Unit 6: Achievements Weekly Theme: Unusual Animals Selection 2: Title: Wilbur

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Unit 6 Achievements Weekly
Theme Unusual AnimalsSelection 2Title
Wilburs BoastAuthor E.B. White
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• Genre
• Fantasy a story about invented characters who
  could not exist in real life
• Comprehension Strategy
• Monitor Comprehension
• Comprehension Skill
• Plot Development Make Judgments

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• Phonics
• Decode Prefixes re-, un-, dis-, pre-
• Spelling Focus
• untied, repay, disagree, preheat, unafraid,
  return, preschool, dislike, disappear, resell,
  precook, prepay, unbeaten, reprint, unwrap
• Review Words nickel, handle, pickle
• Challenge Words unlucky, recover

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• Key Vocabulary
• conversation a talk between two or more
  people
• interrupted broke in and stopped something
• boasting talking with too much pride
• sway to move from side to side
• scrambled moved or climbed quickly
• seized took hold of or grabbed
• rebuild to make again or repair

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• Vocabulary Skills
• Word Parts Prefixes
• Word parts added to the beginning of base
  words. They change the meanings of base words.
• Some common prefixes are dis-, pre-, re-, and
  un-.

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• Word Work
• Grammar Skills
• Adjectives That Compare
• Adjectives can be used to compare two or more
  nouns.
• Add er to an adjective to compare two nouns.
• Add est to compare more than two nouns.
• Examples A pig is slower than a horse.
• The horse is the fastest animal on the
  farm.