Transcript The Voyage of the Mayflower

The Voyage of the Mayflower
Tami Isgett
Fontana, California
Genre: Expository Text
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Purpose is to share information or to persuade
the reader to think or act in a certain way
Facts about real people or events are often
included
Information is presented in a straightforward
way
Events are presented in sequence
Writing may be organized by topics
Diagrams, photographs, maps, or other
illustrations may be included to help the reader
understand the subject better
Activating Prior Knowledge:
 Are you familiar with the story of the
Mayflower?
 In “Early America” we learned the
reasons that people first came to
America. What are they?
Many of the Pilgrims suffered discomfort
on the ship to America. What are some
of those…?
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seasickness
unable to shower or bathe
no toilets
no fresh food
capsizing
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use context clues
A sailing ship must lower all of its
sails and drift with the wind to avoid
capsizing or breaking apart.
To keep a canoe from capsizing do
not stand up in it.
capsizing – overturning in the water
din use context clues
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Suddenly, above the din of the
storm, they heard the noise of
splitting timber.
The din of a blaring siren woke me
from a sound sleep.
din – loud and unpleasant noise that
lasts for a while
provisions
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use context clues
use word structure
The sixty-seven Strangers on the
Mayflower made room or thirty-five of
the Saints from the Speedwell, along with
their belongings and provisions.
I carried my food, sleeping bag, and other
provisions in my backpack.
provisions – supplies of food or necessary
tools (p494)
muskets
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use context clues
He then fired a couple of muskets and a
fowling piece near an open half-full barrel
of gunpowder.
The pilgrims used muskets to shoot
animals for food.
muskets – old-fashioned guns used before
modern rifles were invented (p497)
prevailing use context clues
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With all the prevailing winds and
currents, it made the return trip in
only thirty-one days.
The latest poll shows the prevailing
opinion is that children watch too
much television.
prevailing – most frequent; occurring
most often (p497)
What do all these words have in
common?
safely
suddenly
carefully
freshly
They are all adverbs ending in –ly.
Reminder: adverbs describe a verb,
an adjective, or another adverb.
What other adverbs do you know?
What do the following words have in
common?
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position
additional
option
caution
What other words do we know that
have the spelling pattern –tion?
What do these words have in
common?
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sighting
spy
terrified
iron
They all have the long i sound.
Identify the spelling sound in each
word.
What do the following words have in
common?
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capsizing
howling
sinking
planking
They all contain the –ing ending. In words
that end in silent e remember to drop the
e and then add –ing.
Name some other words that follow this
rule.
Identify the subject in the following
sentence.
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The passengers and crew could
reach land safely.
passengers and crew
when there are 2 or more subjects
in a sentence joined by a conjunction
it is called a compound subject
Identify the 2 plural nouns in the
following sentence:
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The businessmen recruited additional
volunteers in London.
businessmen and volunteers
businessmen is an irregular plural and
volunteers is a regular plural
Adults tried to comfort the
terrified children.
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Identify the root words of tried and
terrified.
Name the rule for adding the –ed
suffix