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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Family Times
Daily Questions
Prior Knowledge
Cause and Effect
Vocabulary
Context Clues
Predictions
Guided Comprehension
Author's Purpose
Fantasy in Science Fiction
Independent Readers
Crust, Mantle, Core
Additional Resources
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Genre: Science Fiction Comprehension Skill: Cause and
Effect Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize Vocabulary: Context Clues
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Question of the week
How do we explore the center of the Earth?
Daily Questions
What characteristics are important for an explorer to have?
How would you feel if yours were the first human eyes to see the ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus?
What, to you, is the most interesting thing scientists have learned about what lies below Earth’s Surface?
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Language SkillsDaily Fix It
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Transparency: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Practice Book
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Page 94
Page 95
Page 96
Spelling
Strategy
Page 93
Page 94
Page 95
Page 96
Writing Workshop
Reading Writing Connection Writing Prompt
Writer’s Craft Editing and Revising
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Day 1Daily Fix It
1. The awdiense loved our performance of jules Verne’s story.
The audience loved our performance of Jules Verne’s story.
2. I think it is gooder than his other novels and I have read them all.
I think it is better than his other novels, and I have read them all.
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Day 2Daily Fix It
1. Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea are one of the popularest science fiction books of all time.
Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is on of the most popular science fiction books of all time.
2. It features a submarine, a vessel that weren’t invented until deckades later.
It features a submarine, a vessel that wasn’t invented until decades later.
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Day 3Daily Fix It
1. In this novel, captain Nemo roams the teritory beneath the sea.
In this novel, Captain Nemo roams the territory beneath the sea.
2. Nemo wont live on land because he have cut himself off from humans.
Nemo won’t live on land because he has cut himself off from humans.
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Day 4Daily Fix It
1. Your dinosaur projet was good done.
Your dinosaur project was well done.
2. Did eny dinosaurs live underwater.
Did any dinosaurs live underwater?
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Day 5Daily Fix It
1. That there adventure story is fast-paced exciting, and absorbing.
That adventure story is fast-paced, exciting, and absorbing.
2. Storys by Jules Verne feature weird but believeable machines.
Stories by Jules Verne feature weird but believable machines.
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Spelling StrategyDivide and Conquer
Words with Affixes:
Step 1: Draw a line between the base word and the prefix and/or suffix.
Step 2: Study the word one part at a time.
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Writing Prompt
How do you feel about this story or about science fiction in general? Do you like to read it? Write a letter to a friend to persuade him or her to agree with your opinion. Provide as many reasons and convincing details as you can.
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Editing/Revising Checklist
Did I use language and details that are suitable for my audience?
Did I use comparative and superlative adjective forms correctly?
Have I spelled words with Latin roots ject, aud, terr, and dec correctly?
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Activate Prior Knowledge:
Brainstorm about what they would find if they could see a cross-section of the Earth.
Making Predictions
Making Observations
Carrying Out Experiments
Comparing Results
This is the Scientific Method
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Cause and Effect
A cause (why something happens) may have several effects. An effect (What happens as a result of the cause) may have several causes.
Sometimes clue words such as since, as a result, caused, thus, therefore, and consequently are used to show cause-and-effect relationships.
Cause CauseCause
Effect
Effect Effect
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Summarize
Summarizing, telling what a story or article is basically about, helps you understand and remember what you read. It helps you figure out main ideas and find important supporting details. It also helps you see important causes and effects.
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Write:
1. Read the selection “Earth.” Create graphic organizers like the ones above to show any causes and effects in the selection.
2. Write a summary of the selection “Earth.” Use your graphic organizers to help you.
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Introduce Vocabulary
Word
Armor
Encases
Extinct
Hideous
Plunged
Serpent
Synonym Antonym
covering
encloses
dead
ugly
fell
snake
Alive
Beautiful
Soared
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Armor
Any kind of protective covering
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Encases
Covers completely; encloses
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Extinct
No longer existing
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Hideous
Very ugly; frightful; horrible
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Plunged
Fell or moved suddenly downward or forward
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Serpent
Snake, especially a big snake
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More Words to Know
Calculations Careful thinking; deliberate plans
Ichthyosaurus: A large fishlike reptile, now extinct, that lived in the sea.
Pleisosaurus: Any of several large sea reptiles that lived about 200 million years ago.
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Practice Lesson Vocabulary
If a creature is hideous, is it clumsy or terrible-looking?
If a creature has armor, it is covered in strange hair or in a tough shell?
If a creature is extinct, it is a huge eater or long dead?
Is it true that a shell encases a turtle?
Is a serpent a form of fish?
If a seagull plunged towards the ocean, would it be diving downwards?
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Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
As you read, you may come to a word you do not know. Look for clues in the context or words and sentences around the word. They may help you figure out the meaning of the unknown word.
1. Reread the sentence in which the unknown word appears. Does the author include a synonym, antonym, or other clue to the word’s meaning?
2. If you need more help, read the sentences around the one with the unknown word.
3. Put the clues together and thing of a logical meaning for the word. Does this meaning make sense in the sentence?
As your read “The Land of Imagination,” use the context to help you figure out the meanings of any unfamiliar words.
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Genre: Science Fiction
Science fiction is imaginary writing based upon scientific ideas. Notice how the author uses vivid and exciting sights and sounds to create a make-believe world.
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What strange animals await the explorers at
the center of the Earth?
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Preview and Predict
Read the title, look at the illustrations, and predict how the author might use facts in the story. Use your vocabulary in your discussion.
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Guided Comprehension
What is the setting of this story?
Reread p. 588, paragraph 3. What causes the raft to be lifted out of the water and thrown a distance?
How do you think the adventurers are feeling at this point? Imagine yourself in this situation. How would you feel?
What do you think was Jules Verne’s purpose for writing this story?
How does the illustration help you understand the text on pp.590-591?
What caused the monsters to come close to the raft, then turn away.
Summarize the main events on p. 593, paragraphs 1 and 2.
To what does the narrator compare the size of the ichthyosaurus’s flaming red eyes?
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Guided Comprehension Continued
Use context clues to determine the meaning of extinct on p. 595.
What information in the story seems to be based on scientific information?
Summarize the end of the story on pp. 596-597.
In the last sentence, the narrator wonders whether the ichthyosaurus will come back to destroy them. What do you predict will happen? Give your reasons.
Do you think the events in this story could happen in the real world? Give reasons to support your answers.
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Author’s Purpose
There are four common reasons why authors write: to persuade, to inform, to entertain, and to express an idea.
So far, the story has been exciting and suspenseful. It makes me want to keep reading to find out what will happen next. This makes me think that Jules Verne wrote this story mainly to entertain readers.
Why might Jules Verne chose to tell this story in the form of a diary?
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Fantasy in Science Fiction
Science fiction stories are a kind of fantasy because they tell about events that couldn’t happen or that haven’t happened yet.
Science fiction often contains scientific information that makes the fantasy elements more believable.
The elements of fantasy in science fiction have to do with technology rather than magic.
Reread the introductory paragraph on p. 587 and explain why this story is considered science fiction.1. Does it tell about events that couldn’t happen or haven’t happened
yet?2. Does it contain scientific information that makes the fantasy
believable?
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SUMMARY In this story, Mrs. Cieco’s class learns about the layers of the Earth during a field trip to Mount Randall. Three students, Toby, Kenny, and Maria, travel through the Earth in a scientist’s machine, experiencing Earth’s layers first-hand.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGE 4 Why is it a special day?
PAGE 7 What are the five layers of the Earth?
PAGE 9 Why do the rock plates under thecontinents move?
PAGE 10 What keeps the Earth’s inner core solid?
PAGE 13 What happened when Kenny and Tobyclimbed to the top of the volcano?
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SUMMARY For centuries, scientists have been puzzling over the composition of our planet. From Aristotle—who thought the Earth was solid—to the recent findings of scientists today, this book tells the story of the discovery of the Earth’s layers.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGE 4 What did Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, believe about the Earth?
PAGE 5 What did maps from the mid-16th century reveal?
PAGE 8 What did Neptunists believe?
PAGE 15 Why did German scientist Alfred Wegener believe that Africa and South America were once connected?
PAGE 16 What happened when scientists explored an underwater mountain chain?
PAGE 21 What happens when two tectonic plates collide?
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SUMMARY The planet Earth today consists of seven continents separated by the world’s oceans. Evidence suggests, however, that hundreds of millions of years ago, thecontinents were all connected. This book explains plate tectonics, the force that moves continents, and the ways that mountains are formed.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGE 4 What is the meaning of Pangaea?
PAGE 5 What is the name for the theory that explains how the continents shift and move?
PAGE 6 What made Alfred Wegener believe that South America and Africa might once have been connected?
PAGE 7 What caused scientists in the 1950s to change their understanding of how the Earth’s surface moves?
PAGE 13 What happens when an ocean floor pushes toward a landmass? Why?
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Genre: Textbook
Textbooks are used in classrooms to teach facts, give information, and offer explanations in a specific subject area.
The information has been researched for accuracy.
The material in textbooks is deigned to help students learn and do well on tests.
Text features:
In textbooks, diagrams are sometimes used to explain important information.
Captions in pictures and diagrams add information.
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How can a diagram help a reader understand the text?
What purpose do captions in diagrams and illustrations serve?
How do the diagram’s captions help you summarize?
Notice that causes and effects are clearly stated.
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Additional Resources
Earth's Layers- game
Jefferson County Schools
Adjectives: Smartboard
Adjectives: Internet4theclassroom
Latin Roots