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Country Life Unit 6 Lesson 1

Country Life Unit 6 Lesson 1. From Aesop‘s Fables By Heidi Holder. The Country Mouse and the City Mouse. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 1. tortured scurried endured feared What do these word have in common? Vivid verbs which paint a mental picture. sensible credible collection

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Country Life Unit 6 Lesson 1

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  1. Country LifeUnit 6 Lesson 1 From Aesop‘s Fables By Heidi Holder The Country Mouse and the City Mouse

  2. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 1 tortured scurried endured feared What do these word have in common? Vivid verbs which paint a mental picture. sensible credible collection What do these words have in common? Suffix –ble which means inclined to

  3. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 1 dullness richness daintiness shabbiness plainness What do these word have in common? What happened in daintiness and shabbiness? Words end in suffix –ness which means state of being. Change the y to i.

  4. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 1 mice lives deer sheep wolves What do these words have in common? Plurals, some irregular and f or fe to ves. Which words changed f or fe to ves? Life to lives and wolf to wolves.

  5. Fluency • Sentence 1: You can’t really prefer these empty fields to streets teeming with carriages and men! • Sentence 2: An honest, plain, sensible Country Mouse invited her city friend for a visit. • Sentence 3: How can you endure the fullness of your life here, with nothing but woods and meadows, mountains and brooks about? • Identify the vivid verbs? • Teeming, endure

  6. Fluency • Sentence 1: You can’t really prefer these empty fields to streets teeming with carriages and men! • Sentence 2: An honest, plain, sensible Country Mouse invited her city friend for a visit. • Sentence 3: How can you endure the fullness of your life here, with nothing but woods and meadows, mountains and brooks about? • Identify the words with a suffix. • Sensible, dullness

  7. Fluency • Sentence 4: Farm sheep can lose their lives to predators like wolves. • Which word is an irregular plural? • Sheep • Which words change f or fe to ves? • Lives, wolves

  8. VocabularySensible • An honest, plain, sensible country mouse invited her city friend for a visit. • The sensible girl had packed lightly but was prepared for all types of weather.

  9. Sensible adjective • Having or showing good sense • Synonym: wise, rational • Antonym: foolish, absurd, insensible

  10. Morsel • There was not a morsel that she did not bring forth out of her larder. • The bird pecked at a morsel of bread that was lying on the sidewalk.

  11. Morsel • Tiny bit; a small portion noun • Synonym: snack, bite, crumb, scrap • Antonym: whole,

  12. quantity • She hoped by quantity to make up for what she feared was wanting in quality, eating nothing herself, lest her guest should not have enough. • The display case featured a large quantity of hand made desserts.

  13. quantity • A number or amount. Noun page 198 • Synonym: scad, heap, multitude • Antonym: few, handful

  14. condescending • The City Mouse, condescending to pick a bit here and a bit there at length exclaimed, “My dear, please let me speak freely to you.” • The sister treated her brother in a condescending way by acting as if she knew more than he did.

  15. condescending • With an attitude of superiority, acting so proud of oneself that others may get their feelings hurt. • Adjective page 199 • Synonym: stoop, high horse • Antonym: polite, friendly

  16. splendid • Here were couches of crimson, velvet, ivory carvings, and on the table were the remains of a splendid banquet. • The princess wore a splendid crown decorated with lots of colored jewels.

  17. splendid • Magnificent, glorious • Adjective, page 200 • Synonym: extraordinary, superb, glorious • Antonym: unimpressive, common ordinary

  18. Scurried • The frightened friends scurried for the first corner they could find. • The spider scurried quickly across the windowpane.

  19. scurried • Moved quickly as if in a great hurry; moved all in a flutter • Verb, page 201 • Synonym: run, scuttle, dart • Antonym: walk, ramble, stroll

  20. spelling • Take out white boards pre test • Deer, geese, fish, wolves, leaves, loaves, scarves, selves, shelves, calves, sheep, shrimp, wives, mice, lives.

  21. Commas in a Series • A comma is used to separate items in a series when there are at least three items. • Example: My favorite colors are blue, green, and yellow. • He should have had fish, fresh vegetables, whole wheat bread, fresh fruit, and milk. • Let’s practice.

  22. Practice • 1. For lunch Clyde had a hamburger potato chips and a coke. • 2. As soon as I get out of bed I shower brush my teeth and comb my hair. • 3. the lost boy was cold hungry and afraid. • 4. On our vacation we traveled through Oregon Washington Idaho and Wyoming.

  23. Test • 1. Stuffed animals dolls trains and games lined the shelves of the toy shop. • 2. Each morning before school Clyde has to take out the garbage feed his dog and clean up his room. • 3. The book contained stories about ghosts goblins werewolves and mummies.

  24. Commas in a Letter • Use commas after the greeting and the closing. • Use commas between day and year. • Use commas between city and state. • Example: Feb. 21,2009 • Dear Mike, Ceres, California Sincerely,

  25. Add commas where needed in the letter. • Modesto California • March 6 2009 • Dear Chris • It’s hard to believe that a week of my vacation has already gone by. Everyday we go sailing. • Sincerely • Mike

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