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Transcript

Problems and Solutions
Adverbial Prepositional Phrases
burning, lush, surrounded, buried
NarrativePredicting
Teacher Tips

Learning Objectives

Task

Grammar

Vocabulary

Reading

Level 8 Unit 2 Lesson 5

Over the River

Have you ever had to go on a quest?

Interview

What rhymes with "flow?"

Very Punny

What does Peter think could happen on the trip?

Listening

Grammar

aboardonto
opposite
outsideinside
A horse stood opposite the cow.
We ran and jumped onto the bus.

Prepositional Phrases

opposite
inside
aboard
outside
  1. My rival stood me and cracked his knuckles.
  2. The cow needs to stay the fence.
  3. I haven't gone of my house since Tuesday.
  4. While we were the ship, there was a terrible storm.

Prepositions

I can play video games all day inside my house.

Where

When I go outside of my house, sometime I go to the grocery store.

Reading

What do you need to survive in the desert?

Prereading

So cold that Yugi didn’t think she would make it through the night.
These were lush trees with big, floppy leaves.
The plain was full of grass, wheat, and wildflowers.
Yugi watched the dirt get drier and start to crumble beneath her feet.
burning
The next day Yugi noticed that the trees were no longer so dense. She kept walking with the sun to her back, until the trees had disappeared and all around her was a dark green plain.These plants offered little protection from the sun and soon Yugi needed to get out of the burning rays. In the distance, she could see a line of trees, winding back and forth through the low land.

Abandoned

lush
There must be a river there, she thought, and turned south toward the water. The trees that grew near the river were different than the pines she had found in the forest. Yugi looked closer and found that they were fruit-bearing trees. She was just able to reach some of the lower branches and pull off apples and pears.
So cold that Yugi didn’t think she would make it through the night.
These were lush trees with big, floppy leaves.
The plain was full of grass, wheat, and wildflowers.
Yugi watched the dirt get drier and start to crumble beneath her feet.

Abandoned

surrounded
She rested a bit beneath the trees and then filled her bag with fruit and her water pouch with water. Then she set off again toward the west. The plain was not very wide, and by the end of the day, most of the grass had turned to hard rock and dirt. The next morning By noon, the desert surrounded Yugi. In the distance she could see the mountains towering over the expanse of sand.
So cold that Yugi didn’t think she would make it through the night.
These were lush trees with big, floppy leaves.
The plain was full of grass, wheat, and wildflowers.
Yugi watched the dirt get drier and start to crumble beneath her feet.

Abandoned

So cold that Yugi didn’t think she would make it through the night.
These were lush trees with big, floppy leaves.
The plain was full of grass, wheat, and wildflowers.
Yugi watched the dirt get drier and start to crumble beneath her feet.
buried
She knew that she had to walk steadily west through the sand for two days. The first day wasn’t terrible. She was able to get liquid from the fruit and save most of her water. When the sun started to set, she kept walking directly toward it, until she couldn’t see anything at all. Once the sun disappeared, it got cold. She pulled her arms around her legs and buried herself in the sand.
buried
She knew that she had to walk steadily west through the sand for two days. The first day wasn’t terrible. She was able to get liquid from the fruit and save most of her water. When the sun started to set, she kept walking directly toward it, until she couldn’t see anything at all. Once the sun disappeared, it got cold. She pulled her arms around her legs and buried herself in the sand.
So cold that Yugi didn’t think she would make it through the night.
These were lush trees with big, floppy leaves.
The plain was full of grass, wheat, and wildflowers.
Yugi watched the dirt get drier and start to crumble beneath her feet.

Abandoned

Where will she go next?
What geographical features did Yugi have to pass through?
What do you think will happen to Yugi?

Predict

Vocabulary

Matching

buried
surrounded
lush
burning
with a lot of vegetation
having something completely around you
on fire
put under the ground

Would you rather...

run into a burning building to get £1,000,000 or try to find something of a million pounds in value buried under a tree?
buried
Yugi's whole body
Yugi hid her whole body in the sand.
surrounded
Yugi was...
There were many trees in a circle all around Yugi.
lush
The trees, which were full of leaves, grew next to the river.
burnt
Yugi's back was ...
The suns rays shone down strong onto Yugi’s back.

Restate

Practise

Problems and Solutions

What are possible solutions?
forestplaindesertmountain
Solutions
Problems
You are going to write a narrative story that includes background information.

Extension

Why do some authors chose to use rhyming words?

Exit Interview

Goodbye!

Thank You!