1. Bible and English Mrs. DesMarais Lesson # 60 Genre: Fables contractions

2. In today’s lesson…. 1. I can build and rearrange sentences. 2. I can find reflexive pronouns. 3. I can identify fables and myths. 4. I can describe a root word. 5. I can spell words and define genres correctly.

3. Sentences: Building and Rearranging He is a boy. He is a little boy. The little boy read a book. The book was read by the little boy. The little boy read a picture book. The little boy quickly read a picture book.

4. Build a Sentence Subject and Predicate _________________ _________ article adjective noun ________________________________ verbhow, when, where

5. Build a Sentence Subject and Predicate The friendly puppy articleadjective noun jumped up on my lap. verbhow, when, where

6. Rearranging Sentences The friendly puppy jumped up on my lap. Up on my lap jumped the friendly puppy. Tim watched a movie. The movie was watched by Tim.

7. Online Activity Make a Sentence Game http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ magickey/adventures/patch_ game.shtml

8. Grammar: Reflexive Pronouns The root of “reflexive” is “reflect.” Reflexive pronouns bounce back to the subject of the sentence. Quiz: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/study zone/330/grammar/reflex1.htm

9. Grammar: Reflexive Pronouns SingularPlural myselfourselves yourselfyourselves itselfthemselves himself herself (Did you notice the “f” changed to “v”?)

10. Grammar: Reflexive Pronouns Examples 1.I saw myself in the mirror. (not me or meself ) 2. Do not blame yourself. (not you or youself ) 3. Help yourselves to the cookies. (not yous, youselves or yourselfs )

11. Grammar: Reflexive Pronouns Examples 4. The dog hurt itself. 5. Jim sent himself an email. (not hisself or him ) 6. We cook the food ourselves. 7. Emma lifted the box by herself. (not sheself )

12. Spelling Words Lesson 60 http://www.spellingcity.com/ LuminaBE2/ http://www.spellingcity.com/ LuminaBE2/ unhappyunable rereadrefresh carefulcareless disabledishonest gladlyhonestly

13. Genre: Fables What is a fable? Length: Very short stories Characters: usually only two or three, mostly animals that act like people. Theme: Teaches a lesson or moral

14. Genre: Myths What is a myth? Tries to explain: how something in nature happened, or why people or animals act as they do. Characters: people, gods and goddesses, or animals.

15. Read Online Fables and Myths http://www.starfall.com/n/level- c/chinese-fables/load.htm?f http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/ae sop/ http://www.starfall.com/n/level- c/greek-myths/load.htm?f

16. Comprehension: Text Organization Features in a nonfiction text Italics – Bold print - words are darker Highlighting - Underlining

17. Comprehension: Text features Captions – Words near a picture to explain and give details. wikipedia.org

18. Comprehension: Text features Charts and Graphs – ways to show information or facts

19. Comprehension: Text features Diagram – A simple drawing that explains. Labels glencoe.com

20. Comprehension: More text features Timelines Abraham Moses Jesus Christ

21. Comprehension: More text features Table – a listing of information in columns and rows 2 nd Grade Test Scores 202 203 204 878592 100 70 929986

22. Comprehension: Text features www.feedingminds.org Maps Look for the legend and the compass.

23. Writing: Research Report Research is an organized way to search for knowledge and learn about a subject. A report is when you write down and share what you learned.

24. Writing: Steps to a research report Great job! Plan + Decide Search for Info Take notes Organize + Write Publish + Share

25. Write: Animal research report Animal Report Form _______________ (name of your animal) by ________________________ (your name) Write your report in the first person.

26. Write: Animal research report I am a _________________________. (name of animal) I live in ________________________. (part of the world or habitat) I eat __________________________. (what the animal usually eats)

27. Write: Animal research report I have __________________________. (tell what it looks like) My enemies are ________________. (who kills or eats the animal) I _________________________. (interesting fact about the animal)

28. Example of animal research report Gray Wolf by Patti DesMarais I am a Gray Wolf. I live in North America, Europe, and Asia. I hunt and eat mammals. My fur is not just gray. It can also be white, brown, or black. My only enemy is man. I live and travel in a pack. You have read about me in many fairy tales. The End

29. Websites for Animal Research http://www.kidsbiology.com/anima ls-for-children.php http://www.animalfactguide.com/a nimals.php http://kids.nationalgeographic.com /kids/animals/

30. Bible Verse He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Luke 10:2

31. Reflect Sentence building Reflexive pronouns Spell suffixes, prefixes Text features Fables, myths Research report Bible verse