question of the day ?? if you were writing a story about summer, what details would you use to add...
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Question of the day ??
If you were writing a story about summer, what details would you use to add to the story?
Listening Comprehension
Magazine ArticlesTell about current events andOften include dialogue from interviews with real people
As I read “A Dinosaur Lives, Virtually” listen carefully to learn about
new developments in the study of dinosaur fossils.
Nonfiction Texts• Nonfiction texts give facts. • In a nonfiction text, some facts
and ideas are more important that others.
• To understand nonfiction text, you need to identify the most important ideas, or the main ideas.
• A lot of times, the first sentence in a paragraph tells you the main idea for the whole paragraph.
Summarizing What You Read
• When you read, pause periodically to summarize sections of text.
• Remember to look for the main ideas in each section of text.
To paraphrase is to retell what you have read in your own words Without
changing the meaning
• Replace some words with synonyms• Change the order of some words with
ideas• Be careful not to change the meaning
of the text.• Keep your paraphrased passage
about the same length as the original
Paraphrase• Example 1: Original Sentence• Long ago, people believed that the huge ancient
bones they found were the remains of mythical creatures.
• Words replaced with synonymsIn the past, people thought that the gigantic old bones
they discovered were the remains of legendary beasts.
Word order ChangedWhen people discovered gigantic old bones in the past,
they thought they had found the remains of legendary beasts.
Example 2: Paraphrase
• Example 2 ORIGINAL SENTENCE• We know of more than 1,000 species of
dinosaurs. More dinosaurs are being discovered every year.
• On a piece of paper and with your partner rewrite the sentence in example 2 replace with synonyms:
• Discuss how you could change with word order change. Look at example on next slide.
Example 2: Word order change
• More than 1,000 kinds of dinosaurs have been identified, and every year more dinosaurs are uncovered.
• Think Aloud: When you paraphrase, replace some words with synonyms. Also try changing the order of some words in the sentence. Make sure the meaning of the text is not changed.
VocabularyWords
A contraption is a strange-looking
machine or device.What kind of
contraption can vigorously mix
pancake batter?
If a creature roamed an area,
it wandered around there.What destinations would you like to
roam?
Something massive is very
large and heavy.
Why might a massive flag symbolize our
country?
If something is submerged, it is
beneath the surface of a body of water.
What aspects of a diver’s suit are useful
when submerged?
Something elegant is graceful and
pleasing to look at.
Could a gorgeous dress look elegant? Explain.
Obstacles are things that get in your way when you are going somewhere or trying to reach a goal.
How could an obstacle lead to misfortune?
Something that is complicated has many parts that are connected in ways to make it hard to understand.
Why would it be complicated to
reconstruct a dinosaur skeleton?
Something that is eerie is strange and makes people feel afraid.
Would a festive fair feel eerie?
Spelling Words: • subtle• scene• climbed• comb• exhibit• doubt• folks• exhaust• half• whistle
•island•lamb•numb•often•rustle•debt•knack•thumb•unknown•mortgage
Challenge Words: handsome, rhyme, thorough, cheetah, cupboard
Silent bSubtle
ClimbedCombDoubtLambNumbDebt
Thumb
Silent cscene
Silent hexhibitExhaust
Silent kknackUnknown
Silent sisland
Silent twhistleOftenRustlemortgage
subtle doubt island debtscene folks lamb knackclimbed exhaust numb thumbcomb half often unknownexhibit whistle rustle mortgage
Challenge Words
• Handsome• Rhyme• Thorough• Cheetah• Cupboard