February 21, 2013

1. February 21, 2013 Reading Foundations

2. Joke of the Day It's more powerful than God. It's more evil than the devil. The poor have it. The rich need it. If you eat it, you'll die. What am I?

3. NOTHING! • NOTHING is greater than God. • NOTHING is more evil than the Devil. • The rich need NOTHING. • The poor have NOTHING. • If you eat NOTHING, you will die.

4. Today • Review for Quiz • Take Quiz • New Vocabulary • Parts of Speech • Fiction Stories – 2 styles • Folklore • Folktale

5. Let’s Review Our Words

6. Bombs, Spies and Rockets • Bomb – blows up your points • Spies – steal your points • Rockets – your points fly to another team • You begin with 50 points.

7. Quiz • You have 20 minutes to take the quiz. • When you are done, take a List 3 Sheet and look over your new words. Make guesses of the words using the context clues, opposites, synonyms and keywords in the sentences.

8. Vocabulary

9. participate • You should participate in class. Teachers like it when you raise your hand and answer questions. (v) share in something

10. publisher • The publisher didn’t like the book. He didn’t want to create it. (n) A company that creates books and other written material.

11. assassinate • President Lincoln was assassinated. He didn’t just die. He was killed. (v) to kill an important person by surprise for political reasons

12. style • Each actress has a different style. Some are unique and some are not. (n) a way of doing something

13. action • Hockey games have a lot of action. They keep my attention. (n) exciting movement

14. character • Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play the two main characters in the movie Good Will Hunting. (n) a person in a movie or book

15. achievement • Graduating from college is my biggest achievement. Something important or difficult you did well

16. network • He hooked up his computer to the network. (n) A group of computers that connect to each other

17. file • I can’t find the file. Are you sure you named it “school work”? (n) information on a computer that you keep in one place under one name

18. project • The project lasted two weeks. When we were done, I was proud of the achievement. (n) Some work or activity that you plan and do for a certain period of time

19. solve • The math problem was hard to solve. (v) figure out; find an answer to something that is difficult

20. donate • I donate blood every other month. (v) give something to someone else who needs it

21. disease • Ticks cause Lime Disease. They bite you and you can become very sick. (n) Illness, sick

22. consecutive • He called for three consecutive days. Finally, one the forth day, I called him back. (adj) numbers in order

23. inventor • Ben Franklin is an inventor. He invented electricity. (n) someone who creates something new

24. Find 5 more words • Find a word that is a synonym for “a book”. • Find a word that is an opposite for “absent.” • Find the verb form of the word “project”. • Find a word that means “famous”. • Find another definition to the word “network”. Due: February 28

25. Parts of Speech • What part of speech is it? • Noun • Verb • Adjective • Adverb • Pronoun • Preposition • Conjunction • Interjection

26. Part of Speech • Noun: person, place, thing or idea • Verb: action word or state of being • Adjective: describes nouns

27. Part of Speech • Some questions may ask: • What part of speech is this word? • Words that show emotion are mostly adjectives. • Words that show action are verbs. • Words that you can touch or be standing in are nouns.

28. Parts of Speech Katherine was talking on her big, old, square, black American cell phone.

29. 2 Types of Writing • Fiction • Non-fiction

30. 2 Types of Writing • Fiction – not true; a fake story • Non-fiction – is true; research, articles, etc

31. Many styles of fiction • Your Penguin Reader is most likely a fiction story. • Today we will look at two styles of fiction stories. • Folklore • Folktales

32. The Jersey Devil American Folklore

36. The marshes of New Jersey. Trees, swamps and soft land.

38. What county are we located in?

39. WANTED Dead or Alive

42. Will you be the next one to spot him? Haddonfield Edison Camden Freehold Gloucester Burlington Woodbury Bridgeton Philadelphia Collingswood

43. The Jersey Devil: American Folklore What is the Jersey Devil? Have you ever been to South Jersey? It is a place close to Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE. A place filled with farms and open roads. They have a rodeo and tractor pull. And much of the land is open space where no one lives because it’s so marshy. What words do you not know?

44. The Jersey Devil: American Folklore What is the Jersey Devil? Have you ever been to South Jersey? It is a place close to Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE. A place filled with farms and open roads. They have a rodeo and tractor pull. And much of the land is open space where no one lives because it’s so marshy. What words do you not know?

45. The Jersey Devil: American Folklore The people down there know a secret. They know why their cow’s milk dried up early. The Jersey Devil took it. They know the real reason why their chickens died. The Jersey Devil killed them. And they know the truth as to why someone forgot their homework. The Jersey Devil stole it. But shhhh, don’t say his name too loud because he’s watching you.

46. The Jersey Devil: American Folklore Jersey Devil Sightings There have been over 2,000 recorded sightings of the Jersey Devil since 1778. In 1840 and 1841, he was blamed for killing several livestock. In the winter of 1873, Bridgeton, NJ saw him several times flying through the air. But in January 1909, thousands of people witnessed the Jersey Devil for one week from Woodbury, NJ to Bristol, PA to Burlington, NJ to Haddonfield, NJ to Clayton, NJ. He left hooved tracks in the dirt at night and swooped down to attack school children during the day. Due to all the frightened people, the Philadelphia Zoo offered a $1,000,000 reward for the capture of the creature. The last recorded sighting was 2008 in Litchfield, PA.

47. The Jersey Devil: American Folklore Jersey Devil Sightings There have been over 2,000 recorded sightings of the Jersey Devil since 1778. In 1840 and 1841, he was blamed for killing several livestock. In the winter of 1873, Bridgeton, NJ saw him several times flying through the air. But in January 1909, thousands of people witnessed the Jersey Devil for one week from Woodbury, NJ to Bristol, PA to Burlington, NJ to Haddonfield, NJ to Clayton, NJ. He left hooved tracks in the dirt at night and swooped down to attack school children during the day. Due to all the frightened people, the Philadelphia Zoo offered a $1,000,000 reward for the capture of the creature. The last recorded sighting was 2008 in Litchfield, PA.

48. In Groups • Read “How Did the Jersey Devil Come About?” • Complete the chart based on your groups. • Your whole group should have the same answers. SHARE YOUR ANSWERS!

50. Summarize • In your group come up with the most important information. Make a summary. • Who is important in this story? • What happened? • Why did it happen? • When did it happen? • Where did it happen? • How did it happen?