5.1 Day 3

• language art

Latin Roots

nat means "born"

scrib or scrip means "write" or "written"

Don't forget this will be on the test!!

Latin Roots- scrib or scrip

• scrib or scrip means "write" or "written"

Words with scrib or scrip:

manuscript

transcribe

prescription 

Making Inferences p. 455

• The text states that Rever will "spread the alarm/Through every Middlesex village and farm,/For the country folk to up and to arm"

• I know that Revere is riding out of the city, and these lines tell me he is warning people living in the country.   
• Based on the facts, Middlesex must be a place outside of Boston.
• I have never heard of a colony called Middlesex so we can INFER that is a county including Boston. 

Making Inferences p. 455

• The text states that Rever will "spread the alarm/Through every Middlesex village and farm,/For the country folk to up and to arm"

• He is spreading the alarm to "UP AND TO ARM"
• This means that the villagers need to prepare to fight.  

p. 456-461

He immediately rides out of town.

Revere rows across the river to await his signal while his friend spies on the British. 

He friend climbs the tower of the Old North Church while Revere watches the church from afar.

Then he arrives at his first location, the town of Medford.

Revere sees the two lanterns in the tower.

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p. 462-463

Then he goes to Concord.

The British and revolutionary forces battle, but the farmers are able to drive the British away.

Next, he goes to Lexington.

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Why is the night wind’s whispered message “All is well” not truthful?

Describe what Revere does as he waits for the signal and how he feels.

Similes and Metaphors

Both compare two things.

Similes compare using like or as.

Metaphors do not use like or as.

Simile or metaphor?
That he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread
The watchful night wind as it went

1. Simile
2. Metaphor

Simile or metaphor?
He saw the gilded weathercock
Swim in the moonlight

1. Simile
2. Metaphor

Inference-
The fate of a nation was riding that night.
What nation is this speaking of?

Sequencing- Where does Revere go after leaving his friend? p.456

Sequencing- Where does the friend go after leaving Revere? p.456

Inference- The text says:
Who that day would be lying dead/Pierced by a British musket-ball. What do you think a musket-ball is?

Inference- The text says:
And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep.
Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tide.
What do you think the Mystic is?

Inference- The text says:
It was twelve by the village clock. When he crossed the bridge into Medford town. THEN It was one by the village clock, When he galloped into Lexington.
How long did it take him to get to Lexington?

Inference- The text says:
To every Middlesex village and farm,
A cry of defiance and not of fear.
If they have a cry of defiance and not fear, what does that mean?

Is someone who jumps off a cliff into the ocean stealthy or impetuous?

1. stealthy
2. impetuous

Does someone about to audition for a play feel dread or tread?

1. dread
2. tread

Would a castle gate be guarded by a sentinel or peril?

1. sentinel
2. peril

Do you cross to the impetuous or opposite side of the street?

1. impetuous
2. opposite

When swimming in the ocean, do you need to watch the skirt or the tide?

1. skirt
2. tide

Is a thief often stealthy or aghast?

1. stealthy
2. aghast

If you disobey your teachers, are you showing dread or defiance?

1. dread
2. defiance

Do sidewalks mast or skirt the sides of roads?

1. mast
2. skirt

Is a shadowy figure you think you see at night a phantom or a sentinel?

1. phantom
2. sentinel

Does a ship need a tread or a mast to hold up its sail?

1. tread
2. mast

Is a brook babbling in a quiet wood a tranquil or opposite scene?

1. tranquil
2. opposite

Would seeing a fight at school cause you to be impetuous or aghast?

1. impetuous
2. aghast

Are footsteps on the stairs the sound of tread or tide?

1. tread
2. tide

Order of Adjectives in Sentences

• Try to remember this order:

number, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose

If you want to write that down and use it on your test, you can!

Which one is in the correct order?

1. I discovered an English overgrown abandoned garden.
2. I discovered an abandoned, overgrown English garden.

Which one is in the correct order?

1. Here is box of yellow, brand-new pencils.
2. Here is a box of brand-new yellow pencils.

Which one is in the correct order?

1. Please take these three overdue library books with you.
2. Please take these overdue three library books with you.

Which one is in the correct order?

1. The store sold beautiful, modern Swedish furniture.
2. The store sold modern, Swedish beautiful furniture.

Read p. 466-467

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