Transcript Theme 6 Grizzly Bears PPT

Theme 6
594K
Animal Encounters
Theme Opener
Read the Anthology pg. 594
Grizzly Bear
►Genre:
595B
Nonfiction
►Expository nonfiction selection
about grizzly bears.
►Selection Summary:
►Photographer Michio Hoshino
spends nearly a year in the
Alaskan wilderness capturing the
lives of grizzly bears.
►This
Background
600A
theme is about human
encounters with wild animals.
►You will read about a remarkable
person who spent a year observing
and photographing grizzly bears in
Alaska.
►What are some challenges of
photographing wild animals?
► Read
“Wild Alaska” pg. 600
Background
►Let’s
600A
discuss these vocabulary words:
►wilderness
►tundra
►abundant
►caribou
►territory
►wariness
Vocabulary
►abundant:
601C
Trans 6-1
PB 347
more than enough;
plentiful
►aggressive: bold; ready and
quick to fight
►carcass: the dead body of an
animal
►wariness: the state of being on
one’s guard
Vocabulary
►dominance:
601C Trans 6-1 PB 347
the condition of
having the most control
►subservience: the state of
being willing to yield to other’s
power
►territory: an area inhabited by
an animal or animal group and
defended against intruders
Vocabulary
601C Trans 6-1 PB 347
►tundra:
a treeless Arctic region
where the subsoil is permanently
frozen and where only low shrubs,
lichens, and mosses can grow
►wariness:
the state of being on
one’s guard
►wilderness: any unsettled region
in its natural state
Vocabulary Link
► precaution:
actions taken ahead of time
to guard against possible danger
► unpredictable: difficult to figure out
ahead of time
► assume: to take for granted; suppose
► racket: a loud, unpleasant noise
► detour: to go another way when the
original way cannot be used
Phonics/Decoding Skills
►What
601C
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
Phonics/Decoding Skills
►sedges
601C
– grasses that grow in
wetlands – are particularly important,
because they grow rapidly in the
early spring and are rich in protein.
►Help me figure out this word using
our Phonics/Decoding
Strategies.
Reading Strategy
601B
Evaluate
►When you read, evaluate how the
author’s personal involvement
affects his writing.
►Does the story entertain you?
►How does it make you feel?
►Use your other reading
strategies as you read.
Comprehension Skill
601C/623A
Making Generalization
►A
Trans 6-2
PB 348
generalization is a statement that is true
for most but not all of the people, things,
animals, or circumstances it describes.
► Words such as most, usually, and often can
signal a generalization.
► A generalization can be valid (based on
facts), or invalid (not supported by facts)
► To decide whether a generalization is valid,
they can think about whether it is based on
enough examples.
►This
Voice
605
story is nonfiction, the author
still manages to achieve a strong
voice – a sense that the writing
comes from him and him alone.
►The use of first-person voice gives
the feeling that the author is
speaking from experience.
►They include statements of personal
belief, it shows point of view.
Decoding Longer Words
Prefixes
PB 352
623E
Decoding Longer Words
623E
Prefixes PB 352
►The
moose turned to
confront the bear.
►The prefix con- comes before the base
word (front) to change its meaning.
►Confront means “to come face to face”
►Grizzlies depend on salmon and other
nourishing foods for their existence.
►by recognizing prefixes you can break
words into syllable. (ex is tence)
Decoding Longer Words
623E
Prefixes PB 352
►Grizzlies avoid contact with other
bears during most of the year.
►Help me figure out this word.
►Pick out the prefixes in these words:
►encounter
►connected
►command
►protect
►premature
prefixes
► Con-
together or with
► Com- together or with
► Ex- from, out, beyond, former
► En- to put, get into, or cause to be
► Pre- before
► Pro- before, forward, forth
Phonics
623F
/k/ and /kw/ sounds
► Recognizing
the letters that can stand
for the /k/ and /kw/ sounds can help you
decode unfamiliar words.
► Letters k, c, ck, or ch can stand for the
/k/ sound
► Letters qu or kw can stand for the /kw/
sound
► As summer nears, the daylight hours
lengthen quickly until the nights are
completely gone.
Phonics
►Tell
623F
/k/ and /kw/ sounds
me what letters stand for the /k/
or /kw/ sounds.
►He quietly watched the bear.
►His hands were aching.
►You could feel the coldness of
the water.
►It is critical to be careful.
►How awkward was that?
►The bears skidded to a halt.
Spelling
623G
PB 353
More Words with Prefixes
►compare,
convince, enforce,
excite, preserve, and propose
►The underlined parts are
prefixes, word parts added to
the beginning of a base word or
word root to add meaning.
►Finding familiar prefixes can help
you decode unfamiliar words.
Vocabulary
►Word
623G
PB354
Extensions
►consist inconsistent
►inconsistent is a new word
formed by adding a prefix
and a suffix to consist
Vocabulary Skills
Using Context
Trans 6-3
623I
PB 356
►Word’s
context consists of the
surrounding words and sentences that
sometimes provide clues to its
meaning.
►Context can help you figure out the
meaning of a word.
►When salmon are rare, grizzlies will
hungrily devour every one they catch.
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Help me figure out this word using context clues.
Grammar Skills
623K
Contractions with not
►
Trans 6-5 PB 357
►You
can combine some
verbs with the word not to
make contractions. ex. hasn’t
►An apostrophe (‘) takes the
place of the letter or
letters dropped to shorten
the word.
Grammar Skills
623K
Negatives
Trans 6-6
PB 358
►Sentences should only have one
negative.
►Remember won’t is made up of
two words, will and not.
►A negative is a word that means
“no” and “not”
►Do not use double negatives in
sentences.
Improving Your Writing
►Adjective
623L
PB 359
or Adverb
►A good writer is careful to use an
adverb, not an adjective.
►To tell how much or to what
extent about an adjective.
►You are a real good friend. (wrong)
►Corrected: You are a really good
friend.
Adjective or Adverb
Adjectives describe
nouns or pronouns.
Adverbs describe verbs.
Writing Skills
623M
An Opinion Paragraph
►A person’s opinion is a belief that
may or may not have facts to
support it.
►opinions are highly personal and
likely to vary from person to
person.
►opinions are often written for the
purpose of persuading others.
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Trans 6-7
Avoiding Double Negatives
►Remember
623N
that the words
no, not, none, and nothing
are called negatives.
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Trans 6-8
PB 361
Spiral Review
►A
thesaurus
623R
thesaurus is a reference tool
used to find or replace words and
make writing more interesting.
►A thesaurus may list words
alphabetically or group words by
categories.
►A thesaurus contains both
synonyms and antonyms.
Spiral Review
623R
synonyms, antonyms
►synonyms are words that have
similar meanings.
►ex. big, large, huge, humungous,
gigantic
►antonyms are words that have
opposite meanings.
►ex. big – small, slow – fast, white black
Spiral Review
623R
analogies
►An analogy is a statement of
comparison between sets of words.
►ex. fearful is to courageous as
affection is to
►hatred
►ex. fearful is to afraid as immense
is to
►large
Spelling Test
1. propose
► 2. convince
► 3. concern
► 4. enforce
► 5. compare
► 6. excuse
► 7. conduct
► 8. preserve
► 9. contain
► 10. excite
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11. extend
► 12. prefix
► 13. engage
► 14. pronoun
► 15. consist
► 16. enclose
► 17. consent
► 18. proverb
► 19. complete
► 20. exchange
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Spelling Test
1. dangerous
► 2. history
► 3. vacation
► 4. popular
► 5. favorite
► 6. memory
► 7. personal
► 8. educate
► 9. regular
► 10. continue
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11. potato
► 12. natural
► 13. sensitive
► 14. energy
► 15. emotion
► 16. period
► 17. property
► 18. condition
► 19. imagine
► 20. attention
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enactment
procedure
confront
preamble
concise
Study Guide
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Evaluate
Making generalization
Voice
Predictions
Word extensions
Using context
Contractions
Negatives
Adjectives and adverbs
Opinions
Double negatives
Thesaurus
Synonyms and antonyms
analogies