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Connect to Writing: Articles and Vocabulary Review
Intro (red) Unit 1
Articles: Words that identify nouns
What is a noun?– A person, place or thing
He saw a boy. (person)The city is small. (place) I ate rice. (thing)
Use a or an to talk about one person, place or thing in general.
He saw a boy. (He doesn’t know this boy.)
Articles: Words that identify nouns
What is a noun?– A person, place or thing
Use a or an to talk about one person, place or thing in general.
Do not use a or an before nouns you cannot count.– I ate rice.
– My friend likes soup.
– Cereal is a breakfast food.
Articles: Words that identify nouns
What is a noun?– A person, place or thing
Use a or an to talk about one person, place or thing in general.
Do not use a or an before nouns you cannot count.
Use the to talk about one or more specific persons, places or things.– The city is small.
– I am wearing the necklace he gave me.
– The girl over there is very shy.
Articles: Words that identify nouns
Use the to talk about one or more specific persons, places or things.
Do not use articles in front of names of places, months, days or languages.
We will visit Mexico during spring break.
In July, we have two days off.
We have a test on Monday.
The teacher speaks Spanish and Gujurati.
Practice: Put a, an, the or an X (for nothing) in the blanks.
_____bananas in this store are brown. In _____ Australia, _____ English is spoken.There is _____ garbage can near ____ desk by the
teacher.The boys have ____ uncle in _____Mongolia.____ Intuit traveled by kayaks.We road camels in _____ desert in ____ May.Who eats _____ soup for lunch? I found ______ seashell in _____ sand.
The
X X
a the
an XThe
the X
X
a the
Vocabulary: Can you guess these? Part 1
Buffalo
Buffaloes
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kayak
kayaks
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camel
camels
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journey
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tent
tepee
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grassy plain
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herd
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prehistoric
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nomads
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desert
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tribes
yurt
Intuit, Sioux
Groups of native people who live together. a Mongolian tent
Practice: Write the missing vocabulary word and article if needed in the blank.
______ is a round Mongolian tent.People who move from place to place together
are called _________.A temporary house for who move from place to
place is called __________.An animal that can live without food or water in
the desert is _________.Anything referring to the times of cave paintings
and cave men is __________.Large open, dry land with sand and few plants is
called ___________.
Practice: Write the missing vocabulary word and article if needed in the blank.
______ is a round Mongolian tent.People who move from place to place together
are called _________.A temporary house for who move from place to
place is called __________.An animal that can live without food or water in
the desert is _________.Anything referring to the times of cave paintings
and cave men is __________.Large open, dry land with sand and few plants is
called ___________.
A yurt
nomads
a tent
a camel
prehistoric
a desert
Practice: Write the missing vocabulary word and article if needed in the blank.
_____________ is a large area of open land with grasses.
The Sioux Indians hunted __________.Animals that move together in a group are
called __________.Moving from one place to another is
__________.
A grassy plain
buffaloes
a herd
a journey
Vocabulary: Can you guess these? Part 2
a princess
Vocabulary: Can you guess these?
nonfiction
A piece of writing that is true.
Vocabulary: Can you guess these?
jewel
jewels
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to welcome
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daughter
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earring
earrings
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fiction
a piece of writing that is made up, not true
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uncle
the brother of my father or mother
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nephew
the son of a brother or sister
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curious
another word for interested and questioning
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interrupt
Another word for when you start talking while someone else is talking and not waiting for them to stop.
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generous
Another word to describe a person who gives a lot and is not selfish.
Practice: Write the missing vocabulary word and article if needed in the blank.
Diana was _______________ of Wales._______________ of my grandmother is my
mother.The son of my sister is my ___________.My sister is ___________ with her time and
money. It is wrong to __________ the teacher when she
is talking.The teacher _______________ the students at the
beginning of class every day.
the princessThe daughter
nephew
generous
interrupt
welcomes
Practice: Write the missing vocabulary word and article if needed in the blank.
_________ in the necklace sparkles in the sunlight.
The brother of father is my __________.My sister likes to wear __________ with jewels on
her ear.Readings for social studies are
_______________________.Folktales are __________________.He was _______________about the present and
wanted to open it.
The jewel(s)
uncle
earrings
nonfictionfiction
curious