Title: Spelling
1Spelling this week!
2Pattern study
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23Vocabulary this week!
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25controversial
- Caused arguments and discussions
- When the Packers and the Vikings play, there
usually seems to be some sort of controversy.
26Part of Speech?
- When the Packers and the Vikings play, there
usually seems to be some sort of controversy.
Noun - it is the object of the preposition.
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28practitioner
- A person who uses a certain skill
- Joe made an appointment with the practitioner .
29Part of Speech?
- Joe made an appointment with the practitioner .
Noun - it is the object of the preposition.
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31asthma
- A disease that makes it difficult to breathe
- Asthma is a fairly common disease, and
fortunately, few deaths occur from it.
32Part of Speech?
- Asthma is a fairly common disease, and
fortunately, few deaths occur from it.
Noun - it is the subject of the sentence.
33Do you see doubt in these looks?
34skeptics
- This little guy is very skeptical about sitting
with his dads friend, Steve.
35Part of Speech?
- This little guy is very skeptical about sitting
with his dads friend, Steve.
Adjective - it is linked to the subject and
describing it.
36 George Washington (1st president) is
significant because he had vision and courage.
37significant
- Why are these faces considered significant?
From left to right Washington, Jefferson,
Roosevelt and Lincoln
38Thomas Jefferson (3rd president) is significant
because of the Declaration of Independence and
later in the expansion of our nation through the
Louisiana Purchase.
39Of significance to Abraham Lincoln (16th
president) was a nation where all men were free
and equal.
40Theodore Roosevelt (26th president) envisioned a
great nation, a leader on the world stage, our
nation was changing to a world power.
41persuade
- He is trying to persuade his boss that he made
the right decision.
42- Persuasive texts
- A persuasive text is a text that really wants you
to do somethingPersuasive texts might use - repeated words
- text in capital letters
- exclamation marks
- rhetorical questions (questions where no answer
is needed) - an emotional one-sided argument
- humor
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