
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Vocabulary Words:
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• moisture
• heroism
• storage
• passage
• organism
• journalism
• failure
• mixture
• postage
• luggage
• departure
• patriotism
• optimism
• acreage
• percentage
• enclosure
• voltage
• temperature
• mannerism
• metabolism
• impressionism
• patronage
• brokerage
• architecture
Vocabulary Words
More Words to Know
 characteristic
 rivet
 engulfed
 log cabin
 corrode
 exploit
 extract
 hoard
 solvents
 lumber
 miners
 prospect
Question of the Day
How do we decide the
value of different
resources?
 Build Concepts
 Main Idea
 Text Structure
 Build Background
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Phrasing
 Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
 Spelling: Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure
 Resources
Listen as I read “Children of the
Gold Rush.”
As I read, notice how I
emphasize the chunking of groups
of words together into
meaningful units.
Be ready to answer questions
after I finish.
Why do the Andersons move to
the Klondike?
How did the narrator’s
experiences during the gold rush
affect the rest of her life?
 log cabin – a small roughly-built house
made of logs
 lumber – timber that has been
roughly cut into boards and prepared
for use
 miners – people who work in a mine
 prospect – to explore a region for oil,
gold, or other minerals
 (Next Slide)
Concept
Vocabulary
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Minerals
Resources
Forests
Water
Main Idea and
Details,
Text Structure
Turn to Page 600 - 601.
Properties
Gold
Uses
Where it’s
found
This week’s audio explores gold
prospecting. After you listen,
we will discuss what surprised
you the most about people who
still prospect for gold today.
Vocabulary
Words
 characteristic – distinguishing
one person or thing from others;
special
 corrode – to wear or eat away
gradually
 engulfed – swallowed up;
overwhelmed
 exploit – to make use of
 extract – to pull or draw out
 hoard – what is saved and stored
away
 rivet – a metal bolt with a head
at one end, the other end being
hammered into another head
after insertion
 solvents – substances, usually
liquids, that can dissolve other
substances
 (Next slide)
Grammar
Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
 at increased tempuratures, gold
can be stretched in to fine wire
 At increased temperatures, gold
can be stretched into fine wire.
 golds atoms bond together loose
 Gold’s atoms bond together
loosely.
Gold is 19.3 times denser than
water.
Denser is a comparative
adjective. It is used to compare
two things, gold and water.
Comparative adjectives are used
to compare two people, places,
things, or groups.
Add –er to most short adjectives
to make their comparative forms.
Use more with longer adjectives.
Superlative adjectives are used
to compare three or more people,
places, things, or groups.
Add –est to most short
adjectives to make their
superlative forms.
Use most with longer adjectives.
Adjective Comparative
small
smaller
Superlative
smallest
precious more precious most precious
Never use more or most with –er
or –est.
No: most longer, most
amazingest
Yes: longer, most amazing
When adding –er or –est to an
adjective that ends in e, drop
the e: large, larger, largest.
If the adjective ends in y,
change the y to i: merry,
merrier, merriest.
If the adjective ends in a single
consonant, double the consonant:
hot, hotter, hottest
Some adjectives have irregular
comparative and superlative
forms: good, better, best; bad,
worse, worst; much, more, most;
little, less, least
Adjective
fancy
rare
delicate
thin
rugged
lovely
good
Comparative
Superlative
My ring is (more beautiful,
beautifuller) than my sister’s ring.
 more beautiful
There is (more, most) brass than
gold in this goblet.
 more
Terri put her charm bracelet in
the (most safe, safest) place she
could find.
 safest
I tightened the clasp to make the
necklace (securer, more secure)
than before.
 more secure
• mileage
• moisture
• heroism
• storage
• passage
• organism
• journalism
• failure
• mixture
• postage
• luggage
• departure
• patriotism
• optimism
• acreage
• percentage
• enclosure
• voltage
• temperature
• mannerism
• metabolism
• impressionism
• patronage
• brokerage
• architecture
Question of the Day
Why do you think gold is
no longer used to make
coins for everyday use?
 Context Clues
 Main Idea
 Cause and Effect
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Echo Reading
 Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
 Spelling: Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure
 Social Studies: Gold as World Currency
 Resources
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues
Turn to Page 602 - 603.
Gold
Turn to Page 604 - 609.
Turn to page 613.
As I read, notice how I group
together the words that form
independent clauses and
prepositional phrases.
We will practice as a class doing
three echo readings.
Grammar
Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
 pure gold are one of us most
precious metals
 Pure gold is one of our most
precious metals.
 can gold be shaped in their
pure form
 Can gold be shaped in its pure
form?
A comparative adjective is used
to compare two persons, places,
things, or groups.
Add –er to a short adjective.
Use the word more with a longer
adjective.
A superlative is used to compare
three or more persons, places,
things, or groups.
Add –est to a short adjective.
Use the word most with a longer
adjective.
• mileage
• moisture
• heroism
• storage
• passage
• organism
• journalism
• failure
• mixture
• postage
• luggage
• departure
• patriotism
• optimism
• acreage
• percentage
• enclosure
• voltage
• temperature
• mannerism
• metabolism
• impressionism
• patronage
• brokerage
• architecture
Question of the Day
Why is it unlikely that a
gold rush would occur
today?
Text Structure
Context Clues
Vocabulary
Fluency: Phrasing
Grammar: Comparative and
Superlative Adjectives
Spelling: Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure
Science: Gold Leaf
Resources
Gold
Turn to Page 610 - 614.
Turn to page 606, paragraphs 1-2.
As I read, notice how I use
punctuation as a guide to chunking
words into meaningful groups.
Now we will practice together as
a class by doing three echo
readings.
Grammar
Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
 most metal ores they have a
high percentege of impurities
 Most metal ores have a high
percentage of impurities.
 bank vaults is safest than other
places to store gold bullion
 Bank vaults are safer than other
places to store gold bullion.
A comparative adjective is used
to compare two persons, places,
things, or groups.
Add –er to a short adjective.
Use the word more with a longer
adjective.
A superlative is used to compare
three or more persons, places,
things, or groups.
Add –est to a short adjective.
Use the word most with a longer
adjective.
You can add variety and color to
your writing by using comparative
and superlative adjectives, in
addition to positive adjectives, in
your descriptive writing.
Positive: The movie was
interesting.
Comparative: The movie was more
interesting than my brother’s
one-of-a-kind reptile collection.
• mileage
• moisture
• heroism
• storage
• passage
• organism
• journalism
• failure
• mixture
• postage
• luggage
• departure
• patriotism
• optimism
• acreage
• percentage
• enclosure
• voltage
• temperature
• mannerism
• metabolism
• impressionism
• patronage
• brokerage
• architecture
Question of the Day
What other valuable
“nuggets” might someone find
from prospecting for gold or
by pursuing other manmade
resources, such as money?
Online Reference Sources
Reading Across Texts
Fluency: Partner Reading
Grammar: Comparative and
Superlative Adjectives
Spelling: Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure
Social Studies: Make a Collage
“The California
Gold Rush”
Turn to Page 616- 619.
Turn to page 606, paragraphs 1-2.
Read this three times with a
partner. Be sure to group words
into meaningful units and offer
each other feedback.
Grammar
Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
 gold never loses it’s lusster
 Gold never loses its luster.
 gold is an heavy metal than
others
 Gold is a heavier metal than
others.
A comparative adjective is used
to compare two persons, places,
things, or groups.
Add –er to a short adjective.
Use the word more with a longer
adjective.
A superlative is used to compare
three or more persons, places,
things, or groups.
Add –est to a short adjective.
Use the word most with a longer
adjective.
Test Tip: When taking a test,
never use more and –er or most
and –est together.
Incorrect: Gold is one of the
most valuablest metals.
Correct: Gold is one of the most
valuable metals.
• mileage
• moisture
• heroism
• storage
• passage
• organism
• journalism
• failure
• mixture
• postage
• luggage
• departure
• patriotism
• optimism
• acreage
• percentage
• enclosure
• voltage
• temperature
• mannerism
• metabolism
• impressionism
• patronage
• brokerage
• architecture
Question of the Day
How do we decide the
value of different
resources?
Build Concept Vocabulary
Main Idea and Details
Paraphrase
Context Clues
Grammar: Comparative and
Superlative Adjectives
Spelling: Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure
Type Formats
Resources
The supporting details in a paragraph
all contribute to the main idea.
The main idea is always a complete
sentence, which may or may not be
directly stated.
When you paraphrase a passage of
writing, you put it in your own words.
A paraphrase should reflect the
author’s ideas and opinions but be
easier to read than the original.
Paraphrasing is an important skill
that students use to study for
tests, to gather research for
reports, and to retell stories.
You can use the context, or words
and phrases around an unfamiliar
word, to help determine meaning.
List any unknown words you find as
you read Gold. Create a chart
showing the unfamiliar word, helpful
context clues, and a definition
based on these clues. You can use a
dictionary or glossary.
Word
Context Clues
Meaning
Different type formats are used
to make printed information more
clear and easier to read.
Boldface is used to draw
attention to words and phrases.
Titles of selections, headings,
and vocabulary words often
appear in boldface.
Italics are used for titles.
Underline is sometimes used to
draw attention to words.
Type size can be varied to
make titles and headings stand
out.
Bullets are often used to set off
a series of steps or main points.
Grammar
Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
 over 100,000 “fourty-niners’ went
to california hoping to find there
fortunes
 Over 100,000 “forty-niners” went
to California hoping to find their
fortunes.
 most prospectors in the california
gold rush was failers
 Most prospectors in the California
Gold Rush were failures.
A comparative adjective is used
to compare two persons, places,
things, or groups.
Add –er to a short adjective.
Use the word more with a longer
adjective.
A superlative is used to compare
three or more persons, places,
things, or groups.
Add –est to a short adjective.
Use the word most with a longer
adjective.
• mileage
• moisture
• heroism
• storage
• passage
• organism
• journalism
• failure
• mixture
• postage
• luggage
• departure
• patriotism
• optimism
• acreage
• percentage
• enclosure
• voltage
• temperature
• mannerism
• metabolism
• impressionism
• patronage
• brokerage
• architecture
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