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Unit 1 week 3
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
Author
Judith Viorst was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1931. She is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, for children as well as adults.. Her children's books include The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (1971), The Alphabet From Z to A (1994), and the "Alexander" stories: Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday (1978); Alexander, Who's Not (Do Your Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move (1995); and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972). A graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, she is the recipient of various awards for her journalism and psychological writings. Judith Viorst lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, political writer Milton Viorst.
• Judith Viorst was born on February 2, 1931, in Newark, New Jersey. She began writing at age seven or eight, mostly poems about death. ...
Vocabulary
College- A school for higher learning
Dimes- coins in the United States and Canada worth ten cents.
North America
Downtown- the main part or business part of a town or city.
Fined- made someone pay money as punishment for breaking
a law or regulation.
Nickels- coins in the United States and Canada worth five cents.
Quarters- coins in the United States worth twenty-five cents.
Rich- having a great deal of money
Positively- absolutely; sure
Token- pieces of metal shaped like a coin: used on some busses and
subways instead of money.
Busses
Subway
Visualize• Active readers make pictures in their
minds as they read a story. • Picture in your mind what is
happening.• That will help you keep track of the
sequence of events
Make a Picture in your mind, then file it. VISUALIZE
Spelling Rules
•If the word ends with “y” change the “y” to “i” then add the ending.
Endings
•ed•ing•est
If a words ends with a “Y"• Change the Y to “i” and add the ending
Y
Change
The
Y
to
Then add
Ending
If a words ends with a “Y"• Change the Y to “i” and add the ending
Y
Can you say the rule?
Y
Review
Vowel
Consonant Consonant
At Ed’s it’s on us !At Ed’s it’s on us !
Ed
ShortVowelsSay
At Ed’s It’s On Us !
It’s on us !It’s on us !
If the word has a short vowel double the final consonant, then
add the ending.
Here’s one
word.
Bubble Gum Ice Cream !
B B
BB B BSee the double “b” ?
Short vowel words
Short vowel words
• get• occur• shop• swim
With endings
• getting• occurred• shopped• swimming