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Unit 3: Inventors and Artists

Picture

Q: What do people Gain from the work of inventors and Artists?

Fabulous Perpetual motion Machine

Q: How do inventors inspire our imagination?
Word Analysis:  Shades of meaning

Vocabulary Skill:  Multiple meaning words

Comprehension Skill:  Author's view/Bias

Comprehension Strategy:  Ask questions

Literary Analysis: Hyperbole

Related Links (games and stuff):
Hyperbole Jeopardy
Past , Present, and Future Tense
Schwa Quia

 

Vocabulary 

  • fabulous
  • browsing
  • inspecting
  • project
  • applauds

Leonardo's Horse

Q: How do artists inspire future generations?

Word Analysis:   Greek and Latin roots

Vocabulary Skill:  Greek and Latin roots

Comprehension Skill: Main Idea

Comprehension Strategy:  Summarize

Related Links (games and stuff):
Principal Parts of Regular Verbs Quia
Principal Parts of Regular  Verbs Quibblo

Vocabulary 

  • depressed
  • achieved
  • philosopher
  • architect
  • fashioned
  • midst
  • bronze
  • cannon 
  • rival 

DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE Hawkins

Q: How can paleontologists help us understand the past?
Word Analysis:   Complex sound spelling

Vocabulary Skill:  Multiple-Meaning Words

Comprehension Skill:  Main Idea

Comprehension Strategy:  Predict

Related Links (games and stuff):

Vocabulary

  • workshop
  • proportion
  • mold
  • tidied
  • foundations
  • erected
  • occasion 


Crystal Palace Dinosaurs from Steve Sawyer on Vimeo.


Mahalia Jackson 

Q: How does an artist use music to inspire others?

Word Analysis:   Suffix -ous

Vocabulary Skill:  Antonyms

Comprehension Skill:  Main Idea

Comprehension Strategy: Graphic Organizers

Related Links (games and stuff):

Vocabulary 

  • slavery
  • teenager 
  • barber
  • religious
  • choir
  • appreciate
  • released

Special Effects

Q:  How do artists create special effects to entertain us?
Word Analysis:   Compound words

Vocabulary Skill:  Prefixes

Comprehension Skill: Graphic Sources

Comprehension Strategy:  Prior Knowledge

Related Links (games and stuff):

Vocabulary 

  • prehistoric
  • landscape
  • background
  • miniature
  • reassembled
Legacy Special Effects- video provided by guest speaker, Mr. Hensley
The fifth grade students and teachers greatly appreciate the time Mr. Hensley took to speak with us, show us content, and bringing in movie props for us to see. 
http://youtu.be/9IlZmvZRudY
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