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Today's Lesson

Readingnarrative text genre, plot

Word Workhomographs

Vocabulary scholarship, whistle, knot, determine

Grammar identifying adverbs

Level 6 Unit 1 Lesson 4

The Amazing Ocean

The deep, dark sea

Teacher Tips

Watch the whale wag its tail while Playing in the deep, dark sea. Spy the fish dance and swish while Swimming in the deep, dark sea. See the shark make a ripple mark while Hunting in the deep, dark sea. Hunting in the deep, dark sea? Oh no! Getting closer and closer to me!

word work

Homographs

These words have the same spelling.

blue blue train trainskip skip fair fair

Matching

blue

blue

skip

fair

train

fair

skip

train

Try It

Would you like to train on a train?

Do blue skies make you blue?

may

May

vocabulary

determine - decide

The judge determined that I was wrong.

determined - set one's will to do something

I was determined to become a doctor.

knot - something tied together

She tied a knot in the rope before she went home.

She blew the whistle to start the race.

whistle - a tool used to make a loud, shrill sound

scholarship - money given for education

Jerry won the scholarship and was able to attend the university for free.

Matching

scholarship

knot

whistle

determine

Merry uses a to call her dog.

All of the string was stuck together in a huge .

If I don't win the , I can't go to the university.

I just can't which food to order, it all looks good.

scholarship

whistle

determine

knot

Reasons why

reading

pre-Reading

Do you think mermaids are real?

The Big Race

Muriel pushed her hair out of her face and pulled her ponytail tight. She looked to her right and saw Christina, the crab whose long claws made her the best grabber. Danny, the dolphin who almost always swam more quickly than everyone else, was on her right. Muriel took a deep breath and looked forward, determined to swim faster than she ever had. The whistle blew and everyone took off. The race had begun!

This race was very important to all of the athletes at Underwater Cove Secondary School. It was the event that would determine who would win the scholarship to Treasure Trove University. The race was held at the bottom of the sea, and the athletes had to make their way through a sunken treasure ship. There were gold pieces hidden all over the ship, and whoever found five pieces of gold and then swam to the finish line first was the winner.

Muriel’s oldest sister, Georgina, started at Treasure Trove University last year, and she happily told Muriel all about the school. After listening to her sister, Muriel was determined to attend the university as well, but her grades were not good enough to get into the school. Georgina was much better at math and science than Muriel, and she studied more frequently as well. She completed her homework more carefully and passed her exams effortlessly.

Muriel did her homework more slowly than her sister and was frequently jealous that her sister was so much smarter. The only thing that Muriel could do well was swim faster than Georgina. So, when she heard about the athletic scholarship, she began practicing daily. She practiced untying knots, climbing ropes, spinning out of small holes, and catching objects as she swam by them. She was sure that she had prepared more carefully than her competition. She was determined to win the race and go to the university. Muriel told her friend, Sandy, a beautiful seahorse, about her goal. Sandy decided to help Muriel.

true or false

Georgina is more athletic than Muriel.

Muriel can swim more quickly than Georgina

Muriel wants to go to the university.

Georgina doesn't want to go to the university.

Discussion

genre

This text is narrative.

characters

character

Describe Characters

1. Find adjectives
2. Find adverbs
3. Look for what the character does

Muriel did her homework more slowly than her sister and was frequently jealous that her sister was so much smarter. The only thing that Muriel could do well was swim faster than Georgina. So, when she heard about the athletic scholarship, she began practicing daily. She practiced untying knots, climbing ropes, spinning out of small holes, and catching objects as she swam by them. She was sure that she had prepared more carefully than her competition. She was determined to win the race and go to the university. Muriel told her friend, Sandy, a beautiful seahorse, about her goal. Sandy decided to help Muriel.

Grammar

adverbs of manner Tell us how something is done.

Adverbs

She swims gracefully through the dark water.

Spelling Note: Adverbs of manner often end with '-ly.'

adverbs of manner

Spelling Note: When words end in 'y', we delete the 'y' and add -ily happy - happily

Muriel’s oldest sister, Georgina, started at Treasure Trove University last year, and she happily told Muriel all about the school. After listening to her sister, Muriel was determined to attend the university as well, but her grades were not good enough to get into the school. Georgina was much better at math and science than Muriel, and she studied more frequently as well. She completed her homework more carefully and passed her exams effortlessly.

Adverb Animals

Wrap Up

Do you think that Muriel will win the race?

Would you perform well in this race?

Extension

Think about five things you do well and describe how you do them.

Write five sentences about what your favorite animal can do.

Review

Word Work

Vocabulary

Reading

Grammar

Poem

comparativessuperlatives -er than the -est

narrator characters

determine knot whistle scholarship

homographs(blue/blue)

narrator

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