1. Author: Raymond Bial Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Big Question: What adventures helped drive westward expansion?
Author:
Raymond Bial
Genre:
Expository Nonfiction

2. Small Group Timer

3. Review Games Vocabulary Words: Story Sort Arcade Games Study Stack
Spelling City: Vocabulary
Spelling City: Spelling Words

4. Spelling Words Related Words

5. politics
political
major
majority
equal
equation
sign
signature
arrive
arrival
inspire
inspiration
human
humanity
clean
cleanse
resign
resignation
unite
unity
magic
magician
remedy
remedial
individual
individuality

6. Big Question: What adventures helped drive westward expansion
Big Question: What adventures helped drive westward expansion? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

7. Vocabulary Words independence overrun scrawled vacant prosperity
More Words to Know
economic
independence
overrun
scrawled
vacant
mercantile
prosperity
tumbledown
claim
pay dirt
sluice

8. What adventures helped drive westward expansion?
Monday
Question of the Day
What adventures helped drive westward expansion?

9. Today we will learn about:
Build Concepts
Generalize
Graphic Organizers
Build Background
Vocabulary
Fluency: Tone of Voice
Grammar: Adverbs
Spelling: Related Words
California Gold Rush

10. Fluency Tone of Voice

11. Fluency: Tone of Voice Listen as I read “By the Great Horn Spoon.”
As I read, notice how I use my tone of voice to model reading with expression.
Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

12. Fluency: Tone of Voice
Make a generalization about the kind of day Jack and Praiseworthy had.
Why do you think Jack is excited that Praiseworthy called him Jack?

13. Concept Vocabulary
claim – a piece of public land a settler or prospector marks out for possession
pay dirt – earth, rock, etc., containing enough metal to be worth mining

14. Concept Vocabulary
sluice – a long, sloping trough through which water flows, used to wash gold from sand, dirt, or gravel
(Next Slide)

15. sluice

16. Concept Vocabulary
(To add information to the graphic organizer, click on end show, type in your new information, and save your changes.)

17. Build Concept Vocabulary claim, pay dirt, sluice
Tools
Jargon
California Gold Rush

18. Graphic Organizers Turn to Page 604 - 605.
Generalize,
Graphic Organizers Turn to Page

19. Prior Knowledge Compare things you know about ghost towns with modern-day towns..

20. Prior Knowledge
This week’s audio explores the topic of ghost towns. After we listen, we will discuss key events and how settlements become ghost towns.

21. Vocabulary Words

22. Vocabulary Words
economic – of or about the management of the income, supplies, and expenses of a household, government, etc.
independence – freedom from the control, influence, support, or help of others

23. Vocabulary Words overrun – to spread over
scrawled – written or drawn poorly or carelessly
vacant – not occupied

24. More Words to Know mercantile – of merchant or trade; commercial
prosperity – prosperous condition; good fortune; success
tumbledown – ready to fall down; not in good condition; dilapidated
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25. tumbledown

26. Grammar
Adverbs

27. settlers cheerful began their adventure feeling hopful
Settlers cheerfully began their adventure feeling hopeful.
there journey was slow hard, and dangerous
Their journey was slow, hard, and dangerous.

28. Adverbs
Storekeepers and farmers occasionally brought their wives and children with them. Most towns actively sought women.
The underlined words are adverbs. Occasionally tells when storekeepers and farmers brought families, and actively tells how the towns sought women.

29. Adverbs
An adverb tells more about verbs. They explain how, when, or where actions happen. Many adverbs that tell how end in –ly. Adverbs can appear before or after the verbs they describe.

30. Adverbs
How: A tumbleweed rolled quickly down Main Street. A dog waited patiently.
When: Travelers seldom stopped. Yesterday the stage stopped.
Where: Settlers moved westward. They built a town here.

31. Adverbs Some adverbs tell more about an adjective or another adverb:
Mining towns sprang up very quickly. They were terribly noisy.

32. Adverbs
Comparative adverbs compare two actions. Add –er to form a comparative adverb.
Superlative adverbs compare three or more actions. Add –est to form a superlative adverb.
If an adverb ends in –ly, use more or most instead of –er or –est.

33. Adverbs
Comparative Adverb: The miners worked harder than the storekeepers.
Superlative Adverb: The farmers worked hardest of all. They depended most completely on the land and weather.

34. Adverbs
The adverbs well and badly use special forms to show comparison.
well, better, best
badly, worse, worst

35. Adverbs Find the adverb or adverbs in each sentence
Adverbs Find the adverb or adverbs in each sentence. Tell which word or words that each adverb tells more about.
The broken windmill turned lazily in the wind.
lazily (turned)
Our footsteps echoed eerily in the empty buildings.
eerily (echoed)

36. Adverbs Find the adverb or adverbs in each sentence
Adverbs Find the adverb or adverbs in each sentence. Tell which word or words that each adverb tells more about.
Today we are investigating a ghost town.
Today (are investigating)
It once boomed with voices and busy lives.
once (boomed)

37. Adverbs Find the adverb or adverbs in each sentence
Adverbs Find the adverb or adverbs in each sentence. Tell which word or words that each adverb tells more about.
Cowboys shouted loudly, and steers milled restlessly in pens.
loudly (shouted), restlessly (milled)

38. Adverbs Find the correct adverb to complete each sentence.
When gold was discovered, the stream of settlers flowed (more quickly, most quickly) than before.
more quickly

39. Adverbs Find the correct adverb to complete each sentence.
The California Gold Rush of 1849 increased the population (greatly, more greatly).
greatly
Many thousands of “’49ers” raced (eager, eagerly) to California.
eagerly

40. Adverbs Find the correct adverb to complete each sentence.
A few miners became (incredible, incredibly) wealthy.
incredibly
They performed (better, more better) than most gold seekers.
better

41. Spelling Words Related Words

42. politics
political
major
majority
equal
equation
sign
signature
arrive
arrival
inspire
inspiration
human
humanity
clean
cleanse
resign
resignation
unite
unity
magic
magician
remedy
remedial
individual
individuality

43. How does the Gold Rush represent the “American dream”?
Tuesday
Question of the Day
How does the Gold Rush represent the “American dream”?

44. Today we will learn about:
Prefixes
Generalize
Graphic Sources
Vocabulary
Fluency: Choral Reading
Grammar: Adverbs
Spelling: Related Words
Social Studies: Gold Rush
California Gold Rush

45. Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes Turn to Page 606 - 607.

46. Ghost Towns of the American West
Turn to Page

47. Fluency Choral Reading

48. Fluency: Choral Reading
Turn to page 611, first paragraph.
As I read, notice how my voice changes at questions and dashes.
We will practice as a class doing three choral readings.

49. Grammar
Adverbs

50. settlers began their trip joyfuly but ended it more solemn
Settlers began their trip joyfully but ended it more solemnly.
today their courage can still enspir we americans
Today their courage can still inspire us Americans.

51. Adverbs
Adverbs tell more about verbs. They explain how, when, or where actions happen.
Some adverbs tell more about an adjective or another adverb.

52. Adverbs
Comparative adverbs compare two actions. Add –er to form a comparative adverb.
Superlative adverbs compare three or more actions. Add –est to form a superlative adverb.
If an adverb ends in –ly, use more or most.

53. Spelling Words Related Words

54. politics
political
major
majority
equal
equation
sign
signature
arrive
arrival
inspire
inspiration
human
humanity
clean
cleanse
resign
resignation
unite
unity
magic
magician
remedy
remedial
individual
individuality

55. What can ghost towns teach us about the past? Explain.
Wednesday
Question of the Day
What can ghost towns teach us about the past? Explain.

56. Today we will learn about:
Generalize
Graphic Organizers
Vocabulary
Fluency: Tone of Voice
Grammar: Adverb
Spelling: Related Words
Social Studies: Transcontinental Railroad
California Gold Rush

57. Ghost Towns of the American West
Turn to Page

58. Fluency Tone of Voice

59. Fluency: Tone of Voice
Turn to page 612, last paragraph and the final lines on page 613.
As I read, notice my tone of voice when I read the dialogue and how my voice changes at exclamation points.
Now we will practice together as a class by doing three choral readings.

60. Grammar
Adverbs

61. many houses in mining towns was no gooder than shacks
Many houses in mining towns were no better than shacks.
miners eager awaited the arival of supplys
Miners eagerly awaited the arrival of supplies.

62. Adverbs
Adverbs tell more about verbs. They explain how, when, or where actions happen.
Some adverbs tell more about an adjective or another adverb.

63. Adverbs
Comparative adverbs compare two actions. Add –er to form a comparative adverb.
Superlative adverbs compare three or more actions. Add –est to form a superlative adverb.
If an adverb ends in –ly, use more or most.

64. Adverbs
Vivid, precise adverbs can make writing more colorful and exact.
Example: The girl spoke. The girl spoke clearly and confidently.
Review something you have written to see if you can improve it by adding vivid, precise adverbs.

65. Spelling Words Related Words

66. politics
political
major
majority
equal
equation
sign
signature
arrive
arrival
inspire
inspiration
human
humanity
clean
cleanse
resign
resignation
unite
unity
magic
magician
remedy
remedial
individual
individuality

67. Thursday
Question of the Day
Have you ever been on a boat? How do you think you would feel traveling by ship for weeks or months?

68. Today we will learn about:
Narrative Nonfiction
Reading Across Texts
Content-Area Vocabulary
Fluency: Partner Reading
Grammar: Adverbs
Spelling: Related Words
Social Studies: Transportation

69. “Dame Shirley Goes to the Gold Rush”
Turn to Page

70. Fluency Partner Reading

71. Fluency: Partner Reading
Turn to page 612, last paragraph and the final lines on page 613.
Read this three times with a partner. Be sure to read with proper emotion and offer each other feedback.

72. Grammar
Adverbs

73. wagon tranes moved most slowly than stagecoaches
Wagon trains moved more slowly than stagecoaches.
pioneers often walked. To spare the horses or oxes
Pioneers often walked to spare the horses or oxen.

74. Adverbs
Adverbs tell more about verbs. They explain how, when, or where actions happen.
Some adverbs tell more about an adjective or another adverb.

75. Adverbs
Comparative adverbs compare two actions. Add –er to form a comparative adverb.
Superlative adverbs compare three or more actions. Add –est to form a superlative adverb.
If an adverb ends in –ly, use more or most.

76. Adverbs
Test Tip: Well and badly are adverbs. Do not use the adjectives good or bad to modify verbs.
No: You played good. She played bad.
Yes.: You played well. She played badly.

77. Spelling Words Related Words

78. politics
political
major
majority
equal
equation
sign
signature
arrive
arrival
inspire
inspiration
human
humanity
clean
cleanse
resign
resignation
unite
unity
magic
magician
remedy
remedial
individual
individuality

79. What adventures helped drive westward expansion?
Friday
Question of the Day
What adventures helped drive westward expansion?

80. Today we will learn about:
Build Concept Vocabulary
Generalize
Persuasive Devices
Word Structure
Grammar: Adverbs
Spelling: Related Words
Outline
California Gold Rush

81. Generalize
To generalize means to make a broad statement or rule that applies to several examples.
Sometimes authors make generalizations in their writing. Clue words such as all, many, and most can signal generalizations.

82. Generalize
Active readers pay close attention to these generalizations. If they are supported by the text or logic, they are valid generalizations. If they are not supported by the text or by logic, they are faulty generalizations.

83. Persuasive Devices
Sometimes a writer will use persuasive devices, or propaganda techniques, to make an argument more convincing. These include:
Loaded words which create certain emotions or make value judgments.
Slogans which appeal to people’s emotions rather than logic.

84. Persuasive Devices
Generalities, or vague statements, rather than specific facts and details.
Bandwagon, meaning “everyone else is doing it.”
Testimonials, or endorsements, by celebrities or other well-known people.

85. Prefixes
A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a base word.
Prefixes have meanings of their own that can help you figure out the meanings of unfamiliar words.

86. Prefixes untold recalled telegraph Word Prefix (meaning) Base Word
Word Meaning
untold
recalled
telegraph

87. Outline
An outline is a way to organize information you find in nonfiction sources or to organize your own ideas before you begin writing.
The title of the outline is given at the top of the first page.

88. Outline
A topic is the main idea of the outline and is identified with Roman numerals.
Subtopics break the topic into smaller parts. They are identified with capital letters.

89. Outline
Details support the topic and subtopic and are identified with numbers.

91. Grammar
Adverbs

92. there wre no sine of life in the ghost town
There was no sign of life in the ghost town.
havent you never visited silver dollar city
Haven’t you ever visited Silver Dollar City?

93. Adverbs
Adverbs tell more about verbs. They explain how, when, or where actions happen.
Some adverbs tell more about an adjective or another adverb.

94. Adverbs
Comparative adverbs compare two actions. Add –er to form a comparative adverb.
Superlative adverbs compare three or more actions. Add –est to form a superlative adverb.
If an adverb ends in –ly, use more or most.

95. Spelling Words Related Words

96. politics
political
major
majority
equal
equation
sign
signature
arrive
arrival
inspire
inspiration
human
humanity
clean
cleanse
resign
resignation
unite
unity
magic
magician
remedy
remedial
individual
individuality

97. We are now ready to take our story tests.
Classroom webpage,
Reading Test AR
Other Reading Quizzes
Quiz #