The Stranger
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Unit 3 – Patterns in Nature
Concept Question: What are some patterns in nature?
Week 1 – The Stranger
Weekly Question
Vocabulary Words
Skills & Strategy
Spelling Words
What changes in nature take place in the fall?
crops
Cause & Effect
watched
happened
grow
Compare & Contrast
watching
happening
barren
danced
noticed
sprout
Context Clues
dancing
noticing
draft
Ask Questions
studied
robbed
etched
Action & Linking Verbs
studying
robbing
frost
stopped
slipped
parlor
stopping
slipping
fascinated
dried
hurried
terror
drying
hurrying
timid
Challenge Spelling Words
answered
magnifying
answering
interfered
magnified
interfering
Concept Vocabulary
In which season (fall, winter, spring, or summer) would the following words most likely occur:
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sprout
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crops wilt
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crops grow
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barren
Greek Mythology & Videos
Click on the link below to learn more information about different Greek myths.
http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html
Click on the link to watch a video about the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrmQYsMnl14
Multiple-Meaning Words = words with more than one meaning
- Look for clues to decide which meaning the author is using.
- Try the meaning you know. Does it make sense?
- If not, try to think of another meaning.
- If that doesn't work either, look the word up in the glossary or dictionary.
Check out this website for more practice with multiple-meaning words.
http://www.quia.com/quiz/285436.html
Genre: Fantasy
In fantasy there are character, settings, or plot events that could never happen in the real world. For example, animals and plants are talking.
The Stranger Video
Cause & Effect
Cause - why something happens
Effect - what happens
- sometimes a cause has more than one effect
- clue words: because, so, therefore, as a result of, since
Example:
Last summer it rained for two weeks straight. The river behind my house overflowed its banks. The park next to the river flooded.
What happened? The river overflowed it banks. (Effect - 1)
What made this happen? It rained for two weeks straight. (Cause)
Did anything else happen because of this? The park next to the river flooded. (Effect - 2)
Example: (Try to determine the cause and effect in each sentence below.)
I stayed up and watched a late movie last night, so I am very tired today.
Since I forgot my spelling book at school, I was not able to complete my homework and received a checkmark.
Check out the website below for more practice.
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/causeeffectl.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/a/causeandeffectl.cfm
http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat/strategies/ce/default.htm
Building Background Knowledge
Complete the concept map file attached to the bottom of this page. Write down sights, sounds, smell, and events you associate with the season of FALL/AUTUMN.
As you read the story, The Stranger, think about how the seasonal patterns usually associated with fall influence the characters and events.
Lesson Vocabulary
Match a vocabulary word with each three-item list below to fit the category.
- bedroom, kitchen, family room
- fear, fright, panic
- breeze, windstorm, puff of air
- snow, ice, hail
- shy, fearful, nervous
- scratched, carved, engraved
- amazed, awed, curious
Analogies - comparisons between pairs of related words
Examples:
Bravery is to courage as fear is to terror. (synonyms)
Paint is to brushed as acid is to etched. (object & action)
Bold is to timid as bored is to fascinated. (antonyms)
Compare & Contrast
Compare - tell how two or more things are ALIKE
Contrast - tell how two or more things are DIFFERENT
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/m/comparecontrastl.cfm
Action & Linking Verbs
Action Verbs
- words that show action (ex: run, jump, swim)
- sometimes action verbs describe action that you cannot see (ex: think, understand, love)
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/actionlinking.htm
Linking Verbs
- do not show action
- tell what the subject is or what the subject is like
- common linking verbs - am, is, are, was, were, seem, appear, become, feel
(ex: The man was alive. He seemed very strange.)
Learn More About Why Seasons Change:
Discovery Education Video (17 minutes)
Username: nasdgrade4
Password: student
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=5660F42F-3E5D-483F-99B7-B0EEED2AEB60
Weather Smart: Climate (15 minutes)
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=A47C6070-863F-46D8-AE87-06E1D7BACD70
Elementary Video Adventures: Weather & Climate (7 minutes)
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=25B0B2A7-D01A-43D3-90BC-BC94FC1258F3
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3077384/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuiQvPLWziQ (This YouTube video gives an easy explanation and great graphics to explain why seasons change.)
http://www.christiananswers.net/kids/edn-seasons.html (Note: This is a Christian website. I included it on this page because it has great graphic illustrations and simple explanations to help explain why seasons change.)
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