Unit 2 Powerpoint
Journeys Unit 2 We express ourselves in many ways. Lesson 6 Overview Spelling: short and long u Target vocabulary Suffixes –y, -ous Target Skill: Compare and Contrast Decoding: Digraphs Grammar: Verbs Story: Once Upon A Cool Motorcycle Dude Lesson 6 Spelling Bunch Clue Challenge Words Fruit Trunk Computer Argue Amuse Mustard Crumb Suit Tissue Crew Rude Customer Tune Trust Attitude Juice Dew Refuse Stuck Truth Rescue Young Brush Lesson 6 Target Vocabulary Rescue: to save from danger Hideous: person or thing that is very ugly Exploding: bursting open loudly and with force Battle: a fight, especially a long or difficult one Wealthy: someone who has a lot of money Refused: say “no” to doing something Invisible: something cannot be seen Hired: to give someone a job Immense: gigantic or huge Warrior: a person who fights in a war or battle Lesson 6 Suffixes A suffix is an affix added to the end of a word that changes the meaning of the word Suffixes –y and –ous mean like, having, to some degree, somewhat, or full of Example: The wealthy king in the fairy tale had many chests filled with gold. Wealthy means riches, full of wealth, or having lots of wealth Lesson 6 Compare and Contrast Compare: find ways that two or more things are similar Contrast: find ways that two or more things are different Lesson 6 Decoding Digraph: a pair of letters that have one sound Examples: th, ch, wh, ph, ck, ng Never separate a syllable between digraphs Practice: Tro/phy Lunch/room Path/way Chop/stick Cash/ew Mush/room Lesson 6 Grammar: verbs Action verb: tells what a person or thing does Helping verb: verb that comes before the main verb The giant lost his favorite ring. Maya is (helping verb) writing (main verb) a fairy tale. Linking verb: tells what someone or something is or is like The motorcycle is fast. Lesson 7 Overview Spelling: double o sounds Target vocabulary Greek/Latin word parts: phon, photo, graph, auto, Tele Target skill: Fact and Opinion Grammar: Simple verb tenses NO DECODING THIS WEEK Story: Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies Lesson 7 Spelling Bloom Brook Challenge words Cookbook Foolish Bulletin Tool Bush Cocoon Shampoo Crooked Cushion Put Booth Proofread Wool Raccoon Marooned Stool Hook Proof Groom Prove Roof Group Soup Lesson 7 Target Vocabulary Entertaining: funny or enjoyable Promote: try to make something popular Focus: pay attention to one thing Advertise: inform the public about a product Jolts: bursts of energy or excitement Critics: people who judge artistic creations Target: a goal or aim Thrilling: exciting Angles: directions from which you see things Generated: created or produced Lesson 7 Greek/Latin word parts Word part Meaning Phon Sound Photo Light Graph Write or recording Auto Self Tele Far Lesson 7 Fact and Opinion Fact: can be proven, textual support Opinion: personal thoughts or feelings about a topic Lesson 7 Simple verb tenses Present tense: shows action that is happening now Past tense: shows action that has already happened I watch a movie with my family. I watched a movie with my family. Future tense: shows action that will happen I will watch a movie with my family. Lesson 8 Overview Spelling Target vocabulary Figurative Language Target skill: Understanding Characters Grammar: Conjunctions Decoding: stressed and unstressed syllables Story: Me and Uncle Romie Lesson 8 Spelling Aloud Howl Challenge words Bald False Applaud Hawk Dawn Foul South Allow Browse Faucet Drown Gnaw Proud Pause Doubt Claw Fault Tower Cause Stalk Amount Couple Cloudier Lesson 8 Target Vocabulary Glorious: wonderful Studio: artist’s workroom Model: sample or small version of something Concerned: worried Smeared: blurred or spread around Ruined: destroyed Yanked: pulled hard Streak: to move quickly Schedule: planned program of events Feast: a large meal Lesson 8 Figurative Language Idiom: a group of words with a meaning that cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements Examples: Chow down Head over heels Safe and sound Feast or famine Good as gold Lesson 8 Understanding Characters Characters’ thoughts Characters’ actions Characters’ words Lesson 8 Grammar Conjunctions Conjunction: a word that links groups of words in a sentence And, but, or Compound sentence: a sentence with more than one subject-verb relationship Complex sentence: a sentence that has an independent clause and at least one dependent clause Subordinating conjunctions: connect ideas to form a complex sentence If, because, although, after, when, where Correlative conjunctions: a type of conjunction used in pairs to help make a sentence stronger Both… and, either… or, neither… nor, not only…but Lesson 8 Decoding Stressed syllable: syllable that is spoken more strongly than the other syllables Unstressed syllable: syllable that is spoken less strongly than the other syllables Practice al/LOW a/MOUNT a/PART/ment Lesson 9 Overview Spelling: vowel + /r/ sound Target vocabulary Antonym Target skill: Conclusions and Generalizations Grammar: commas Decoding: common beginning syllables Lesson 9 Spelling Spark Sharp Challenge words Prepare Rear Weary Cheer Spare Startle Tear Gear Appear Scarf Hairy Barnacle Scare Compare Awareness Repair Alarm Earring Harsh Scarce Upstairs Weird Square Lesson 9 Target Vocabulary Fault: a mistake Borrow: use for a while then return it Reference: used for information Fainted: lose consciousness from fear, hunger, or weakness Genuine: honest and sincere Local: in a nearby area Apologize: say “I'm sorry” Proof: showing truth Slimy: thick and slippery Insisted: demanded something Lesson 9 Antonyms Antonyms: words that have opposite or very different meanings Big/little Tall/short Young/old Lesson 9 Conclusions and Generalizations Conclusion: a reasonable guess about ideas that are not stated in the text Generalization: a conclusion that is true most of the time, but not always Use text clues and personal experiences to draw conclusions and make generalizations Lesson 9 Grammar Commas Comma: used to separate words in a series Series: a list of three or more words in a sentence Commas with introductory words and names Okay, sounds like fun! Mom, what is for dinner? Commas with dates and places My sister was born on January 12, 1992. We live in Havertown, PA. Commas in a series Sarah, Jan, Amy, and Christine went shopping. Lesson 9 Decoding Divide the syllable after common beginning syllables A, be, de, pre, com, con Practice: pre/vent A/maze/meant Con/net Be/ware Lesson 10 Overview Spelling: more vowel + /r/ sounds Target vocabulary Analogies Target skill: Author’s Purpose Grammar: Pronouns NO DECODING THIS WEEK Story: Jose! Born to Dance Lesson 10 Spelling Learn Worth Challenge words Dirty Early Curious Worn Return Thorough Sore Pure Earnest Thirst World Portion Burn Search Foreign Record Worse Cure Thirteen Board Sport Course Current Lesson 10 Target Vocabulary Début: first public appearance Stubborn: lasting and not easily changed Permission: allow something Hauling: carrying or pulling Mournful: sad and serious Towered: stand above others Triumph: success or victory Discouraged: hopeless or disappointed Toured: took a trip through a place Border: boundary or an edge Lesson 10 Analogies Analogy: a kind of comparison in which one pair of words is compared to another pair of words : represents the words “is to” in an analogy Shout: yell as hop: jump Tall: short as front: back Lesson 10 Author’s Purpose Author’s purpose: an Author's reasons for writing a text Implied: something not directly stated Persuade, inform, or entertain Lesson 10 Grammar Pronouns Pronoun: A word such as he, she, or they, that takes the place of one or more nouns Reflexive pronoun: myself, himself, yourself, etc… Antecedent: word or phrase that the pronoun refers back to Musicals are popular, ant they feature singing. They is the pronoun Musicals is the antecedent
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