“The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam”

by: Huynh Quang Hhuong

Genre: Autobiography

An autobiograph is a true story written about yourself. It is usually told in chronological order.

Comprehension Skills:*Making Connections *Asking Questions*Summarizing *Visualizing

*Author’s Point of View *Author’s Purpose1st person vs. 3rd person Persuade, Inform, Explain, or Entertain

Word Knowledge:-Antonyms-long e spelled ea-/hw/ sound spelled wh-/ow/ sound spelled ou or ow

Spelling pattern/ow/ sound spelled ou, ow

tower

however

pouch

towel

amount

powder

thousand

browse

pronounce

blouse

power

coward

account

pout

outward

downtown

mountains

surrounded

houses

hour

acceptable

portable

renewable

edible

visible

possible

anthropology

zoology

geology

ecology

dermatology

graphology

Grammar:

Adjectives

The Land I LostThe Land I LostAdventures of a Boy inVietnamAdventures of a Boy inVietnamhamlethamlet

cultivatecultivate

passionpassion

mythologymythology

karatekarate

Open Court 5th Grade Unit 3 Heritage

Lesson 1 The Land I Lost Marco Ruiz / Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

hamlet “use context clues”

There were fifty houses in our hamlet, scattered along the river or propped against the mountainsides. I live in a small house in a tiny village. I live in a small house in a tiny village. There are other small houses just like mine There are other small houses just like mine in the in the hamlethamlet..

hamlethamlet – a group of houses that make – a group of houses that make up a small village (p.180)up a small village (p.180) Marco Ruiz –

Wilson Elementary

cultivate “use context clues”

During the six month rainy season, nearly all of us helped plant and cultivate fields of rice.

Farmers throughout our Farmers throughout our country must country must cultivatecultivate their their fields to provide a healthy fields to provide a healthy crop.crop.

Marco Ruiz – Wilson Elementary

cultivatecultivate: to take care of something so it : to take care of something so it will grow (page 181)will grow (page 181)

passion “use context clues”

One of her great passions was theater, and this passion never diminished with age.

All of her life, my mother has All of her life, my mother has had a had a passionpassion for gardening. for gardening. She loves to spend every She loves to spend every spare moment planting spare moment planting flowers.flowers.passionpassion - a strong feeling - a strong feeling about something (page 184)about something (page 184)Marco Ruiz –

Wilson Elementary

mythology “use context clues”

She knew Chinese mythology by heart, and the opera was often a dramatization of this mythology.

Our class has been reading the mythology of the Greek god Zeus.

mythologymythology - a group of stories made up - a group of stories made up

long ago to explain natural events or long ago to explain natural events or

religious beliefs and customs (page 184)religious beliefs and customs (page 184)Marco Ruiz – Wilson Elementary

karate“use context clues”

The owner of the restaurant was too afraid to confront Michael, who is one of the best karate fighters in the area.

I wanted to learn self-defense, so my friend suggested I take a karate class.

karatekarate - an Asian art of self defense - an Asian art of self defense (page 187)(page 187)

Marco Ruiz – Wilson Elementary

The Land I LostThe Land I LostStory Vocabulary QuizStory Vocabulary Quiz

karatekarate

hamlet hamlet

passion passion

mythology mythology

cultivatecultivate

a group of houses that make up a small village__________to take care of something so it

will grow_______________a strong feeling about

something______________a group of stories made up long

ago to explain natural events or religious beliefs and customs. ________________an Asian art of self defense

________________________Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

The Land I Lost The Land I Lost Story VocabularyStory Vocabulary

hamlet – a group of houses that make up a small villagecultivate- to take care of something so it will growpassion - a strong feeling about somethingmythology - a group of stories made up long ago to explain natural events or religious beliefs and customskarate - an Asian art of self defense

Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

These words contain antonym pairs.

antonyms

deep shallowenter exit

lead follow

Who remembers what antonyms are?Who remembers what antonyms are?

Name some more antonym pairs.Name some more antonym pairs.Marco Ruiz – Wilson Elementary

fearedfeared

seasonseason

weakweak

sneakysneaky

Cunningham – Wilson Elementary

These are words with the These are words with the /e//e/ sound sound

spelled spelled eaea..

Can you think of Can you think of other words that other words that have this spelling of have this spelling of

the the /e//e/ sound? sound?

These words show the /hw/ sound spelled “wh”.

whinedwhined

wherevwhereverer

when when

whalewhaleCunningham – Wilson Elementary

Who can demonstrate the difference between the sound of a word beginning with w and one beginning with wh?

ddowowntntowownn

mmouountainsntains

surrsurrououndedndedhhouousesseshhouoursrs

These words contain the /ow/ sound These words contain the /ow/ sound spelled spelled ouou and and owow..

Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

My little brother whined and followed me wherever I went.

Cunningham – Wilson Elementary

Identify the words that contain the Identify the words that contain the /e//e/ sound sound spelled spelled eaea..

digraph - wh

Identify and say the words containing the digraph wh.

I feared this season’s whole crop would be ruined by the heat.

Cunningham – Wilson Elementary

Identify the words that contain the Identify the words that contain the /e//e/ sound spelled sound spelled eaea..

The sound /e//e/ using using ea

In downtown Seattle, we found ourselves surrounded by office buildings and many people.

Identify the words that contain the Identify the words that contain the /ow//ow/ sound sound

spelled spelled ow ow and and ouou..

/ow/ spelled ow and ou