The Book That Saved the Earth

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The Book That Saved the Earth
Open Court Level 5 / Unit 2-Astronomy Lesson 7 /
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• Story Vocabulary
• era
• insignificant
• primitive
• pantomimes
• cease

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• era use context clues
• The twentieth century was often
• called the Era of the Book.
• The book I am reading takes place during the
  Victorian Era.
• era a period of time in history,
• usually beginning or ending on
• an important date

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• insignificant - use context clues and word
  structure
• I wish to be put in communication with . . .
• The ridiculous little planet we are going to
  put under our generous rulership. You see how
  insignificant . . . the place is?
• All living things are important. No living
• thing is insignificant.
• insignificant not important.

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• primitive- use context clues
• I want to invade that primitive ball of
• mud called Earth before lunch.
• Even primitive people living thousands
• of years ago had star observations.
• primitive living in the ways of long
• ago

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• pantomimes use context clues
• He bites down on corner of book, and pantomimes
  chewing and swallowing, while making terrible
  faces.
• My favorite storyteller is one who pantomimes
• a story instead of telling it.
• pantomimes uses bodily movements or facial
  expressions, instead of speech, to tell a story

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• cease use context clues
• Cease laughter. Desist.
• The principal ordered my class to cease talking
  and pay attention to the teacher.
• cease to bring an activity or action
• to an end

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Word Knowledge

• What do the following words have in common?
• insignificant
• trifling
• decipher
• decode

• These words are synonyms. Synonyms are words
  that have the same or nearly the same meanings.
  What is the meaning of each pair? Can you think
  of other synonyms?

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Word KnowledgeWhat do the following words have
in common?

• twentieth
• sandwich
• wish
• think

These words have consonant digraphs. Digraphs
are two letters which, when placed together,
create a single sound. What letter do all the
digraphs in this line include?
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Word KnowledgeWhat do the following words have
in common?
These words each have an ly ending. Adverbs are
formed with the addition of this suffix to an
adjective.

• certainly
• closely
• slowly
• loudly

Identify the adjective form of each word.
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Word KnowledgeWhat do the following words have
in common?

• humor
• realize
• diet
• noble
• easel

These words review the /e/ sound spelled e and
ea, the /o/ sound spelled o, the /i/ sound
spelled i, and the /u/ sound spelled u.
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Sentence Analysis

• Pay no attention to the insignificant details.

Give a synonym for the word insignificant.
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Sentence Analysis

• The twentieth century ended when the new
  millennium began.

Identify the consonant digraphs in this
sentence. Th, th, wh, th
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Sentence Analysis

• Ive just run a long race, she said slowly and
  certainly.

Identify the ly adverbs. Find another adverb
in the sentence. Give examples of other adverbs
that dont end in ly.
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Sentence Analysis

• It is important to realize that a healthy diet is
  necessary.

Identify the words in the last sentence that
contain the /e/ sound spelled e and the /i/ sound
spelled i.
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