Transcript Theme 4 Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers PPoint

Yang the Second and Her
Secret Admirers
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Genre: Realistic Fiction
 Realistic
characters and events
come to life in a fictional plot.
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 When
Selection Summary:
Yinglan Yang is uninterested
in American culture after the
family’s move from China, her
brother and sister plot to change
her mind.
 This
Background
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theme is about the ways in which
people connect with one another.
 You are about to read about a brother
and sister who use a trick to try to
get their older sister to connect with
a boy at her school.
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 What
are some of your customs?
Vocabulary
 accompaniment:
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a musical part that
adds to the performance of a singer
or musician
 demonstration: a process through
which someone shows and explains to
others how something works.
 heritage: all the practices and beliefs
passed down from earlier
generations.
Vocabulary
impressed:
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had a strong,
positive effect on someone’s
feeling.
noble: showing greatness of
character by unselfish
behavior.
opera: a form of theater
Vocabulary
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rhythmic:
having a strong
beat with a pattern to it
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tradition:
the passing down
of culture from one
generation to the next.
Phonics
What
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are our Phonics/Decoding
skills?
They are chunking, words we
know, beginning and endings,
affixes, syllables, try
different vowel sounds, base
words or root words, blending,
look carefully
Vocabulary Link
culture: the customs, beliefs, and way
of life common to a set of people
 customary: according to habit or
tradition; usual
 utensil: an instrument used to handle
and eat food
 consumed: eaten or used up
 converse: to talk with one or more
people
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Phonics
It
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could turn out to be
really embarrassing for
Second Sister.
Help me figure out this
word. What word parts do
you know?
Reading Strategy
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 Strategy
Focus: Question
 Who is Yang the Second? Who secretly
admires her? As you read the selection,
use what you discover about characters
and events to create more questions
that you can ask your classmates.
 By
asking yourself questions about the
characters and events of a story can
help you better understand what is
happening,
Comprehension Skill
 Compare
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and Contrast
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will focus on how characters or
events are alike or are different.
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Venn Diagram PB 233
 Compare
is how things are similar
 Words such as like, as, or both
signal comparisons.
Contrast is to find the differences.
 The word but signals contrast.
Decoding Longer Words PB 237
Words ending in –ed or -ing
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 Look
at the familiar word ending.
Remember when you add –ed, drop the
e, and add –ed or -ing.
 Now we were using the lines we had
rehearsed.
 When the ending is added to a word like
begin that has a short vowel sound in the
final syllable, the final consonant is doubled
 The
two of us were beginning to repeat
ourselves.
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Words ending in –ed or –ing
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paused to wash a couple of rice bowls
before continuing.
 When I cover the –ing, I don’t recognize
that word (continu), then I remember
that words ending with e drop the e
when an ending is added.
 arrange - arranging
 sip – sipped
 practice – practicing
 nod – nodded
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Suffixes
Suffixes are word
parts added to
base words or
word roots that
changes the
meaning of the
word.
Phonics
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Double Consonants
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Recognizing words with double consonants can
help you decode unfamiliar words.
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in most words with double consonants,
the consonants stand for a single sound
 2. in a few words with double consonants,
each consonant stands for a separate
sound
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Third Sister suggested that we stand behind a
dinosaur.
Help me figure out this word.
Spelling
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Words with –ed or -ing
words are made from a base word
 deserved,
mixed
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directing, planned, visiting,
 When
a base word ends with e, the e is
usually dropped when –ed is added. ex.
deserved
 When
a base word doesn’t end with
an e, no spelling change is needed.
ex. directing
Spelling
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Words with –ed or –ing
 When
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a one-syllable base word ends with
one vowel and a single consonant, the
consonant is usually doubled when –ed or
–ing is added, ex. planned.
 When a two-syllable word ends with one
vowel and a single consonant, the
consonant is often not doubled when –ed
or –ing is added, ex. visiting
 When a one-syllable base word ends with
one vowel followed by an x, the x is not
doubled because it stands for 2 sounds
Vocabulary
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PB239
 Classifying
 What
spelling words complete these word
groups?
 found, saw,
 spotted
 basketball, soccer,
 swimming
 funny, laughable,
 amusing
Vocabulary Skills
Dictionary: Prefixes
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 The
lines suddenly sounded really stiff
and unnatural.
 If you recognize the base word but not
the part attached to it, you may be able
to figure out its meaning by looking up
the word part in the dictionary.
 Dictionaries list prefixes alphabetically.
 What do these prefixes mean?
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Prefixes
un- means not
re- means again
Prefixes are word
parts added to a ‘
base word or word
root that will
change the meaning
of the word.
im- means not,
or opposite
Con and com mean with,
together, sometimes
not
Grammar
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Interjections
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interjection is a word or words
that expresses strong feeling.
 An interjection usually appears at
the beginning of a sentence.
 An interjection can be followed by
either a comma or an exclamation
point, depending on how strong a
feeling is expressed. PB. 242
Grammar Skills
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Quotations Trans 4-20
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PB 243
direct quotation gives a speaker’s
exact words.
 Set off exact words with quotation
marks.
 Begin each quotation with a capital
letter.
 Place end punctuation inside the quotation
marks.
 Use commas to separate most quotation
from the rest of the sentence.
Quotations
Quotation marks
are use for exact
words said.
“I like you,” said Tom.
Tom said, “I like you.”’
“I like pizza,” said Mr. A, “and watching movies.”
Pay attention to where the commas are.
Grammar Skills
Quotations Trans 4-20
 When
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the speaker’s name comes
first, use a comma before the
quotation.
 If a quotation is two sentences, use
a period after the speaker’s name
and capitalize the first word of the
second sentence.
 Begin a new paragraph each time the
speaker changes
Punctuating Quotations
 Good
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writers are careful to
punctuate quotation correctly.
 ex. The only thing we have to fear
is fear itself,” said President
Roosevelt.
 corrected: “The only thing we have
to fear is fear itself,” said
President Roosevelt.
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Quotations (cont)
Rafael said, “Can we play now?”
 Remember: comma goes outside, and
capitalize the beginning, and punctuation
goes inside.
 “I like to eat ice cream,” said Joanna,
“and watch t.v.”
 With continuing quotes remember to not
capitalize second part, and pay
attention to the comma placement.
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Writing Skills
A How-to Paragraph Trans 4-21
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Using Order Words
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Trans 4-22
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Grammar Skills
Action Verbs and Direct Objects
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 An
action verb tells what the subject of
a sentence does or did. For example,
Yang listens in the hall. They drove
away.
 A direct object is a noun or a pronoun in
the complete predicate that receives
the action of the verb. It answers the
question What? or Whom? For example,
Paul looked at the dinosaur. Third Sister
thanked her mother. She thanked her.
Direct Objects
Verbs
Linking Verbs, Verb Tenses, and
Subject Agreement
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A
linking verb links the subject with a
word in the predicate that names or
describes the subject. A linking verb
does not show action. ex. is, am, was,
were, are
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Some verbs can be either linking verbs or action
verbs. The visitors looked at the dinosaurs. The
dinosaurs looked strange.
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present tense verb shows action that
happens now. Paul blushes.
Subjects and Predicates
Subject is who or what
the sentence is about
The predicate is
what the subject
did or has done or
is doing.
Linking Verbs, Verb Tenses, and
Subject Agreement (cont)
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A
present tense verb and its subject must
agree in number. To form the present
tense of most verbs that have a singular
subject, add s or es. Do not add s or es if
the subject is plural or I or you. ex. The
child runs. The children run.
 To form the past tense of most verbs add
–ed.
 A future tense verb shows action is going
to happen, use will or shall
Spelling Test
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1. covered
2. directing
3. bragging
4. amusing
5. offered
6. planned
7. rising
8. deserved
9. visiting
10. mixed
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11. swimming
12. sheltered
13. resulting
14. spotted
15. suffering
16. arrested
17. squeezing
18. ordered
19. decided
20. hitting
Challenge Words
rehearsing
 shredded
 anticipated
 scalloped
 entertaining
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Study Guide
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Question
Compare and contrast
Word ending –ed, -ing
Double consonants
Classifying
Prefixes
Interjections
Quotations
Verbs
Direct objects
Subject verb agreement