The Heavenly Zoo

Lesson 3

At the end of the lesson I will be able to…

• Read and Identify words with hyphenated compound words

• Develop vocabularies by studying positive, comparable, and superlative forms of adjectives.

• Read and understand the difference between present-tense verbs and past tense verbs ending with the inflectional ending –ed

• Recognize and spell words with the long e sound.

These words are hyphenated-compounds

• all-wise• all-powerful• sword-belt• empty-handed

These words are comparatives and superlatives

• early earlier earliest • great greater greatest • bright brighter brightest• heavy heavier heaviest

These words are past tense, they have inflectional ending -ed

• travel traveled

• look looked

• defeat defeated

• ascend ascended

These words have the long e sound spelled ie, ey, ei, and y

• shield

• journey

• Seized

• story

• safety

Identify the hyphenated compound words

• The all-wise and all-powerful hero was wearing a sword-belt.

All-wise and all-powerful= omnipotent

Identify the superlatives

• The brightest light bulb used the greatest amount of energy.

Identify the words with the long e sound.

• The knights in legends carried a shield for safety.

• Carried• Shield• Safety

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Lesson 3 The Heavenly Zoo

ancestors

• “use context clues”– Our ancestors saw

all sorts of things in the stars: men and women, gods and demons, rivers and ships.

– Carlos traced his ancestors back one hundred years by researching his family tree.ancestors- people from whom one is descended

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summoning• “use context clues

and word structure”– When the solders

saw Arjuna the all-powerful they shouted out, summoning him to come and lead them into battle.

– I am summoning you upstairs for the meeting.summoning- asking to come

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attendants• “use context clues,

word structure”– So they traveled for

many days and nights, till they came to a magnificent palace surrounded by a garden full of flowers and fountains: and in this garden a beautiful princess was walking with her attendants.

– The attendants at the reception served a slice of wedding cake to everyoneAttendants-people who wait on

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heavens• “use context clues”

– So Yudistira and Svan ascended into paradise and Indra, in recognition of their devotion to each other, set in the sky the constellations of the Great Dog, whose central star Sirius is the brightest of all in the heavens.

– You must look to the heavens to see a shooting star.

heavens- the sky as viewed from Earth

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vain• “use context clues”

– All went well until Orion, who had become vain of his skill, began to boast that he would soon have killed all the wild animals in Crete.

– The vain sailor leaned out of the boat to admire his reflection in the water.vain- conceited Sandra Sanchez

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Vocabulary Quiz

• Ancestors• Summoning• Attendants• Heavens• vain

1. ________________ are people who wait on someone2. People who are constantly looking at themselves are said to be _________.3. When you ask someone to come somewhere you are______________ them.4. Your grandparents and great-grandparents are your ___________.5. Galileo looked at the __________ at night and through his telescope and found Jupiter’s moons.

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