2.4.6 Roots, Chicken Day 2, Linking Verbs

Word Work Roots Review, "The Chicken That Crossed the Road" Day II, Linking Verbs

Lesson 2.4.5

Word Work: Roots review

Learners can:

• recall the definitions of root words

Root Review

Match

Match each root with its definition.

• to hear or listen

• true, sure

• people

• hand

aud

cert

dem

man

• aud

• cert

• dem

• man

Match

Match each root with its definition.

• time

• equal

• to cut

• poison

chron

equi

sect

tox

• chron

• equi

• sect

• tox

Reading: "the Chicken That Crossed the road" Close Read Day 2

Learners can:

• analyze the syntax and diction in "The Chicken That Crossed the Road"

• Refers to an author's word choice.

• Diction helps express an author's ideas more effectively and clearly

• Diction is a key aspect of developing a writer's style, the writer's unique voice.

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Diction review

• Refers to the set of rules that govern a language

• Syntax tells you how to read a clause or sentence.

• Syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases to create sentences and clauses.

• It is the format and structure of the words on the page

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Syntax

• Authors can use syntax techniques such as:

  • long and short sentences to add pattern and tension

  • sentences that have the same pattern to add rhythm and balance

  • repetition of words or phrases to create emphasis and reinforce themes

  • changing the typical pattern of words in an English language sentence to gain attention

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Where do authors use syntax?

Close Read

​In this paragraph, Soto begins with two sentences that follow the same pattern (Subject - Verb - Phrase - Noun - Conjunction - Phrase - Noun). Then, he begins a series of informal questions and answers. Some of his questions are fragments as he quickly thinks about the people he knows.

These syntactic choices set up a rhythm to the paragraph that Soto breaks to demonstrate Miguel's thought process.

Soto's use of the word rummaged is an excellent choice to convey Miguel's attitude and age. He is a sixth-grade student busy eating a bag of chips as he walks home from school. He is not excited about his English assignment. Rummaged is a word that conveys someone sloppily looking through something, kind of how someone might look through their bag for something.

Writing: Linking Verbs and Narratives

Learners can:

• recall traits of a linking verb

• explain the most effective way to pace their narrative

• A linking verb is a type of verb that connects the subject of a sentence with a word or phrase that renames or describes the subject.

• Unlike action verbs, which express an action performed by the subject, a linking verb expresses a state of being or a condition.

• Compare action and linking verbs:

  • Kevin sleeps all day. The action verb sleeps shows an action the subject, Kevin, completes.

  • Kevin is sleeping all day. The linking verb is connects the subject, Kevin, with a phrase that describes him sleeping all day.

Grammar Time! Linking Verbs

Multiple Choice

What does a linking verb do in a sentence?

• A linking verb shows the action the subject is doing in the sentence.

• A linking verb indicates direction, time, or place of nouns, pronouns, and phrases.

• A linking verb connects the subject to a word that renames it or describes its state of being or condition.

• A linking verb combines a dependent clause with an independent clause.

• Pacing is the speed that a story unfolds and how quickly the characters and plot move the story forward. 

• Pacing is an important element of storytelling since it builds reader interest, tension, and the emotional impact of a scene.

• ​You can control the pace of a story through the length of sentences, paragraphs, and chapters. 

• Techniques to manipulate pacing include:

  • Longer sentences with complex structures can slow down the pace of reading

  • Short sentences can create a sense of urgency

  • Longer paragraphs and descriptions can slow down the pace

  • Short paragraphs can keep readers' eyes moving quickly over the words

Narrative Writing: Pacing

• You are ready to consider the pacing of your own story!

• Use the remainder of your ELA Writing time to plan your pacing.

• Get out your story map and quick draft and spend 10 minutes working on pacing

• If you would like to see an example of pacing, check page 6 of your edio lesson

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Time to work!

After you work on your pacing, the rest of class is choice time. You can be working on:
-iReady Reading Practice
-Silent Reading
-Get help from Mrs. Massack
-Overdue Edio Lessons

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CHoice Time