Vocabulary 6A

Vocabulary 6A

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

We will read a passage about a time in history when many Americans journeyed west for land. As we read, we will stop

and clarify some of the words. We’ll ask these four questions to help us figure out the meaning of each one.

Follow along as I read "Land of the Free"

Read "Land of the Free" quietly to yourselves.

Is there a word part that can help me with the meaning?

If the word has a prefix, suffix, or root which I know the meaning of, this can help me determine the meaning of the entire word.

Distribute "A New Experience"

Now we will use the words in a new passage.

For each blank, determine which target word best belongs. You may take out your vocabulary log and refer to the definitions if necessary.

What do the words around the unknown word tell me about the word?

Are there examples or descriptions given for the word?

What words would go together with this word?

Are there synonyms or antonyms in the text around the word that

may give me a clue?

What is the part of speech for the word?

Knowing whether the word is a noun (Is the author referring to someone?), verb (Did someone do something?), adjective (Is the author describing something?), or adverb (Is the author telling how something is done?) can help me figure out what the author is trying to tell me.

Vocabulary

Independent Practice

immigrant = a person who comes to a country to live

Obtain = to get

Write down the vocabulary words and definition in you vocabulary notebooks.

Team = a group whose members work together

file = to place among official

records

Independent Practice

Pas out "Sentence Stems"

Write a brief story using all eight vocabulary words.

IN our last lesson, we read a passage and determined the meanings of certain words. Today we will look more closely at those words. We will use the words in sentences. On this worksheet, the first part of each sentence has been written. What we write at the end of the sentence should show that we know the meaning of the word. We will do these together.

range = an open area of land

The sled was pulled by a team _______________

To obtain his goal___________________

On the range were _______________________

The diverse band had _____________________

displayed = placed in a place to be seen

range = an open area of land

team = a group whose members work together.

obtain = to get

diverse = made up of different kinds

Independent Practice

In your vocabulary notebooks write a sentence for each vocabulary word.

The immigrant came to ____________________

The trophies were displayed __________________

To file the papers you must _________________

Follow along as I read the passage.

I could see that the things in my room had been displaced because _______________________

displayed = placed in a place to be seen

file = to place among official records

immigrant = a person who comes to a country to live

displaced = removed from the usual or proper place

diverse = made up of different kinds

displaced = removed from the proper or usual place

Lesson 4

First, he or she had to file papers and pay a small fee at a local land office.

Marissa used the emery board to file her fingernails.

What can you tell me about these words in these sentences? These underlined words are homographs. Homographs are words that have the same spelling but different meanings. Sometimes, the are even pronounced differently.

Homographs

Homographs are words written the same waybut remember, they have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations.

Guided Practice

First, he or she had to file papers and pay a small filing fee at a local land office.

Marissa used the emery board to file her fingernails.

Look at the word file in the first sentence. What does file mean here?

Now let's look at other homographs.

Pass out "homographs". read each sentence with the students, and guide students in forming a correct definition for each underlined homograph.

Look at the word file in this sentence. What does file mean in this sentence?

last

Kind

date

Each drop of water coming from the tap made the sound of a tap once it hit the sink.

The rank of men smelled rank because they had just finished a ten-mile run.

The party would last until the last guest left.

The kind mother allowed her children to choose what kind of dessert they wanted to eat.

The woman was furious when her date forgot the date of her birth.

The rank of men

smelled rank because they had just finished a ten-mile run.

a row of people

foul or gross

kind mother

what kind of dessert

a type

nice

forgot the date of her birth.

furious when her date forgot

made a sound of a tap once it hit the sink

The party would last

Each drop of water coming from the tap

Until the last guest left.

the time at which an event occurs

a person with whom one is romantic

being the only remaining

to continue in time

a light blow that can be heard

a faucet

With jewels form his secret vault, the treasure hunter bought a horse that could vault tall fences.

the treasure hunter bought a horse that could vault tall fences.

Independent Practice

With jewels from his secret vault,

A room for keeping valuables safe

To leap over

In your vocabulary notebooks, write a new sentence for each underlined homograph on your worksheet. Each sentence must contain a clue to the meaning of the word. For example, here are sentences for the first two homographs:

My favorite teacher is Mr. Josh, he is kind to all of his students.

Berries are my favorite kind of fruit.

File in this sentence means "to rub or smooth away by using a tool with ridges."

Remember that file is used in both sentences, but they have different meanings which means they are homographs.

There are many homographs in the English language. The reader must use context clues to determine which word and meaning is being used.