1. The Master Spy of Yorktown by: Burke Davis Genre: Expository Text

2. Comprehension Skills : *Connections*Predicting *Summarizing*Drawing Conclusions Word Knowledge: Synonyms Plurals of words ending in y Comparatives & Superlatives Doubling the final consonant

3. Spelling Words 1.knotted 2.thinning 3.blurred 4.dropped 5.stirring 6.begged 7.starring 8.sobbed 9.fitting 10.dragged 11.fanned 12.snapped 13.hopping 14.robbed 15.admitted 16.digging 17.trapping 18.hotter 19.petting 20.winning mistreat misplace mistake mismanage misinterpret misbehave accidentally deliberately democratically meanly thoughtlessly jovially

4. Spelling Words adding to consonant endings 1.knotted 2.thinning 3.blurred 4.dropped 5.stirring 6.begged 7.starring 8.sobbed 9.fitting 10.dragged 11.fanned 12.snapped 13.hopping 14.robbed 15.admitted 16.digging 17.trapping 18.hotter 19.petting 20.winning

5. Grammar: Comparing with Adverbs Using Good & Well Adjective or Adverb?

6. Word Knowledge What is the pattern? communications reports messages news

7. What is the pattern? communications reports messages news The pattern is synonyms communications reports messages news

8. Word Knowledge What is the pattern? armies supplies spies strategies

9. What is the pattern? armies supplies spies strategies The pattern is plural with –y ending armies supplies spies strategies

10. Word Knowledge What is the pattern? hard harder hardest young younger youngest

11. What is the pattern? hard harder hardest young younger youngest The pattern is comparative and superlative hard harder hardest young younger youngest

12. Word Knowledge What is the pattern? admitted digging trapping hotter winning

13. What is the pattern? admitted digging trapping hotter winning The pattern is doubled consonant endings admitted digging trapping hotter winning

14. Sentences The armies relied on communications from spies. The messages were about the arrival of supplies. Lafayette was one of the youngest major generals, and the spy Armistead was younger than he. She admitted that digging a hole large enough to plant the tree had been difficult.

15. Vocabulary legislature headquarters campaign petition procure

16. legislature The state’s legislature voted against the newly proposed law. Our state legislature works in the Capitol building making laws.

17. The state’s legislature voted against the newly proposed law. Our state legislature works in the Capitol building making laws. a group of people who make or pass laws

18. headquarters Much of the planning of the war took place in the army’s headquarters. The president of the company worked at an office in their headquarters.

19. Much of the planning of the war took place in the army’s headquarters. The president of the company worked at an office in their headquarters. a center of operations where leaders work and give orders; a main office

20. campaign The candidate for senate spent a year planning her election campaign. There was a campaign to raise money for the SPCA.

21. The candidate for senate spent a year planning her election campaign. There was a campaign to raise money for the SPCA. a series of actions planned and carried out to bring about a particular result.

22. petition Our class wrote a petition to the mayor asking for money to improve the neighborhood park. Colonists petitioned the government to protest the tax increase.

23. Our class wrote a petition to the mayor asking for money to improve the neighborhood park. Colonists petitioned the government to protest the tax increase. a formal request to someone in authority

24. procure Her job was to procure funds for the local museum. Ed went from table to table at lunch, trying to procure more fruit salad from other students.

25. Her job was to procure funds for the local museum. Ed when from table to table at lunch, trying to procure more fruit salad from other students. to obtain by making a special effort

26. Background The Marquis de Lafayette was a young French nobleman at the time the colonies declared their independence. He wanted to fight for the colonists against England. He was a valuable officer and helped convince the French king to have an alliance with America against the British

27. Background At first, France secretly supplied the Continental Army with supplies. The king was afraid the colonist would lose. After the first major patriotic victory, the king of France changed his mind and offered the Americans an alliance.

28. Background At the end of the revolution, nearly ten thousand slaves who fought for the colonies were freed by Virginians for their service in the Continental Army. Slavery continued in the colonies, and the new nation but was slowly abolished (ended) in the North. Slavery did not end in the South until the Civil War.