Unit 19, Lesson 4

January 31, 2011

W. A. L. T.

• Listen for suffixes with at least 80% accuracy• Identify and use new suffixes at least 4 of 5

trials• Define words according to their suffixes with

at least 80% accuracy• Use graphic organizers to summarize a story

1. Listening for Word Parts: Suffixes

• Faintness• Dentist• Motorist• Soapiness• Boater

• Waken• Steeper• Painful• Shipment• Painless

Words with suffixes that we went over The suffixes can be found in your workbook page R53

2. Review: Base Words and Suffixes

• A base word is a word that can stand alone and does not have a prefix or a suffix.

• A base word can be one or more syllables. – Example:

• Art, a/gree

• Prefixes and suffixes are affixes, meaningful word parts that can be added to base words.

• Suffixes are added to the ends of words and extend or modify the words’ meanings.

2. Build It: Words with Suffixes• Base words– Art, Deep

• Suffixes– Er, Ness, Ist, Ful

Deep + er = Deeper

Deep + en = Deepen

Deep + ness = Deepness

Art + ist = Artist

Art + ful = Artful

Art + ful + ness = Artfulness

• Please turn to workbook page 23• Read the words in the Word Bank• Combine base words and suffixes to make new

words• Record the words on the lines below• Check a dictionary to verify that the words you

write are actual words• HINT: You can use more than one suffix to make a

single word

2. Build It: Words with Suffixes

Workbook Page 23

Answers will vary!

artistdeepness

sleeplessnesshelplessness

containerpainful

artfuldeepenhelper

pavementcontainment

painless

artfulnesssleeperhelpful

entertainerhumorless

painlessness

deepersleeplesshelpless

entertainmenthumorist

painfulness

2. Build It: Words with Suffixes

• Please turn to workbook page R76• Label the columns– -er, -ist, -ment, -ness, -ful, -less, -en

• Choose two words with each suffix from this activity (workbook page 23) and record them into the correct columns

Workbook Page R76

-er -ist -ment

-ful -less -en

Provide two examples for each Syllable Types! Some can be found on the previous page. Please

ask if you REALLY REALLY need help.

3. Review: Suffixes –er, -ist, -ment, -ness

• Artist: “someone who creates art”• Helper: “ someone who helps”• Deeper: “more deep”• Entertainment: “the act of entertaining”• Helplessness: “the state of not being able to

assist”

3. Introduction: Suffixes –en, -ful, -less• -en: “to become,” “made of,” or “caused to be

or have”• -ful: “full of,” or “characterized by”• -less: “without, lacking”

Successful: full of success Thankful: full of thanks Helpless: without help Darken: to become dark Sleeplessness: the condition of being without sleep

3. Define It: Suffixes

• Please turn to workbook page 24• Read the five affixed words• Underline the base word and circle the suffix

in each• Write a short definition of each word, using

the meaning of the suffix to help you• Use a dictionary to check your definitions

Workbook Page 24

Without sleep

Full of helpTo become deep

The condition of being without pain

The condition of being full of pain

3. Rewrite It: Suffixes

• Please turn to workbook page 25• Read each example with the teacher• Replace each underlined phrase with a base

word + a suffix• Reread the example sentences to check your

work• Do the rest independently• Reread those sentences to check your work

Workbook Page 25

hopeless

darken

cloudlesscheerful

carelessness

sweetenhelpfulness

4. Review: Adjective Suffixes

• Words in English have different functions, or jobs• Adjectives are words that describe nouns• The suffixes –en, -ful, and –less added to base

words can change words into adjectives• The meaning of –ful is “full of,” “enough to fill,” or

“characterized by”• The meaning of –less is “without, lacking”• The meaning of –en is “to become,” “made of,” or

“caused to be or have”

4. Review: Adjective Suffixes

• It was a stressful task, and I had a helpless feeling.

• Directions:• Read the sentence • Identify the adjectives, underline • Identify the base words and suffixes in each adjective• Discuss the meaning of the adjectives

4. Identify It: Adjective Suffixes

• Please turn to workbook page 26• Read each sentence• Underline all the adjectives with suffixes• Copy the adjectives that have the suffix –en, -

ful, or –less into the appropriate columns• Check answers

Workbook Page 26

wooden colorful uselessgolden hopeful cordlessbroken blissful rainlessoaken painful spotless

outspoken helpful blameless

4. Review: Irregular Verbs

• Use your hardcover page 9 to look at verb tenses• English verbs and verb phrases convey past, present,

and future time (tense). The regular past tense ending is –ed.– Example: rent rented

• Some verbs use irregular forms to signal time (tense). These past tense verbs do not end in –ed. Irregular past tense verb forms must be memorized. They have different endings or are spelled differently. – Example: go/went

• The helping verb will signals future time (tense)

4. Review: Tense Timeline

• In cold weather the ponds freeze.

froze(past)

PresentToday

FutureTomorrow

PastYesterday

freeze(present)

will freeze(future)

Verb: freeze

4. Find It: Irregular Verb Forms

• Pleases turn to workbook page 27• We will do the first one together• Read each sentence• Underline the PAST TENSE verb• Write the past, present, and future forms of the

verb in the chart below the timeline• Find five (5) nouns with the suffix –er, -ist, -ment, or

–ness in the sentences above. • Write them on the line

Workbook Page 27

Workbook Page 28

wept weep will weepbled bleed will bleedkept keep will keep

sought seek will seekcrept creep will creepslept sleep will sleepsped speed will speedmet meet will meetfelt feel will feelsaw see will see

Disappointment, florist, freshness, researchers, quietness, racers, scientists, marathoner, tiredness, achievement

Answers will vary!

5. Take Note: “Fiber Optics: High-Speed Highways for Light”

• Please turn to workbook page C1– The story starts on C1 and goes through C3

• Topic: “the person, place, thing, or idea that the informational text is about”– The topic of this section is about fiber optics

• Position Statement: “a point of view or attitude about the topic”– The position statement is that fiber optics is being used more

and more• Reasons: “causes or motives for a topic or event”– The reasons support the position statement about fiber optics

• Directions:– Read the first paragraph on C1– Good writers try to capture readers’ attention

immediately. The first paragraph begins with two questions to engage the reader.

– Read the second paragraph– Go over the topic, position statement, and the

reasons as a class

5. Take Note: “Fiber Optics: High-Speed Highways for Light”

Workbook Page C1Fiber optics

Fiber optic technology is

being used more and more

The material is better

• uses long thin tubes

• made from glass

• carries light signals

6. Map It: Reasons

• A graphic organizer can help you summarize a story in a neater fashion than just sentences and paragraphs

• As a class, we have already found the topic, the position statement, one of the reasons, and the details for that reason

• Now, we have to find the other two reasons and their supporting details

Handout

Fiber optic technology is being used more and more.

The material is better

Fiber optics has far greater speed

Fiber optics uses less space

The material is better

Fiber optics has far greater speed

Fiber optics uses less space

- uses long thin tubes

- made from glass- carries light

signals- fibers can bend without blocking

light signals

- glass carries the signals faster

- information travels at the speed of light- faster than

racing cars

- thinner than wires

- more fibers fit in a cable

- can send more signal