Mrs. Richards

Unit 4 Week 5

Spelling

  1. dare

  2. stare

  3. dare

  4. hair

  5. pair

  6. chair

  7. bear

  8. pear

  9. where

  10. there

Vocabulary

  1. drops-small amounts of liquid that fall in a round shape

  2. excite-making a person feel happy or eager

  3. outdoors- outside and not inside a building

  4. pale-something that is very light in color

  5. alliteration-the same beginning sound in words

  6. free verse-poem in which the words do not need to rhyme

  7. repetition-the use of repeated words or phrases in a poem

  8. simile- using the words "like" or "a" to compare two unlike things

Genre: Realistic: Free Verse

  • tells a poet's thoughts or feelings

  • does not rhyme

  • can have similes

Comprehension Skill: Theme

  • the theme of a poem is the main message of a lesson

  • identifying key details in a poem can help you figure out the theme

  • ask yourself, "what message does the poet want to get across to the reader?"

Vocabulary strategy:Similes

  • a simile uses the words like or as to compare two different things

  • to understand a simile, figure out how an author compares one thing to another.

  • Example: "leaves are like a blanket on the ground".

Essential Question:

What excites us about nature?