Country Life Unit 6 Lesson 1

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Country LifeUnit 6 Lesson 1
From Aesops Fables By Heidi Holder
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
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Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 1

• tortured scurried endured feared
• What do these word have in common?
• Vivid verbs which paint a mental picture.
• sensible credible collection
• What do these words have in common?
• Suffix ble which means inclined to

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Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 1

• dullness richness daintiness shabbiness plainne
  ss
• What do these word have in common? What happened
  in daintiness and shabbiness?
• Words end in suffix ness which means state of
  being. Change the y to i.

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Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 1

• mice lives deer sheep wolves
• What do these words have in common?
• Plurals, some irregular and f or fe to ves.
• Which words changed f or fe to ves?
• Life to lives and wolf to wolves.

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• Fluency
• Sentence 1 You cant really prefer these
  empty fields to streets teeming with carriages
  and men!
• Sentence 2 An honest, plain, sensible
  Country Mouse invited her city friend for a
  visit.
• Sentence 3 How can you endure the fullness of
  your life here, with nothing but woods and
  meadows, mountains and brooks about?
• Identify the vivid verbs?
• Teeming, endure

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• Fluency
• Sentence 1 You cant really prefer these
  empty fields to streets teeming with carriages
  and men!
• Sentence 2 An honest, plain, sensible
  Country Mouse invited her city friend for a
  visit.
• Sentence 3 How can you endure the fullness of
  your life here, with nothing but woods and
  meadows, mountains and brooks about?
• Identify the words with a suffix.
• Sensible, dullness

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• Fluency
• Sentence 4 Farm sheep can lose their lives
  to predators like wolves.
• Which word is an irregular plural?
• Sheep
• Which words change f or fe to ves?
• Lives, wolves

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VocabularySensible

• An honest, plain, sensible country mouse invited
  her city friend for a visit.
• The sensible girl had packed lightly but was
  prepared for all types of weather.

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• Sensible adjective
• Having or showing good sense
• Synonym wise, rational
• Antonym foolish, absurd, insensible
  

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Morsel

• There was not a morsel that she did not bring
  forth out of her larder.
• The bird pecked at a morsel of bread that was
  lying on the sidewalk.

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Morsel

• Tiny bit a small portion noun
• Synonym snack, bite, crumb, scrap
• Antonym whole,

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quantity

• She hoped by quantity to make up for what she
  feared was wanting in quality, eating nothing
  herself, lest her guest should not have enough.
• The display case featured a large quantity of
  hand made desserts.

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quantity

• A number or amount. Noun page 198
• Synonym scad, heap, multitude
• Antonym few, handful

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condescending

• The City Mouse, condescending to pick a bit here
  and a bit there at length exclaimed, My dear,
  please let me speak freely to you.
• The sister treated her brother in a condescending
  way by acting as if she knew more than he did.

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condescending

• With an attitude of superiority, acting so proud
  of oneself that others may get their feelings
  hurt.
• Adjective page 199
• Synonym stoop, high horse
• Antonym polite, friendly

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splendid

• Here were couches of crimson, velvet, ivory
  carvings, and on the table were the remains of a
  splendid banquet.
• The princess wore a splendid crown decorated with
  lots of colored jewels.

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splendid

• Magnificent, glorious
• Adjective, page 200
• Synonym extraordinary, superb, glorious
• Antonym unimpressive, common ordinary

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Scurried

• The frightened friends scurried for the first
  corner they could find.
• The spider scurried quickly across the windowpane.

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scurried

• Moved quickly as if in a great hurry moved all
  in a flutter
• Verb, page 201
• Synonym run, scuttle, dart
• Antonym walk, ramble, stroll

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spelling

• Take out white boards pre test
• Deer, geese, fish, wolves, leaves, loaves,
  scarves, selves, shelves, calves, sheep, shrimp,
  wives, mice, lives.

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Commas
in a Series

• A comma is used to separate items in a series
  when there are at least three items.
• Example My favorite colors are blue, green, and
  yellow.
• He should have had fish, fresh vegetables, whole
  wheat bread, fresh fruit, and milk.
• Lets practice.

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Practice

• 1. For lunch Clyde had a hamburger potato chips
  and a coke.
• 2. As soon as I get out of bed I shower brush my
  teeth and comb my hair.
• 3. the lost boy was cold hungry and afraid.
• 4. On our vacation we traveled through Oregon
  Washington Idaho and Wyoming.

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Test

• 1. Stuffed animals dolls trains and games lined
  the shelves of the toy shop.
• 2. Each morning before school Clyde has to take
  out the garbage feed his dog and clean up his
  room.
• 3. The book contained stories about ghosts
  goblins werewolves and mummies.

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Commas in a Letter

• Use commas after the greeting and the closing.
• Use commas between day and year.
• Use commas between city and state.
• Example Feb. 21,2009
• Dear Mike, Ceres, California Sincerely,

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Add commas where needed in the letter.

• Modesto California
• March 6 2009
• Dear Chris
• Its hard to believe that a week of my vacation
  has already gone by. Everyday we go sailing.
• Sincerely
• Mike