MyView: Unit 1 Week 1 (Monday)

Vocabulary In Text

Monday​ August 15, 2022

RL 3.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

I can.....

• I CAN FIGURE OUT THE MEANING OF WORDS AND TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LITERAL AND NON-LITERAL LANGUAGE WHEN I READ.

Prior Knowledge

What do you remember?

• WHAT CAN WE USE TO HELP US DETERMINE THE MEANING OF UNKNOWN WORDS?

• WHAT IS LITERAL LANGUAGE?

• WHAT IS NON-LITERAL LANGUAGE?

• WHY IS VOCABULARY IMPORTANT WHEN READING?

Vocabulary

Words you want to know

• fierce-wild or dangerous

• baring-showing

• flexing-curling

• crouching-bending down

• swipe-to hit

Real Life Application

Why do you want to know this?

• WITHOUT WORDS, WE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS, OR ACTIONS

• WORD KNOWLEDGE  IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE READING

• ONCE VOCABULARY IS LEARNED IT IS STORED IN YOUR MEMORY

• MULTIPLE EXPOSURE TO VOCABULARY IS NECESSARY TO LEARN IT WELL

Open Ended

Fierce

Open Ended

Baring

Open Ended

Flexing

Open Ended

crouching

• LITERAL LANGUAGE MEAN EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS.

• To be literal is to state what you mean or mean what you say.

• For example:

  • If I tell you to, “Stop whining!”  

  • I mean it literally, “Stop whining.” as in “Stop whining and put a smile on your face, please.”

  • I am directly stating what I mean.

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LITERAL LANGUAGE VS. NON-LITERAL LANGUAGE

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Multiple Choice

Our Car is on its last leg.

Is this sentence literal or non-literal

• Literal

• Non-Literal

Multiple Choice

Mom spent all day working in the garden. She felt weary

and just wanted to go to bed. 

What does the words weary mean?

• tired

• sick

• worried

• Annoyed

Multiple Choice

Please be careful with that vase. It is made of glass and quite fragile. 

What does the words fragile mean?

• useful

• empty

• beautiful

• easily broken

Next, we are going to read “Grandma and the Great Gourd” and then complete an exit ticket

What's Next?