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shovelcoal

puffbeard

irregular past tense

narrative illustaration

prefixesuni, bi, tri

Teacher Tips

Grammar

Reading

Vocabulary

Word Work

Today's Lesson

Level 6 Unit 7 Lesson 1

Around the world

There once was a girl from New YorkWho couldn't find any good pork.She got on a plane,And flew straight to Spain,Where she ate all the pork with a fork.

word work

unify - make into one groupbisect - cut into two partstrilingual - speak three languages

trithreeA trident is a fork with three spikes, often used by mermaids.

bitwoMy bicycle has two broken wheels.

unioneThe mythical unicorn is famous for having one horn.

Prefixes

trilogy
tricolor
biweekly
biped
unicycle
uniform
having one wheelhaving two legshaving one outfit for everyonehaving three colorshappening two times a weekhaving three parts to a story

Matching

vocabulary

There was a puff of black smoke from the engine.

puff - a short, explosive burst of air

His beard grew long and grey.

beard - hair that covers the chin and sides of the face

They used the shovel for three hours to move the snow after the storm.

shovel - a tool used to dig a hole or move substances

The steam engine burned coal to make the power to move the train.

coal - a hard, black rock used for fuel

puff
shovel
beard
coal

Matching

  1. Which do you think is dirtier, gasoline or coal?
  2. Which makes a bigger puff of exhaust, a car or a lorry?
  3. What is the heaviest thing you could pick up with a shovel?

Compare

Do you think we should stop using coal?

Opinion

reading

Prereading

The steam engine puffed out a huge black cloud of smoke above the flat, dry land. The train chugged past the towering cacti, moving slowly but steadily. Jesse looked at Bill, who nodded and pushed his hat down on his head. The two outlaws kicked their horses and galloped toward the back of the train. They caught up with the train and rode alongside it until they reached the engine.

Railroad Adventure
What does this illustration show?a. a cloudb. cactic. smoke
Subtitle

Illustration

Jesse grabbed the side of the train and let it pull him off the horse into the engine car. A small man with a dark beard who was wearing overalls jumped backwards. He put his hands up and dropped the shovel he was holding. Jesse pulled out his gun and pointed at the coal that was on the shovel. “Stop the train,” he commanded.

Bill jumped off his horse one car behind the engine. He found the conductor talking to some passengers. “I know you’ve got the money from the Swift Bank on this train,” Bill said loudly. He pulled out his pistol and said. “I need you to open the safe.” The conductor was a tall man with a thick moustache. He looked at Bill with fear in his eyes. “I don’t have the key,” the conductor said.

Jesse opened his bag and pulled out some dynamite. "We don't need the key. I'll start setting up the explosives. Bill, you tie these two up and then go check on the passengers." Bill pulled out his rope and tied the conductor and the coal shoveler to the side of the train.

What do we know about the train?
Subtitle

Introduction

Who are the villians in this story?
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Villian

What do you think will happen next?
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Prediction

Grammar

Past Tensean action completed in the pastThe bird flew across the sky.

catch - caughtride - rode let - letshake - shook say - said

Irregular Past Tense

Irregular Past Tense

  1. The football player (catch) the ball in the air.
  2. The cowboy (ride) the horse to the barn.
  3. My mom (let) me drive the car yesterday.
  4. The train (shake) the entire station.
  5. Mary (say) that she was really hungry.
Then she said...

Irregular Past Tense

wrap up

Why do you think people try to steal things?

Discuss

Think about the exposition. Write a paragraph to describe the setting.

You are going to write a narrative adventure story.

Extension

Readingpredictions

Word Workprefixuni, bi, tri

Grammarirregular past tense

Vocabularypuff, beard, shovel, coal

Poemlimerick

Goodbye!