Transcript Theme 2: Give It All You`ve Got

Theme 2:
Give It All You’ve Got
What does that phrase mean?
It means to try your best, put
out all the effort you can.
 Can anyone give an example of
people who tried very hard to
reach a goal?
Michelle Kwan
 Genre:
131A
 Autobiography:
Michelle Kwan
writes about her life and career.
 Summary
 Figure
skater Michelle Kwan
writes about the hard work it
takes to become a senior skater.
Michelle Kwan
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 Background
The
theme for the next
few stories is about
daring, determined people
who meet challenging
goals.
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*read pgs.136-137
Vocabulary
137A
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Key Concept: figure skating competition
amateur: someone who engages in an
athletic activity for fun rather
than for pay
artistic: showing skill and good taste
audience: the people gathered to
see and hear a performance
Vocabulary (cont)
 elements:
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the parts of which
something is made up
 judges: people who decide who
wins a contest
 presentation: performance
 pressure: urgent or forceful
demand
Vocabulary (cont)
required:
necessary,
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essential
technical: having to do
with technique
compete: to take part in a
contest
Vocabulary Link
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lacrosse: a sport played with teams using
long sticks with net pockets to catch and
throw a ball
stickball: a simple game where players use
a long stick to hit a ball
match: a sports contest
opponents: players on opposite sides in a
sports contest
dexterity: skill in using hands and body
Reading Strategy:
137B
Evaluate
This autobiographical selection is told
by Michelle Kwan. As you read, evaluate
how well you get to know her through
her own words.
 Make judgments based on the
information given to you
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How well do you get to know Michelle Kwan?
An autobiography is a story that
is written by themselves.
Comprehension Strategy
Fact and Opinion
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137C
Michelle Kwan expresses her thoughts
on own skating talent at the Nationals.
 The phrases I still believe, feel, and I
thought are clues that she is expressing
an opinion
 A fact is something that is true and can
be proven.
 An opinion is a belief, thought, feeling
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Phonics and Decoding
 What
137A
are our Phonics and
Decoding skills?
 These skills are: chunking,
affixes, vowel sounds,
blending, beginning, and
ending, syllables, words you
know, word parts, root words,
base words.
Phonics and Decoding
I
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explained to him that the
challenge of becoming a top-level
skater and maybe getting into the
194 Olympics was irresistible to
me.
 How do we figure out this word?
Use your phonics and
decoding skills.
Decoding
Decoding Longer Words
Compound Words
157E
 My
spirals, my edges, my footwork.
 foot and work – create this word
 when two smaller words are put together
they form a compound word
 It is possible to figure out the meaning
of the compound word by combing the
two meanings of the two smaller words
 footwork means the movement of the
feet, as in figure skating
Compound Words
Compound Words are smaller words put
together to form one word.
Phonics
157F
Silent Consonants
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What are some of our Phonics and Decoding
skills?
 These
are chunking, affixes,
different vowel sounds, look at the
beginning, middle and end of words,
root words, base words, words you
know, look carefully
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The letter g is sometimes silent, most
commonly when followed by the letter n,
as in gnashed and alignment
Silent Consonant (cont)
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the letters gh are sometimes silent, most
commonly when they appear in the letter
patterns igh (lightning, highway) and
 ough (brought, thorough, through)
 Other silent letters include the b in
words like climbing, the t in words like
fastened and the k in knowledge
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Spelling
Compound Words
157G
 Wheelchair,
up-to-date, first aid
 A compound word is a word made up
of two or more smaller words
 Some are written as one word
(wheelchair), as hyphenated (up-todate), as separated words (first aid)
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Vocabulary Skills
Word Families
157I
Words from the same family are often
related in both spelling and meaning
 Michelle was in excellent health, but her
sprained ankle took a long time to heal.
 Pay attention to the vowel sounds:
 wise - wisdom
 nature – natural
 athlete – athletic
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Grammar Skills
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Common and Proper Nouns:
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A
common noun names a person,
place, or thing
 A proper noun names a particular
person, place or thing. It is always
capitalized. In proper nouns of
more than one word, each important
word is capitalized.
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Possessive Nouns
159E
Possessive Nouns show ownership.
 To form the possessive case of a
singular noun, add ‘s.
 To form the possessive case of a
plural noun ending in s, add just an
apostrophe.
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To form the possessive case of a plural
noun that does not end in s, simply add
‘s the way you would with singular nouns.
Common and Proper Nouns
A Common Noun
is a person,
place, or thing.
A Proper Noun is
a specific
person,
place, or thing.
Common_and_Proper_Nouns.asx
Grammar Skills
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Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
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A possessive noun shows ownership or
possession.
 To make a singular noun possessive, add ‘s
 To make a plural noun possessive, add an
apostrophe if the noun ends with s (‘).
 Add an apostrophe and an s to plural words
that do not end with s - (‘s) ex. Children’s,
men’s, women’s, mice’s, oxen’s, deer’s
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Grammar Skills
Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
Common_and_Proper_Nouns.asx
Remember to add ‘s to singular nouns and s’ to
the plural nouns.
Grammar
Adverbs and Comparing with Adverbs
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An adverb is a word that modifies a verb.
An adverb can tell how, when, why, or where.
An adverb can come before or after the verb it
modifies.
An adverb that ends in –er compares two actions.
An adverb that ends in –est compares three or
more actions.
For adverbs that end in –ly, use more to compare 2
actions, and most to compare 3 or more actions.
Never use –er and more, or –est and most
together.
Adverbs
Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, and other
adverbs.
Possessive Nouns
159E
Possessive Nouns show ownership.
 To form the possessive case of a
singular noun, add ‘s.
 To form the possessive case of a
plural noun ending in s, add just an
apostrophe.
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To form the possessive case of a plural
noun that does not end in s, simply add
‘s the way you would with singular nouns.
Information and Study Skills
Have you ever used the internet?
 The internet is a worldwide network of
computers that passes along
information.
 The World Wide Web is a portion of
the Internet that is made of “pages”
with text and graphics.
 Users can move between Web pages by
clicking on links on each page
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Information and Study Skills
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A Web site is a place on the Internet, made
up of one or more Web pages, that is created
by a group or individual to share information.
A search engine is a tool that can help users
find information. At the search engine web
site, the user types in a word or phrase to
find, and the search engine provides a list of
Internet sites to choose from. The search
site may also suggest topics that can lead to
information.
Spiral Review – Comp Skill
Making Judgments
 A judgment is an opinion based on
personal experiences and values
 Inferences are needed to make
judgments
 All sides of an issue should be
considered when making a judgment
 There is never only one correct
judgment
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Spiral Review - Grammar
Adverbs and Comparing with Adverbs
 An adverb is a word that modifies a
verb.
 An adverb can tell how, when, why, or
where.
 An adverb can come before or after the
verb it modifies.
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Spiral Review – Grammar (cont)
An adverb that ends in –er compares 2
actions.
 An adverb that ends with –est compares
3 or more actions.
 For adverbs that end in –ly, use more to
compare 2 actions and most for 3 or
more actions.
 Never use –er with more or –est with
most
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Fact and Opinion
Fact – can be proven true or false
 Opinions – own personal thoughts,
feelings, beliefs
 Other people can disagree
 Key words to watch out for: best,
greatest, worst, worse, always,
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Subjects and Predicates
Every sentence needs a subject and
predicate.
 The big, hairy dog.
 Ran very fast up the stairs in my house.
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Spelling Test
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1. basketball
2. wheelchair
3. cheerleader
4. newscast
5. weekend
6. everybody
7. up-to-date
8. grandparent
9. first aid
10. wildlife
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11. highway
12. daytime
13. whoever
14. test tube
15. turnpike
16. shipyard
17. homemade
18. household
19. salesperson
20. brother-in-law
Challenge Words
extraordinary
2. self-assured
3. quick-witted
4. limelight
junior high school
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Study Guide
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Vocabulary
Evaluate
Fact & Opinion
Compound Words
Silent Consonants
Words Families
Common and Proper Nouns
Singular and plural possessives
Adverbs
Possessive Nouns
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Fact and opinion
 Compound words
 Silent consonants
 Singular plural possessive nouns
 adverbs
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