Transcript Journal of Wong Ming-Chung

“The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung”
Vocabulary
claim
levee
rocker
prospect
nugget
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
claim
In 1852 he joins his Uncle on a gold claim outside of
San Francisco.
The gold prospectors built a shack on their claim.
claim: a section of land declared as belonging to one person or
group of people
Context clues
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
levee
He decides to take his company to the
Sacramento Delta to build levees.
The levee on the riverbank protected
our town from flooding.
levee: an embankment built along a river to keep the river from
overflowing.
Context clues
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
rocker
The only signs that humans had been here
were the rotting rockers and ruined
shacks.
During the Gold Rush, prospectors used
rockers to separate gold from soil.
rocker: a device used to separate gold from sand and dirt
Context clues, word structure
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
prospect
This morning he told the Fox that he was going to stay
and prospect. Uncle said he would search around here
for a new claim.
During the Gold Rush, many people moved to California
to prospect.
prospect: to look for gold
Context clues, word structure
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
nugget
I said that the owner had probably thought there
would be nuggets just waiting to be picked
upriver. “Maybe even big as melons,” Uncle had
to laugh.
Her favorite necklace was a gold nugget on a
string.
nugget: a solid lump
Context clues
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
Spelling pattern
1. agent
-ent or -ant
11. confident
2. tolerant
12. represent
3. resident
13. violent
4. present
14. recent
5. assistant
15. continent
6. different
16. immigrant
7. permanent
17. important
8. prominent
18. protectant
9. apparent
19. insistent
10. dependent
20. hesitant
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
Word Knowledge
What do these words have in common?
writing
glittering
spending
climbing
They all end in -ing. Words ending in –ing are the participle forms
of verbs. They can function as verbs, adjectives, or nouns (called
gerunds).
Example: I was spending money (verb). I went on a spending spree
(adj). Spending money frivolously is dangerous (gerund).
Can you come up with your own examples of 3 sentences using the
same word as a verb, adj., and gerund?
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
Root word mount
mount
paramount
mountain
mountaineer
The root word mount comes from the Latin word montmons,
meaning “to project or threaten”
Use the Latin root to develop your own definition of the word mount.
Can you think of other words that contain mount as either a
noun or a verb?
Prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of root words. For example,
mount means “a hill or rising of land,” and the prefix para- means
“closely related to.” Therefore, paramount means “something of high
status” or “very important.”
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
/
Uncle
trample
l/ spelled -le
amble
grumble
regrettable
Notice: a consonant precedes (comes before) this
spelling.
Can you think of other words that have this spelling?
BONUS QUESTION: Can you think of a suffix that
contains this spelling pattern?
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
Spelling Patterns
What do these words have in common?
immigrant
protectant
insistent
hesitant
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
-ing words
He was writing about spending the
glittering gold.
What words have -ing?
Notice: Writing is used as a verb. When –ing words are
used as verbs they always have a helping verb. Helping
verbs are forms of the verb “to be.”
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
Root Words
It is paramount that the climber make it to the
mountain peak before the sun sets.
Identify the words with the root word mount.
Can you make up your own sentence using these words?
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
/
l/ spelled -le
With a chuckle, Uncle copied me.
Which words have the /
l/ sound spelled –le?
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary
Suffix -ant
The Statue of Liberty was a welcome sight for
an immigrant arriving in the United States.
Which word has the suffix -ant?
Open Court 5th grade Unit 5, Less. 3;
Michelle Wohlgemuth--Cawston
Elementary