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Getting Ready to Read

Getting Ready to Read. What can we learn about the past by examining its relics? Where can paleontologists find fossils? Are fossil formations always perfect? How do fossils provide explanations of past weather patterns?. Getting Ready to Read. Amazing Words Extraction

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Getting Ready to Read

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  1. Getting Ready to Read • What can we learn about the past by examining its relics? • Where can paleontologists find fossils? • Are fossil formations always perfect? • How do fossils provide explanations of past weather patterns?

  2. Getting Ready to Read • Amazing Words • Extraction • If a paleontologist is working on an extraction, what might he or she be doing? • What kind of extractions do you think archaeologists do? Do you think their extractions take a lot of time? • What kind of extractions might a dentist perform? • Tomb – a grave, vault or other resting place for a dead body • In ancient times, each ruler carefully planned his or her tomb. • What kinds of tombs do you know about? • Penetrated – to get through or see through or spread through • The bright light of the moon penetrated the darkness. • What scientific experiments would you see where liquids penetrate solid materials?

  3. Getting Ready to Read Word Analysis Morphemes A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit of a language. A morpheme can be a one-syllable word (cats) or part of a word (the –s in cats). The meaning of –s is more than one. Knowing the meanings of morphemes can help readers determine the meanings of unknown words. Use the prefixes, base words and suffixes to create words. Determine the meaning of each created word.

  4. Getting Ready to Read • Literary Terms • Narration • The telling of a story or a recounting of events. In expository texts, text structures include sequence, main idea and details, description and problem-solution. • Discovering Artifacts tells about the narrator’s visit to a museum. The narrator includes details about the visit. What other narrative structures does the story include?

  5. Getting Ready to Read Text Structure Sequence When authors use sequence to help organize their writing, they tell what happened in chronological order. They may interrupt this sequence to provide important information. Turn to page 214. Note that it begins with the word Before. This word signals a break in the sequence. The text that follows goes back in time temporarily to provide historical background. As you read, identify the sequence of events.

  6. Read and Comprehend Vocabulary Strategy for Suffixes –ful, -ly, -al Approximately ends in –ly. The base word means a close estimation or guess. What does approximately mean? The movie was dreadful, but if you are a musical person, you might find it enjoyable. Use morphemes to determine the meaning of dreadful and musical.

  7. Read and Comprehend Fluency Practice Reread Discovering Artifacts out loud with your partner. Be careful to read with accuracy – don’t skip any words!

  8. Read and Comprehend • The Emperor’s Silent Army • What kind of treasure would an emperor leave in his tomb? • What does the amount of buried treasure say about its owner? • Why would an emperor want an army made from clay near his tomb? • Expository text is organized by topic and/or time and proviesinofrmation about real people, objects, ideas or events. It may also include subheadings, maps, diagrams, photos and captions. • Preview The Emperor’s Silent Army. • Why do you think the terra cotta army exists?

  9. Read and Comprehend Read pages 210-211. What details do you learn about the clay figurines on page 211? How well do the photos of the soldiers help explain the text? What kinds of information about the past can these kinds of discoveries provide?

  10. Read and Comprehend Read pages 212-213. What have excavators uncovered besides soldiers? Why do you think these were included with the soldiers? Why is the title The Emperor’s Silent Army? The author states this is one of the true wonders of the ancient world. Do you agree or disagree?

  11. Language Arts Possessive Nouns The emperor’s army The figurine’s face The soldiers’ weapons The horses’ nostrils Which words are plural? Which words are singular? Rewrite each of the following phrases with a possessive noun. The hat of Mr. Wallace The trophy of the team The eyes of the bugs The idea of the farmers

  12. Language Arts Spelling Words with Latin Roots Write the words for each of the Latin roots

  13. Language Arts Writing – Mystery Writer’s Craft – Plot The origin of the ancient terra cotta army was a mystery when first discovered in China. Write your own mystery. Explain what the mystery is; then use clues to reveal what happened, how it happened and why.

  14. Language Arts Make a chart like this one and fill in characters, setting and a problem.

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