Transcript File - Mrs Shellenhamer

Wings for the King
Vocabulary
Fifth Grade
Unit 3 Week 1
Genre: Play
• A play is a story written to
be acted out for an audience.
As you read, imagine the
actors speaking the lines and
acting out the action.
Author’s Purpose
• The author’s purpose is the reason or reasons
an author has for writing. The purpose may
change during a selection, but most selections
have one main purpose.
• An author may write to persuade you, to
inform you, to entertain you, or to express
ideas or feelings. The kinds of ideas and the
way the author states them help you see the
author’s purpose.
Author’s Purpose
• There are 3 main purposes an
author has for writing:
• Inform - gives information
• Entertain – tells a story; tries to entertain
• Persuade – tries to get the reader to do or
believe something
Author’s Purpose
• In addition to these 3 main reasons
for writing, an author may have
another purpose:
• He or she may be expressing
personal ideas or views.
Strategy: Story Structure
• Active readers pay attention to story
structure for clues about the author’s main
purpose.
• Authors usually identify the problem of
the main character at the start. They work
through the problem as the action rises in
the middle, and then solve it with the
climax and outcome.
Vocabulary Strategy
for Multiple-Meaning Words
• Context clues ~ Some words
have more than one meaning.
Use words and sentences around
the word with multiple meanings
to figure out which meaning the
author is using.
Vocabulary Strategy
for Multiple-Meaning Words
1. When you are puzzled by a multiplemeaning word, read the words and
sentences around it to get the context
for the word.
2. Then think about the different
meanings the word has. For example,
direct can mean “to manage,” “to
command,” and “to show the way.”
Vocabulary Strategy
for Multiple-Meaning Words
3. Reread the sentence, replacing the
work with one of the meanings.
4. If this meaning does not work, try
another one.
Words to Know
admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
permit
to let; allow
admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
admiringly
with wonder,
pleasure, and
approval
admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
worthless
without value;
good-fornothing;
useless
admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
scoundrel
an evil,
dishonorable
person
admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
subject
person under
the power,
control, or
influence of
another
Which means the same thing as the
underlined word?
Dad will not permit me to stay out late.
punish
allow
Which means the same thing as the
underlined word?
In the movie “The Emperor’s New
Groove” Pacha is a subject under King
Kuzco.
citizen
immigrant
Which means the same thing as the
underlined word?
We had to throw the couch away when it
became worthless.
leftover
without value
Which means the same thing as the
underlined word?
We watched on admiringly at the girls in
the fabulous dresses.
with effort
with approval
Which means the same thing as the
underlined word?
You can’t tell by the way someone looks
whether or not he is a scoundrel.
rascal
commissioner
Spelling
1. jewel
2. kingdom
3. gasoline
4. factory
5. garage
6. tropical
7. pajamas
8. estimate
9. tomorrow
10. humidity
11. Chicago
12. bulletin
13. carnival
14. illustrate
15. elegant
Challenge Words
16. census
17. terrific
18. celebrate
19. operate
20. celery
21. rehearsal
22. salamander
23. prominent
24. significant
25. parakeet
You’ve got
it!