Unit 4 Week 2
Leadership
Essential Question:
Why do people run for
public office?
Genre: Fantasy
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A type of fiction story with characters, settings, or events that could not exist in real life.
Comprehension Strategy: Make, Confirm, or Revise Predictions
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Comprehension Skill: Point of View
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The point of view is how the narrator thinks or feels.
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Third person narrator: not part of the story; uses the pronouns he, she, and they.
First person narrator: a character in the story; uses the pronouns I, we, and me.
Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language- Idioms
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Inflectional Endings:
y to i
As you progress through a story check to see if your predictions have proven correct, or if
your predictions require revision.
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Spelling Words
An idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the separate words in it.
Grammar: Types of Pronouns
1.
funnier
2. families
3. pennies
4. worried
5. replied
6. varied
7. marries
8. carries
Vocabulary Words
1.
accompanies- Accompanies means "goes along with something."
2. campaign- A campaign is a series of actions planned and carried out to bring about a
particular result.
3. governor- A governor is a person elected to be the head of the state government in the
United States.
4. intend- To intend is to have a purpose or plan in mind.
5. opponent- An opponent is a person or group that is against another in a fight, contest, or
discussion.
6. overwhelming- Something overwhelming is overcoming or overpowering completely.
7. tolerate- To tolerate means to put up with or endure someone or something.
8. weary- To be weary means to be very tired.
9. easily
10. silliest
11.
jumpier
12. emptier
13. merrier
14. applied
15. cozily
16. sorriest
17. prettily
18. lazier
19. happiest
20. dizziest