1. Notes: Moral of a Story

3. L.O. L.O. With a partner I will be able to chart then identify the moral of the story

4. What is a moral? A moral of a story: 1. teaches a lesson in living, or how to behave 2. It is often the theme, or main idea, of a story or passage.

6. How are morals given in stories? Morals are given two ways: 1. Directly stated 2. Implied

7. How are morals directly stated? Morals that directly stated are: 1. Said by one or more characters 2. Or said/stated by the narrator

8. How are implied morals given in a story? To identify implied morals: 1. Look at the clues given in the story 2. Pay attention to what the characters say and do. 3. Pay attention to the events, or plot, of the story.

10. Notes: ID Conflicts in Stories

11. LO To identify conflicts in stories

12. What are conflicts? 1. Conflicts are the main problems in stories. 2.Conflicts center around the main character, or characters, problem.

13. What are the types of conflicts found in stories? 5 basic types of conflicts: 1. man vs. himself (it’s all in your head) 2. man vs. man 3. man vs. a group or society 4. man vs. wild (nature) 5. man vs. machine

14. How do you identify the conflict in a story? To identify conflict think about: 1. the events of the story 2. the main character(s) wants, their goal 3. and what, or who, is in the way of main character reaching the goal (getting what they want!).

15. Notes: Vocabulary

16. Learning Objective Learning Objective Understanding and using new vocabulary

17. Importance Importance To better understand what you read

18. 1. protruded 1. protruded 1. protruded: stuck out; extended

19. protruded: stuck out Jan didn’t like the way his teeth protruded.

20. 2. console 2. console 2. console: comfort; make less sad

21. console: comfort The women consoles her friend after the death of her son.

22. 3. enthralled 3. enthralled 3. enthralled: fascinated

23. enthralled: fascinated These children are enthralled by what they’re watching.

24. 4. afflicted 4. afflicted 4. afflicted: received pain; suffering

25. afflicted: great suffering or received pain This man’s body has been afflicted with many problems.

26. 5. vanity 5. vanity 5. vanity: too much pride in one’s appearance

27. vanity: too much pride in one’s appearance This woman is too concerned with her vanity.

28. 6. anguish 6. anguish 6. anguish: great suffering; agony

29. anguish: great suffering; agony Great anguish is seen in this collage.

31. Cat Who… Spelling Notes #3

32. Learning Objective Learning Objective Build spelling skills

33. Importance Importance Improve writing skills

34. Spelling Strategy Spelling Strategy The –gw- sound is spelled with a -gu- usually after the letter n

35. Spelling List Spelling List Spelling List 1. guacamole 2. linguist 3. linguine 4. Laguardia 5. guava 6. languish 7. guava 8. Uruguay 9. distinguished 10. trilingual 11. iguana 12. bilingual

36. Grammar Notes # 5

37. L.O L.O I will identify and use correctly different types of nouns.

38. Importance Importance To build better reading and writing skills.

39. Definition: noun Definition: noun Noun: word that names a person, place, thing, animal, or idea