title: lost city: the discovery of machu picchuauthor: ted lewingenre: narrative nonfiction

Big Question: What surprises can happen on an expedition?

Title:Lost City: The

Discovery of Machu Picchu

Author: Ted Lewin

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

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curiosity glorious granite ruins terraced thickets torrent

remote rugged ventured adobe highland terraces

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Big Question: What surprises can happen on an expedition?

Monday

Question of the Day

What surprises can happen on an expedition?

Build Concepts Compare and Contrast Visualize Build Background Vocabulary Fluency: Model Phrasing Grammar: Comparative and Superlative

Adjectives Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V Ancient Civilizations

Today we will learn about:

Monday

Fluency: Model Phrasing

Fluency: PhrasingListen as I read “The Incas.”As I read, notice how I chunk related words, such as those in prepositional phrases and clauses.

Phrasing helps to reinforce meaning, and makes reading sound like talking.

Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

Fluency: Phrasing In what ways was farming more difficult for the Incas than for many farmers in other places and other times?

How does the Inca farmers’ diet compare with how people in the United States eat today?

Concept Vocabulary adobe – built with bricks made from clay baked in the sun

highland – related to a region that is higher and hillier than the neighboring countryside

terraces – flat, raised levels of land with straight or sloping sides

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adobe

highland

terraces

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Farming

Homes

Ancient Civilizatio

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Compare and ContrastVisualize

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Archaeologists Tasks

Equipment

Traits

Prior KnowledgeTell of everything you know about archaeologists,focusing on what they do, what tools they might use, and what personal traits would help them do their job well.

Vocabulary Words

curiosity – an eager desire to know or learn

glorious – magnificent; splendid granite – a very hard gray or pink rock that is formed when lava cools slowly underground

ruins – what is left after a building, wall, etc., has fallen to pieces

Vocabulary Words

terraced – formed into a flat, level land with steep sides; terraces are often made in hilly areas to create more space for farming

thickets – bushes or small trees growing close together

torrent – a violent, rushing stream of water

Vocabulary Words

remote – out of the way; secluded

rugged – covered with rough edges; rough and uneven

ventured – dared to come or go (to a new or unknown place)

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granite

ruins

terraced

thickets

torrent

remote

rugged

Monday

Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

a locul farm boy guided hiram bingham to machu picchu

A local farm boy guided Hiram Bingham to Machu Picchu.

the cityies location had been a secrit to most people until then

The city’s location had been a secret to most people until then.

The sun temple in Machu Picchu was grander than the one in Cusco. It was the grandest ruin he had ever seen.

Grander is a comparative adjective. It is used to compare two things.

Grandest is a superlative adjective. It is used to compare three or more things.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

A comparative adjective compares two people, places, things, or groups. Add –er to most short adjectives to make their comparative forms. Use more with longer adjectives.

This mountain is taller and more beautiful than that one.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

A superlative adjective compares three or more people, places, things, or groups. Add –est to most short adjectives to make their superlative forms. Use most with longer adjectives.

It was the highest and most amazing city he had ever seen.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

An adjective may change its spelling in its comparative and superlative forms.

For adjectives that end with a consonant and y, change the y to i before adding –er or –est: happy, happier, happiest.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

For adjectives that end in a single consonant after a single vowel, double the final consonant before adding –er or –est: big, bigger, biggest.

For adjectives that end in e, drop the e before adding –er or –est: tame, tamer, tamest.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Some adjectives, such as good and bad, have irregular comparative and superlative forms: good, better best; bad, worse, worst

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

This hike is (hard) than the one we took yesterday.

harderThe sun is (hot) than it was yesterday too.

hotter

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Choose the correct form of the adjective in () to complete each sentence.

I’m feeling (bad) than I did this morning.

worseThis is the (tough) climb we’ve ever done.

toughest

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Choose the correct form of the adjective in () to complete each sentence.

It’s (sunny) up here than it was in the forest.

sunnierYou get the (good) view of all from this cliff.

best

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Choose the correct form of the adjective in () to complete each sentence.

That is the (remarkable) ruin I have ever seen.

most remarkableThese carvings are (amazing) than those.

more amazing

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Choose the correct form of the adjective in () to complete each sentence.

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Tuesday

Question of the Day

Why do you think Hiram Bingham is

willing to go on such a difficult expedition?

Word Structure: Greek and Latin Roots Compare and Contrast Visualize Develop Vocabulary Fluency: Echo Reading Grammar: Comparative and Superlative

Adjectives Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V Time for Social Studies: The Inca Empire,

Inca History and Legend Ancient Civilizations

Today we will learn about:

Vocabulary Strategy for Greek and Latin

Roots

Turn to pages 540 - 541

Lost City: The Discovery of Machu

Picchu

Turn to pages 542 - 549

Tuesday

Fluency: Echo Reading

Fluency: Echo ReadingTurn to page 544, last paragraph.As I read, notice I use phrasing to help convey meaning.

Now we will practice together as a class by doing three echo reading of the paragraph.

Tuesday

Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

after an long climb bingham came across the city

After a long climb, Bingham came across the city.

the ruins was the better he had ever seed

The ruins were the best he had ever seen.

A comparative adjective compares two people, places, things, or groups.

A superlative adjective compares three or more people, places, things or groups.

Add –er or use more to form comparative adjectives.

Add –est or use most to form superlative adjectives.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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Wednesday

Question of the Day

What are some of the difficulties and

satisfactions in the life of an archeologist?

Visualize Sequence Develop Vocabulary Fluency: Model Phrasing Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V

Time for Social Studies: Legendary Vilcapampa

Ancient Civilizations

Today we will learn about:

Lost City: The Discovery of Machu

Picchu

Turn to pages 550 - 555

Wednesday

Fluency: Model Phrasing

Fluency: PhrasingTurn to page 546, paragraphs 1-3.

As I read, notice how I break up long sentences by grouping related words into meaningful phrases.

Now we will practice together as a class by doing three echo reading of these paragraphs.

Wednesday

Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

what an amazing place this were for a city

What an amazing place this was for a city!

how do people centuries ago build anything so high in the mountains

How did people centuries ago build anything so high in the mountains?

A comparative adjective compares two people, places, things, or groups.

A superlative adjective compares three or more people, places, things or groups.

Add –er or use more to form comparative adjectives.

Add –est or use most to form superlative adjectives.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Writers use different forms of adjectives to help readers understand what they are describing or explaining.

Not Precise: That mountain is tall.More Precise: That is the tallest mountain in Peru.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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Thursday

Question of the Day

Have you ever taken a scenic journey by train? How was it

different than traveling by automobile?

Personal Essay/Text Features Reading Across Texts Content-Area Vocabulary Fluency: Partner Reading Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V

Today we will learn about:

Social Studies in Reading: Riding the Rails to Machu

Picchu

Turn to pages 556 - 559

Thursday

Fluency: Partner Reading

Fluency: PhrasingTurn to page 546, paragraphs 1-3.

You will practice reading aloud these paragraphs three times with a partner.

Be sure you group words into meaningful phrases and offer each other feedback.

Thursday

Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

machu picchu is famouser than this inca city

Machu Picchu is more famous than this Inca city.

thousands of tourists visits every year,they bring money to the local economy

Thousands of tourists visit every year. They bring money to the local economy.

A comparative adjective compares two people, places, things, or groups.

A superlative adjective compares three or more people, places, things or groups.

Add –er or use more to form comparative adjectives.

Add –est or use most to form superlative adjectives.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Test Tip:Remember that the word good is one exception to the rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives.

The comparative form is better, the superlative form is best.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Example: This is a good story.It is better than the last one we read.

I think it is the best one we have read all year.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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Friday

Question of the Day

What surprises can happen on an expedition?

Concept Vocabulary Compare and Contrast Word Structure: Greek and Latin Roots Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V

Research/Study Skills: Teach Outline Ancient Civilizations

Today we will learn about:

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.

Compare and Contrast

To paraphrase something is to put it in your own words. A paraphrase should keep the same main ideas as the original, but it should be simpler to read.

Paraphrase

Paraphrase to check your understanding of a piece of writing.

Paraphrase when taking notes from reference sources to be sure you don’t copy the words exactly.

Paraphrase

You can use Greek and Latin roots to figure out meanings of unfamiliar words.

Look at the meaning of the word ventured.

The Latin roots ven and vent mean “to come.”

Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Roots

Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin RootsRecord your ideas about the meanings of the words listed below and

how they connect to the meaning of the Latin root.

Word Meaning and Root Connections

eventual

prevention invention

convention intervene

The lesson vocabulary words thickets, terraced, and granite all tell about landforms.

With a partner, review “Lost City” to find other earth science words related to the shape and structure of land.

Words about Landforms

bamboo thickets terraced fields granite cliffs snowcapped peaks

mountains valley canyon

sandy beaches

undergrowth jungle tangled vines countryside cloud forest high pastures

Words about LandformsUse these words to create landscape art.

Friday

Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

i think your most interested in machu picchu than in stonehenge

I think you’re more interested in Machu Picchu than in Stonehenge.

maria and him would like to go to peru with you and i

Maria and he would like to go to Peru with you and me.

A comparative adjective compares two people, places, things, or groups.

A superlative adjective compares three or more people, places, things or groups.

Add –er or use more to form comparative adjectives.

Add –est or use most to form superlative adjectives.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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Research & Study Skills

Outline

An outline shows how a text is organized. When is it helpful to make an outline?

Outlining helps readers understand text structure and remember information.

Outlines can also be used to synthesize information for a report or an essay.

Outline

The title is listed at the top of the outline.

Topics are the most important ideas. They are identified with Roman numerals.

Subtopics are listed under a topic and tell more about it. They are identified with capital letters.

Details are listed under a subtopic and tell more about it. They are identified by numbers.

Outline

We are now ready to take our story tests.

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