Unit 1 Week 5
Name: ___________________________________
Expository Text
Genre
Gives __________________ and information
about a topic.
Includes text features such as:
Photographs
Sidebar
A sidebar gives
more information
about a topic.
__________________
__________________
__________________
Map
A map is a flat
drawing of a real
place.
Vocabulary Strategy
Focus on
the word
parts!
Captions
Captions give extra
information that is not
in a text.
Homographs
Homo
graphs
“A Mountain of History” (pg. 97)
A homograph is a word that is
spelled the _____________________
but has ________________________
meanings. They are multiplemeaning words.
Find other words in the sentence to
help you figure out the meaning.
Visitors can see
teepees. They can find
traces of Native
American life long ago.
The Heritage Village
gives clues to the past.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of traces:
Small signs, or clues, that something
happened or someone was somewhere.
To copy something by placing a piece of
paper over another drawing and
following the lines.
Unit 1 Week 5
Name: ___________________________________
Expository Text
Genre
Gives ____facts_______ and information
about a topic.
Includes text features such as:
Photographs
Sidebar
A sidebar gives
more information
about a topic.
___sidebars________
______maps_______
____captions________
Map
A map is a flat
drawing of a real
place.
Vocabulary Strategy
Focus on
the word
parts!
Captions
Captions give extra
information that is not
in a text.
Homographs
same
Homo
writing
graphs
“A Mountain of History” (pg. 97)
A homograph is a word that is
spelled the ___same_______ but has
______different_________ meanings.
They are multiple-meaning words.
Find other words in the sentence to
help you figure out the meaning.
Visitors can see
teepees. They can find
traces of Native
American life long ago.
The Heritage Village
gives clues to the past.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of traces:
Small signs, or clues, that something
happened or someone was somewhere.
To copy something by placing a piece of
paper over another drawing and
following the lines.
Unit 1 Week 5
Name: ___________________________________
Comprehension Skill
The ________________
Main Idea & Details
_________________ is the most important point the
author makes about a topic.
Key __________________ tell about the main idea.
The details help __________________ the main idea, like legs on a table.
“A Mountain of History”
What is the main idea of “”Carving a Monument”?
Key Detail
Key Detail
Key Detail
Key Detail
Main Idea
Name: ___________________________________
Unit 1 Week 5
Main Idea & Details
_______idea______ is the most important point the author
Comprehension Skill
The ____main ___
makes about a topic.
Key ______details_______ tell about the main idea.
The artist made small models of
the faces.
“A Mountain of History”
Main Idea
What is the main idea of “”Carving a Monument”?
Key Detail
The workers used dynamite to
carefully blast away the rock.
Key Detail
Four hundred people worked
for 14 years to finish it.
Key Detail
Creating Mount Rushmore was a big job.
The monument cost almost one
million dollars.
The details help ______support_______ the main idea, like legs on a table.
Key Detail