Title: Martha Helps the Rebel
1Martha Helps the Rebel
- A Play by Carole Charles
- Open Court Reading
- Unit 6 Lesson 4 Word Knowledge and Vocabulary
2Word KnowledgeGrade 4, Unit 6 Lesson 4
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These words contain pairs of synonyms Line
1 brave valiant pursue chase A synonym is a
word that has the same or similar meaning to
another word These words have the /er/
sound Line 2 collar haggard scholar mustard Sp
elled ar These words contain a consonant
blend Line 3 stream twilight skillet grateful
Consonant blends str, tw, sk, and gr These
words contain the Latin root port Line
4 transport report important support Sentence
1 Id chase all the British soldiers right back
to England! Sentence 2 The haggard soldier
appeared at the door. Sentence 3 Bring him back
by the stream. Sentence 4 Before independence,
American officials were required to report to
the King of England.
3valiant
4haggard
5scholar
6twilight
7skillet
8report
9val-iant
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- The soldier sang, Come all you brave soldiers,
Both valiant and free, Its for independence, We
all now agree. - We saw the valiant rescue of a little boy who had
fallen through the ice.
valiant- brave and courageous
10in-de-pen-dence
- The soldier sang, Come all you brave soldiers,
Both valiant and free, Its for independence, We
all now agree. - Jenny enjoys the independence of having her own
apartment.
Independence- freedom
11raft-ers
- I want you up on those rafters, right over the
sport where the quilting rack will be. - Some birds had built a nest in the rafters of the
barn.
rafters- beams that support a roof
12Con-ti-nent-al Army
- My husband is a soldier with the Continental Army
too. - The Continental Army fought the British Army in
the Revolutionary War.
Continental Army- American Army that fought the
British during the Revolutionary War
13de-fi-ant
- Martha said in a defiant voice, My name is
Martha, not Little Girl! - The defiant toddler wouldnt do anything his
parents told him to do.
defiant- standing up against authority resisting
authority
14The American Revolution
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- The American Revolution refers to the period
during the last half of the 18th century in which
the Thirteen Colonies that became the United
States of America gained independence from the
British Empire. - In this period, the Colonies rebelled against the
British Empire and entered into the American
Revolutionary War between 1775 and 1783. This
culminated in an American declaration of
independence in 1776, and victory on the
battlefield in 1781.
15The American Revolution
16The Revolutionary War
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17The Revolutionary War
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