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The Midnight Ride of The Midnight Ride of Paul ReverePaul Revere
The Midnight Ride of The Midnight Ride of Paul ReverePaul Revere
Word StructureWord Structure
DAY ONEDAY ONEDAY ONEDAY ONE
What do the following words have in common?
These words are homophones. Homophones are two or more words that sound the same but have
different spellings and meanings.
It is easy to make a mistake by writing one homophone when you
mean another. Make sure you are alert of
homophones when you proofread your writing.
Sometimes you will need to use context clues to
determine the correct meaning of the homophone
in a particular sentence.
Define each word in the word pairs.
hear here meet meat hour our one won
• hear: to listen to, here: at, in, or to this place
• meet: to come upon or find by chance, meat: the flesh of an animal used as food
• hour: unit of time equal to sixty minutes. our: of, belonging to, or relating to us
• one: single person, thing or unit, won: to gain a victory
Use each word in an original sentence that demonstrates the
meaning of the word.
• hear• here• meet• meat• hour• our• one• won
rain reign
Define each word and use each word in an original sentence.• rain: precipitation that falls from
the sky• reign: to rule, or to be in power
What do the following words have in common?
These words are irregular plurals. Irregular plurals are words that do not follow the
regular rules for making words plural. Most words
are made plural by adding –s or –es, as in dogs or
porches.
What are the rules for forming regular plurals?
• For words that end in a consonant and y, change the y to i and add –es, as in cities.
• For words that end in a vowel and y, just add –s, as in keys.
• For some words that end in f or fe, change the f or fe to v and add –s, as in leaves.
• For words that end in a consonant and o, you add –s, as in pianos.
• For words that end in o preceded by a vowel, just as –s, as in radios.
• For words that end in s, z, ch, sh, or x, just add –es.
What is the singular form of children, salmon, feet, and people?
• child• salmon• foot• person
Use a dictionary if you are unsure of the singular or
plural form of a noun.
Look at pages 240-243 of your Student Reader.
Identify three regular plurals and two irregular plurals. Provide the singular and
plural of each word. Share your words with the class.
Create two original sentences. Each sentence should use two of
the words from the word line.
children salmon feet people
DAY TWODAY TWODAY TWODAY TWO
Identify the type of words represented in the
following slide.
All of these words are closed compound words. Closed compound words
are compound words with no space between the smaller words, such as
popcorn. The two words are written as one.
Divide the compound words into two words.
• moonlight• moon/light• churchyard• church/yard• overhead• over/head• shoemaker• shoe/maker
Put each word in an original sentence. Each sentence
should clearly reflect the word’s meaning.
• moonlight• churchyard• overhead• shoemaker
What structural feature do the following words
have in common?
These words have the suffix –less, which means “without.” For example, hopeless means “without
hope.”
Identify the base words in fearless, hopeless, friendless,
and sightless.
• fear• hope• friend• sight
Define fearless, hopeless, friendless, and sightless.
• fearless: lacking intimidation, brave
• hopeless: with no hope of success• friendless: without a companion• sightless: without vision or not
being able to see
What part of speech are all the words?
• adjectives
Put each word in an original sentence.
• fearless• hopeless• friendless• sightless
DAY THREEDAY THREEDAY THREEDAY THREE
fear hope sight
• These are base words from day two. Work in small groups and add two derivatives for each base word. Define each new word and use each in an original sentence
bare would
• These words are homophones. Provide the second half of each homophone pair. Define each word and use each in an original sentence reflecting the word’s meaning.
DAY FOURDAY FOURDAY FOURDAY FOUR
Explain what compound words are. Work in small groups and find
other closed compound words in the previous selections. Identify the smaller words that make up a compound. Define the new words
and use each of them in an original sentence. Each sentence
should clearly express the meaning of the compound word. Share some words sentences with
the class.
DAY FIVEDAY FIVEDAY FIVEDAY FIVE
Define homophones.
• Words that sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings.
bawl ball great grate billed build principal principle
• Work in small groups and use each new word in an original sentence. Each sentence should clearly reflect the meaning of the word.
• Share one of your sentences with the class, and have the class identify which word of the homophone pair was used in the sentence.
Complete the activity on pages 143-144 of Skills
Practice 1 for practice with homophones and the suffix
–less.