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UNIT 6:

THE

VIKING AGE

LESSON 4

“STOLEN THUNDER”

TODAY YOU WILL. . .

• interpret the meaning of sentences that use the conjunction because.

[L.3.3]

• answer questions, orally and in writing, about main ideas and details from a

Norse myth. [RL.3.1]

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AND YOU WILL. . .

• listen to dialogue from Leif Erikson’s brother, Thorstein and an English

villager

• learn how Vikings raided towns
• learn four new words
• write answers to three questions

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Unit 6 Essential Question:

Lessons 1-5 Guiding Question:

What personalities did the Norse gods have?

What lessons about people and humanity can
we learn from stories about the Norse gods?

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Review Spelling Words with /k/ sound

•calendar

•kindness

•occupy

•lookout

•stomach

•quickly

•coarse

•thickness

•snowflake

•occur

•anchor

•soccer

•candle

•attack

•character

•course

•kangaroo

•accomplish

•example

•mountain

•Loki

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Review:
Homophones

words that sound the same, but are
spelled different and mean different
things

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hear

(with EAR)

here

(a place) come here

Conjunctions CONNECT groups of words

•and (plus, along with, also)
•but (something different)
•because (for this reason)

words
that

Glue-All
sentences
together

She stayed warm outside because she
remembered to put on her heavy coat.

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Activity Page 4.3

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REVIEW OF SUFFIXES

• Added to the END of a root word
• Changes the meaning of the

word

• Do you know the meaning?

-er

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-or

-ist
-ian

-ous
-ly

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-ive
-ly

VOCABULARY

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boomerang - a curved stick that is thrown and
then returns to the person who threw it

journey - a trip

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what a pity - that’s too bad

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mince words - to speak in an indirect
and dishonest way

villainy - evil behavior

beast - scoundrel

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wisdom - knowledge and good judgment gained over time

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Reading: Chapter 3

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​Read pages 28-29

Open Ended

What did Thor discover?

Dropdown

Thor blamed ​

Select answer

for his missing hammer.

Read pages 30-31

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Open Ended

What did Thor think about Loki this time?

Read 32-37

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

What was Freya's response when Loki told her what Thrym said?

• She was excited to marry him.

• She said she would only marry him if she got money.

• She said she would never marry the beast.

• She said no thank you.

Open Ended

Predict what the gods will do to get Thor's hammer back.

Dropdown

The events in this chapter take place in ​

Select answer

and ​

Select answer

.

Chapter

Characters Setting

Plot

“Sif’s Golden
Hair”

Odin, Thor, Sif,
assembly of gods, Loki Asgard

Sif’s hair has been cut off, and the assembly of
gods told Loki he must restore Sif’s hair.

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“Loki & the
Dwarves”

Loki, dwarves

Nidavellir

Loki went to visit the dwarves to ask them to
make golden hair for Sif. He also asked them to
make a spear and a boat.

“Stolen
Thunder”

Thor, Loki, Odin, the
gods, Thrym, Freya

Asgard,
Jotunheim

Thor discovered that his hammer was missing. He
suspected Loki took it, but it was Thrym who took it.
Thrym told Loki he would give the hammer back if
Freya married him. The gods didn’t know how to get the
hammer back.

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On Your Own - Activity Page 4.2

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