1. Wings for the King Vocabulary
Fifth Grade
Unit 3 Week 1

2. Genre: Play
A play is a story written to be acted out for an audience. As you read, imagine the actors speaking the lines and acting out the action.

3. Author’s Purpose
The author’s purpose is the reason or reasons an author has for writing. The purpose may change during a selection, but most selections have one main purpose.
An author may write to persuade you, to inform you, to entertain you, or to express ideas or feelings. The kinds of ideas and the way the author states them help you see the
author’s purpose.

4. Author’s Purpose There are 3 main purposes an author has for writing:
Inform - gives information
Entertain – tells a story; tries to entertain
Persuade – tries to get the reader to do or believe something

5. Author’s Purpose
In addition to these 3 main reasons for writing, an author may have another purpose:
He or she may be expressing personal ideas or views.

6. Strategy: Story Structure
Active readers pay attention to story structure for clues about the author’s main purpose.
Authors usually identify the problem of the main character at the start. They work through the problem as the action rises in the middle, and then solve it with the climax and outcome.

7. Vocabulary Strategy for Multiple-Meaning Words
Context clues ~ Some words have more than one meaning. Use words and sentences around the word with multiple meanings to figure out which meaning the author is using.

8. Vocabulary Strategy for Multiple-Meaning Words
When you are puzzled by a multiple-meaning word, read the words and sentences around it to get the context for the word.
Then think about the different meanings the word has. For example, direct can mean “to manage,” “to command,” and “to show the way.”

9. Vocabulary Strategy for Multiple-Meaning Words
Reread the sentence, replacing the work with one of the meanings.
If this meaning does not work, try another one.

10. Words to Know
admiringly
subject
permit
worthless
scoundrel

11. admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
permit
to let; allow

12. with wonder, pleasure, and approval
admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
admiringly
with wonder, pleasure, and approval

13. without value; good-for-nothing; useless
admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
worthless
without value; good-for-nothing; useless

14. an evil, dishonorable person
admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
scoundrel
an evil, dishonorable person

15. person under the power, control, or influence of another
admiringly
permit
scoundrel
subject
worthless
subject
person under the power, control, or influence of another

16. punish allow Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
Dad will not permit me to stay out late.
punish
allow

17. Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
In the movie “The Emperor’s New Groove” Pacha is a subject under King Kuzco.
citizen
immigrant

18. Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
We had to throw the couch away when it became worthless.
leftover
without value

19. with effort with approval
Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
We watched on admiringly at the girls in the fabulous dresses.
with effort
with approval

20. rascal commissioner Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
You can’t tell by the way someone looks whether or not he is a scoundrel.
rascal
commissioner

21. Spelling 1. jewel Challenge Words 2. kingdom 3. gasoline 21. rehearsal
4. factory
5. garage
6. tropical
7. pajamas
8. estimate
9. tomorrow
10. humidity
11. Chicago
12. bulletin
13. carnival
14. illustrate
15. elegant
Challenge Words
21. rehearsal
22. salamander
23. prominent
24. significant
25. parakeet
16. census
17. terrific
18. celebrate
19. operate
20. celery

22. You’ve got it!