Transcript Synonyms - K.Scott NCIES 5th Grade Reading

Summer on
Wheels
Author: Gary Soto
The Wright
Brothers
Author: Russell Freedman
Summer
on Wheels
Vocabulary
Review:
VCCCV pattern
VV pattern
rules for adding vowel suffixes to words
rules for adding consonant suffixes to words
Vowel
Suffixes
laughter
Consonant
Suffixes
actual
planned
sandwich
watchful
cruel
hitting
mischief
lately
usual
entertaining
complain
countless
riot
amusing
address
government
diary
decided
improve
goodness
radio
rehearsing
farther
actively
fuel
anticipated
control
delightful
rodeo
offered
extreme
defenseless
ordered
conscience
suspenseful
enthusi
astic
covered
visiting
VCCCV
VV
realize
Vocabulary Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
chauffeur
surfaced
taunted
maneuvering
surfing
to serve as
a driver for
chauffeur
Along the way, they’ve
been staying with
Hector’s relatives,
including Uncle Isaac,
whose job is to chauffeur
his employer’s supercompetitive daughter,
Sarah.
Synonyms
transport
take
teased or
made fun of
taunted
“Hey, vatos,” Sarah
taunted. “I’ve been
waiting for you since
ten this morning.”
Synonyms:
mocked
teased
ridicule
riding waves while
standing on a
long, narrowboard
surfing
“Because we’re
going surfing. You’re
not going to leave
until I beat you and
you’re belly up on
the beach!”
Synonyms:
came to the top
of the water
from below
surface
Mando came up
spitting water and
Uncle Isaac
surfaced with a
crown of seaweed
on his head.
Synonyms:
rise
emerge
ascend
moving
skillfully
maneuvering
Lying on their boards, chin
up and maneuvering over
the rise and fall of waves,
they paddled out again into
the deep water.
Synonyms:
navigating
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
chauffeur
surfaced
taunted
surfing
maneuvering
Draw! Draw! Draw!
Free Association
Write as many words as you can think of that go with
each of the vocabulary words.
For example:
The word is school:
1. learning
2. Science
3. pencils
4. Reading
5. Math
6. teachers
7. P.E.
8. education
And on and on and on
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
chauffer
taunted
surfing
surfaced
maneuvering
The Wright
Brothers
Vocabulary
Author: Phillip Hoose
“The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great,
for it to be neglected as a sport.”
- Orville Wright
Vocabulary Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
clattered
attraction
unfavorable
elated
buffeted
erratic
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
clattered
unfavorable
erratic
elated
buffeted
Draw! Draw! Draw!
Free Association
Write as many words as you can think of that go with
each of the vocabulary words.
For example:
The word is school:
1. learning
2. Science
3. pencils
4. Reading
5. Math
6. teachers
7. P.E.
8. education
And on and on and on
1. clattered
2. unfavorable
3. buffeted
4. erratic
5. elated
made a
rattling sound
clattered
The propellers
turned over,
paddling loudly,
The transmission
chain clattered.
Synonyms
clanged
rattled
not helpful or
encouraging
unfavorable
At 10 o’clock, with the
wind as brisk as ever,
they decided to
attempt a flight. “The
conditions were very
unfavorable,” wrote
Wilbur.
Synonyms
adverse
battered
buffeted
Buffeted by gusts,
the Flyer lurched
forward like a
drunken bird.
Synonyms
pounded
pummeled
uneven of
unsteady
erratic
“The course of the flight up
and down was exceedingly
erratic,” wrote Orville,
partly due to the irregularity
of the air, and partly to lack
of experience in handling
this machine…
Synonyms:
inconsistent
irregular
very happy;
joyful
elated
But the Wright Brothers were
elated. Seven years after
Otto Lilienthal’s fatal crash,
four and a half years after
Wilber’s letter to the
Smithsonian Institution, they
had launched a flying
machine that could actually
fly.
Synonyms:
thrilled
jubilant
Classifying
Place the following words in categories:
unfavorable
clattered
buffeted
erratic
elated
chauffeur
taunted
surfing
surfaced
maneuvering
• Decide the names of the categories.
• Determine how many categories.
• Determine which words go in which categories.
• After classifying the words, write a paragraph
explaining each of the categories and why certain words
go in a particular category.
Synonym Search
Match the vocabulary words on the left to the correct
synonyms on the right. Some vocabulary words have more
than one synonym. Ready, set, go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chauffeur
taunted
surfaced
maneuvering
clattered
unfavorable
buffeted
erratic
elated
a. navigate
i. pummeled
b. rattle
j. take
c. transport
k. mocked
d. pounded
l. irregular
e. thrilled
m. adverse
f. rise
n. jubilant
g. inconsistent
o. emerge
h. ridicule
p. clang
Can You Find the Context Clues?
•
There were ____________ weather conditions that caused our flight
to be delayed.
2. The dolphin _____________ above the water just in time to take a
picture.
erratic
3. My mom couldn’t wait until I got my drivers license so I could
__________ her around town.
clattered
4. The houses along the coast were _____________ from the
hurricane’s winds.
maneuvering
5. The spectators ______________ the soccer player for missing the
goal.
unfavorable
6. Tom was __________ when he saw his report card and couldn’t wait
to show his parents.
surfing
7. The train ____________ down the tracks as it made its’ way towards
the depot.
8. Wilbur was _________________ the plane around the high winds.
9. My cousin promised to take me ______________at the beach if the
conditions were favorable.
chauffeur
taunted
elated
buffeted
surfaced
Word Association Challenge
1. Which word goes with being a passenger? Why?
2. Which word goes with a blizzard? Why?
3. Which word goes with being able to balance? Why?
4. Which word goes with a variable in a science experiment?
Why?
5. Which word goes with playing the cymbals? Why?
6. Which word goes with floating? Why?
7. Which word goes with hurting someone's feelings? Why?
8. Which word goes with running an obstacle course? Why?
9. Which word goes with receiving a compliment? Why?
erratic
elated
unfavorable
buffeted
maneuvering
chauffeur
surfing
taunted
clattered
surfaced
Some
words can
be used
more than
once. Can
you figure
out which
ones?
Tell Me What You Know
1. List times when you have felt elated.
2. Describe the equipment you would need to go surfing.
3. Describe weather events that can cause a tree to be buffeted.
4. How are maneuvering and erratic similar?
5. Write about what you would do if you were chauffeured around for a day.
6. List objects that can clatter.