Lost CityLost City

Unit 5 Week 2

Genre – Narrative Genre – Narrative NonfictionNonfictionNarrative Nonfiction can tell the story of a real event. The details of the event are presented in sequence so that readers can understand the cause-and-effect relationships.

Vocabulary Strategy-Vocabulary Strategy-Greek and Latin RootsGreek and Latin Roots

Many English words have Latin or Greek roots. For example, the Latin word terra means “earth, land.” Part of it appears in words such as terrain (surface of the ground) and territory (an area of land).

Comprehension Skill –Comprehension Skill –Compare and ContrastCompare and Contrast

To compare and contrast means to tell how two or more things are alike and different.

Authors may use clue words such as like, as, and same to show similarities. They may use clue words such as but, unlike, and different to show differences.

Comprehension Skill –Comprehension Skill –VisualizeVisualize

Active readers transform the words on the page into mental images. Visualizing likenesses and differences between two people or things that are being compared is especially helpful. As you read, picture in your mind new information that is coming to you from the text.

VocabularyVocabulary

CuriosityGloriousGraniteRuins

TerracedThicketsTorrent

CuriosityCuriosity

A desire to know or learn

GloriousGlorious

Magnificent; splendid

GraniteGraniteA very hard gray or pink rock that is formed when lava cools slowly underground

RuinsRuinsWhat is left after a building, wall, etc., has fallen to pieces; remains

TerracedTerracedFormed into a flat, level land with steep sides; leveled

ThicketsThicketsBushes or small trees growing close together; shrubs

TorrentTorrentA violent, rushing stream of water

How were Cusco and the How were Cusco and the first capital of the Inca first capital of the Inca alike?alike?

They were flooded by a nearby river each year

They were built by people that lived long ago

They were destroyed to make room for crops

What is the What is the most likely most likely reason the author told the reason the author told the boy’s thoughts?boy’s thoughts?

To make the selection more mysterious and interesting

To show what the child’s life was like from day to day

To explain how the local people felt about the ruins

What can you conclude about What can you conclude about the Inca based on information the Inca based on information in the selection?in the selection?

They used modern machines.They originally came from Spain.

They once ruled in South America.

What probably happened What probably happened before the Quechua boy had a before the Quechua boy had a dream about a tall stranger?dream about a tall stranger?

Bingham arrived in Cusco to look for the lost city.

Bingham traveled by mule train to the Urubamba River.

Bingham talked to a local farmer named Arteaga.

Which generalization can be Which generalization can be made from information in made from information in this story?this story?The Andes are home to a variety

of cultures.The Incan cities were built to last

a long time.The Quechua people are

interested in their past.

From information in this From information in this story, you can tell that the story, you can tell that the journey to Machu Picchu was journey to Machu Picchu was ----

DangerousBoringImpossible

Which of the following is the Which of the following is the main idea of the story?main idea of the story?

Arteaga, a local farmer, told Bingham about the ruins on Machu Picchu.

The Quechua boy led Bingham to Vilcapampa, the lost city of the Inca.

Bingham, who was determined to find Incan ruins, found Machu Picchu.

On Bingham’s way to Machu On Bingham’s way to Machu Picchu, what did he see after Picchu, what did he see after he found the sun temple?he found the sun temple?

A grand stone staircaseA flimsy log bridgeA old cobbled street

Which of these events Which of these events happened first in our happened first in our story?story?

A Quechua boy led Bingham up the mountain

A farmer told Bingham he knew about some ruins

Bingham found the lost city of Machu Picchu

Why might so few people Why might so few people have known about the have known about the ruins?ruins?They were very hard to get to

Why did the boy call the Why did the boy call the camera a “black box”?camera a “black box”?

He did not know what it was

How was the author’s How was the author’s search for the ruins search for the ruins different than Bingham’s?different than Bingham’s?

Bingham had no idea where the ruins were, but the author knew how to get to Machu Picchu because of Bingham’s journey.