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Unit1·Lesson3
Review &
Special Instructional
English
Technology
Challenge
Acceleration
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Learners
Text
HowTo:
There are three steps to
Define It. First, identify the category into which
the word belongs. Second, discuss attributes that differentiate it from other words
in the same category. Finally, combine the category and attribute information to
create a definition. For example, for the word
sad:
Word
Category
Attributes
sad
=
feelings
+
not happy
Definition:
S
ad is an unhappy feeling.
Use this activity to introduce and provide practice in using a structured process for
defining words.
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Use the
Define It process to develop a definition for the word cat. Use the Define It
transparency to model the process.
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Identify possible category labels for
cat. Take time to think of multiple categories.
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Discuss attributes specific to each word. (An
attribute is a characteristic of a person
or a thing.) Explain that attributes like size, shape, and function help to differentiate
words within a category. Discuss attributes specific to
cat.
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Combine the category and attributes to create a definition for
cat.
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Give students the
Define It template.
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Have students:
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Copy the information onto their templates.
Note: Initially, Define It is teacher modeled with class discussion. As students gain
proficiency labeling categories and selecting attributes, they can do this activity with
peer partners or independently.
Review: Nouns
Use the Student Text, page 5, to review nouns.
Words that name people, places, and things are
nouns.
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Have students:
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Read the boxed lists of words in the Student Text to a peer partner.
Find It: Nouns
Use this activity in the Interactive Text, page 14, to provide practice in identifying
nouns in context.
Students identify nouns as words that name people, places, and things.
At a Glance
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In English, words have different functions (jobs). Sometimes the
same word can have two functions. Look at the nouns and verbs in
these boxes.
Nouns name people, places, or things. Read these Unit 1 nouns.
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Which ones are things?
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Are there any people or places on this list?
Verbs describe actions. Read these Unit 1 verbs.
Sentences convey a complete thought by answering two questions:
Who (or what) did it? and What did they (he, she, or it) do? In
English, we put nouns and verbs together to make sentences.
Nouns
act
bat
cab
cast
cat
fact
fat
mast
mat
scab
tab
Verbs
act
bat
cast
sat
tab
StudentText
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Student Text
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Unit 1 · Lesson 3
Unit 1 · Lesson 3
Exercise 4 · Find It: Nouns
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Listen and follow along as your teacher reads these sentences to you.
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Find the nouns--the people, places, and things.
4
Underline the nouns.
based on "Batty About Bats!"
Bats help. Bats eat insects. Insects bite people and pets! Too many
insects kill crops. Many farmers would lose their farms. People
would not have food. Bats help get rid of insects.
4
List each noun.
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Show if it belongs to people, places, or things with an X.
Nouns
People
Places
Things
bats
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
insects
people
pets
crops
farmers
farms
food
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InteractiveText
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Interactive Text
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