Big Question: What adventures helped drive

westward expansion?Author:

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Expository Nonfiction

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• politics• political• major• majority• equal• equation• sign• signature• arrive

• arrival• inspire• inspiration• human• humanity• clean• cleanse• resign• resignation

• unite• unity• magic• magician• remedy• remedial• individual• individuality

Big Question: What adventures helped drive

westward expansion?

MondayTuesday

WednesdayThursday

Friday

Vocabulary Words

economic independence

overrun scrawled vacant

mercantile prosperity tumbledown claim pay dirt sluice

Vocabulary Words More Words to Know

Monday

Question of the Day

What adventures helped drive westward

expansion?

Today we will learn about:Build ConceptsGeneralizeGraphic OrganizersBuild BackgroundVocabularyFluency: Tone of Voice Grammar: AdverbsSpelling: Related WordsCalifornia Gold Rush

FluencyTone of Voice

Fluency: Tone of VoiceListen as I read “By the Great Horn Spoon.”

As I read, notice how I use my tone of voice to model reading with expression.

Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

Fluency: Tone of Voice

Make a generalization about the kind of day Jack and Praiseworthy had.

Why do you think Jack is excited that Praiseworthy called him Jack?

Concept Vocabulary claim – a piece of public land a settler or prospector marks out for possession

pay dirt – earth, rock, etc., containing enough metal to be worth mining

Concept Vocabulary sluice – a long, sloping trough through which water flows, used to wash gold from sand, dirt, or gravel

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sluice

Concept Vocabulary

(To add information to the graphic organizer, click on end show, type in your new information, and save your changes.)

Build Concept Vocabulary claim, pay dirt, sluice

Tools

JargonCalifornia

Gold Rush

Generalize, Graphic

OrganizersTurn to Page 604 - 605.

Ghost Towns Modern-Day Towns

Prior KnowledgeCompare things you know about ghost towns with modern-day

towns..

Prior Knowledge

This week’s audio explores the topic of ghost towns. After we listen, we will discuss key events and how settlements become ghost towns.

Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Wordseconomic – of or about the management of the income, supplies, and expenses of a household, government, etc.

independence – freedom from the control, influence, support, or help of others

Vocabulary Words overrun – to spread over scrawled – written or drawn poorly or carelessly

vacant – not occupied

More Words to Know

mercantile – of merchant or trade; commercial

prosperity – prosperous condition; good fortune; success

tumbledown – ready to fall down; not in good condition; dilapidated

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tumbledown

GrammarAdverbs

settlers cheerful began their adventure feeling hopful

Settlers cheerfully began their adventure feeling hopeful.

there journey was slow hard, and dangerous

Their journey was slow, hard, and dangerous.

AdverbsStorekeepers and farmers occasionally

brought their wives and children with them. Most towns actively sought women.

The underlined words are adverbs. Occasionally tells when storekeepers and farmers brought families, and actively tells how the towns sought women.

Adverbs

An adverb tells more about verbs. They explain how, when, or where actions happen. Many adverbs that tell how end in –ly. Adverbs can appear before or after the verbs they describe.

Adverbs

How: A tumbleweed rolled quickly down Main Street. A dog waited patiently.

When: Travelers seldom stopped. Yesterday the stage stopped.

Where: Settlers moved westward. They built a town here.

Adverbs

Some adverbs tell more about an adjective or another adverb:

Mining towns sprang up very quickly. They were terribly noisy.

AdverbsComparative adverbs compare two actions. Add –er to form a comparative adverb.

Superlative adverbs compare three or more actions. Add –est to form a superlative adverb.

If an adverb ends in –ly, use more or most instead of –er or –est.

Adverbs

Comparative Adverb: The miners worked harder than the storekeepers.

Superlative Adverb: The farmers worked hardest of all. They depended most completely on the land and weather.

Adverbs

The adverbs well and badly use special forms to show comparison.

well, better, bestbadly, worse, worst

AdverbsFind the adverb or adverbs in each sentence. Tell which word or words that

each adverb tells more about.

The broken windmill turned lazily in the wind.

lazily (turned)Our footsteps echoed eerily in the empty buildings.

eerily (echoed)

AdverbsFind the adverb or adverbs in each sentence. Tell which word or words that

each adverb tells more about.

Today we are investigating a ghost town.

Today (are investigating)It once boomed with voices and busy lives.

once (boomed)

AdverbsFind the adverb or adverbs in each sentence. Tell which word or words that

each adverb tells more about.

Cowboys shouted loudly, and steers milled restlessly in pens.

loudly (shouted), restlessly (milled)

AdverbsFind the correct adverb to complete each sentence.

When gold was discovered, the stream of settlers flowed (more quickly, most quickly) than before.

more quickly

AdverbsFind the correct adverb to complete each sentence.

The California Gold Rush of 1849 increased the population (greatly, more greatly).

greatlyMany thousands of “’49ers” raced (eager, eagerly) to California.

eagerly

AdverbsFind the correct adverb to complete each sentence.

A few miners became (incredible, incredibly) wealthy.

incrediblyThey performed (better, more better) than most gold seekers.

better

Spelling WordsRelated Words

• politics• political• major• majority• equal• equation• sign• signature• arrive

• arrival• inspire• inspiration• human• humanity• clean• cleanse• resign• resignation

• unite• unity• magic• magician• remedy• remedial• individual• individuality

Tuesday

Question of the Day

How does the Gold Rush represent the “American dream”?

Today we will learn about:PrefixesGeneralizeGraphic SourcesVocabularyFluency: Choral ReadingGrammar: AdverbsSpelling: Related WordsSocial Studies: Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush

Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes

Turn to Page 606 - 607.

Ghost Towns of the American

West

Turn to Page 608 - 615.

FluencyChoral Reading

Fluency: Choral Reading

Turn to page 611, first paragraph.

As I read, notice how my voice changes at questions and dashes.

We will practice as a class doing three choral readings.

GrammarAdverbs

settlers began their trip joyfuly but ended it more solemn

Settlers began their trip joyfully but ended it more solemnly.

today their courage can still enspir we americans

Today their courage can still inspire us Americans.

Adverbs

Adverbs tell more about verbs. They explain how, when, or where actions happen.

Some adverbs tell more about an adjective or another adverb.

AdverbsComparative adverbs compare two actions. Add –er to form a comparative adverb.

Superlative adverbs compare three or more actions. Add –est to form a superlative adverb.

If an adverb ends in –ly, use more or most.

Spelling WordsRelated Words

• politics• political• major• majority• equal• equation• sign• signature• arrive

• arrival• inspire• inspiration• human• humanity• clean• cleanse• resign• resignation

• unite• unity• magic• magician• remedy• remedial• individual• individuality

Wednesday

Question of the Day

What can ghost towns teach us about the past?

Explain.

Today we will learn about:GeneralizeGraphic OrganizersVocabularyFluency: Tone of VoiceGrammar: AdverbSpelling: Related WordsSocial Studies: Transcontinental RailroadCalifornia Gold Rush

Ghost Towns of the American

West

Turn to Page 616 - 620.

FluencyTone of Voice

Fluency: Tone of Voice

Turn to page 612, last paragraph and the final lines on page 613.

As I read, notice my tone of voice when I read the dialogue and how my voice changes at exclamation points.

Now we will practice together as a class by doing three choral readings.

GrammarAdverbs

many houses in mining towns was no gooder than shacks

Many houses in mining towns were no better than shacks.

miners eager awaited the arival of supplys

Miners eagerly awaited the arrival of supplies.

Adverbs

Adverbs tell more about verbs. They explain how, when, or where actions happen.

Some adverbs tell more about an adjective or another adverb.

AdverbsComparative adverbs compare two actions. Add –er to form a comparative adverb.

Superlative adverbs compare three or more actions. Add –est to form a superlative adverb.

If an adverb ends in –ly, use more or most.

Adverbs

Vivid, precise adverbs can make writing more colorful and exact.

Example: The girl spoke. The girl spoke clearly and confidently.

Review something you have written to see if you can improve it by adding vivid, precise adverbs.

Spelling WordsRelated Words

• politics• political• major• majority• equal• equation• sign• signature• arrive

• arrival• inspire• inspiration• human• humanity• clean• cleanse• resign• resignation

• unite• unity• magic• magician• remedy• remedial• individual• individuality

Thursday

Question of the Day

Have you ever been on a boat? How do you think you would feel traveling

by ship for weeks or months?

Today we will learn about:Narrative NonfictionReading Across TextsContent-Area VocabularyFluency: Partner ReadingGrammar: AdverbsSpelling: Related WordsSocial Studies: Transportation

“Dame Shirley Goes to the Gold

Rush”

Turn to Page 622 - 625.

FluencyPartner Reading

Fluency: Partner Reading

Turn to page 612, last paragraph and the final lines on page 613.

Read this three times with a partner. Be sure to read with proper emotion and offer each other feedback.

GrammarAdverbs

wagon tranes moved most slowly than stagecoaches

Wagon trains moved more slowly than stagecoaches.

pioneers often walked. To spare the horses or oxes

Pioneers often walked to spare the horses or oxen.

Adverbs

Adverbs tell more about verbs. They explain how, when, or where actions happen.

Some adverbs tell more about an adjective or another adverb.

AdverbsComparative adverbs compare two actions. Add –er to form a comparative adverb.

Superlative adverbs compare three or more actions. Add –est to form a superlative adverb.

If an adverb ends in –ly, use more or most.

Adverbs

Test Tip: Well and badly are adverbs. Do not use the adjectives good or bad to modify verbs.

No: You played good. She played bad.

Yes.: You played well. She played badly.

Spelling WordsRelated Words

• politics• political• major• majority• equal• equation• sign• signature• arrive

• arrival• inspire• inspiration• human• humanity• clean• cleanse• resign• resignation

• unite• unity• magic• magician• remedy• remedial• individual• individuality

Friday

Question of the Day

What adventures helped drive

westward expansion?

Today we will learn about:Build Concept VocabularyGeneralizePersuasive DevicesWord StructureGrammar: AdverbsSpelling: Related WordsOutlineCalifornia Gold Rush

GeneralizeTo generalize means to make a broad statement or rule that applies to several examples.

Sometimes authors make generalizations in their writing. Clue words such as all, many, and most can signal generalizations.

GeneralizeActive readers pay close attention to these generalizations. If they are supported by the text or logic, they are valid generalizations. If they are not supported by the text or by logic, they are faulty generalizations.

Persuasive DevicesSometimes a writer will use persuasive devices, or propaganda techniques, to make an argument more convincing. These include:

Loaded words which create certain emotions or make value judgments.

Slogans which appeal to people’s emotions rather than logic.

Persuasive DevicesGeneralities, or vague statements, rather than specific facts and details.

Bandwagon, meaning “everyone else is doing it.”

Testimonials, or endorsements, by celebrities or other well-known people.

PrefixesA prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a base word.

Prefixes have meanings of their own that can help you figure out the meanings of unfamiliar words.

PrefixesWord Prefix

(meaning)Base Word Word

Meaning untold

recalled

telegraph

Outline

An outline is a way to organize information you find in nonfiction sources or to organize your own ideas before you begin writing.

The title of the outline is given at the top of the first page.

Outline

A topic is the main idea of the outline and is identified with Roman numerals.

Subtopics break the topic into smaller parts. They are identified with capital letters.

Outline

Details support the topic and subtopic and are identified with numbers.

GrammarAdverbs

there wre no sine of life in the ghost town

There was no sign of life in the ghost town.

havent you never visited silver dollar city

Haven’t you ever visited Silver Dollar City?

Adverbs

Adverbs tell more about verbs. They explain how, when, or where actions happen.

Some adverbs tell more about an adjective or another adverb.

AdverbsComparative adverbs compare two actions. Add –er to form a comparative adverb.

Superlative adverbs compare three or more actions. Add –est to form a superlative adverb.

If an adverb ends in –ly, use more or most.

Spelling WordsRelated Words

• politics• political• major• majority• equal• equation• sign• signature• arrive

• arrival• inspire• inspiration• human• humanity• clean• cleanse• resign• resignation

• unite• unity• magic• magician• remedy• remedial• individual• individuality

We are now ready to take our story tests.

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