Thematic Units Mind Map 3
As you can see, a “mind map” can also help us to outline the central ideas and details of a topic. Not only does it help us learn vocabulary, but it also help us retain information to discuss later on.
Word Family 3
Here you have the third word family chart based on our course book. Let’s complete it with the corresponding missing words. Keep in mind that a word family series is not supposed to have all the family members.
| Noun | Verb | Adjective |
| year | | |
| | | exciting |
| culture | | |
| | | excellent |
| | employ | |
| | pay | |
| | | comfortable |
| feelings | | |
| | succeed | |
| experience | | |
| housing | | |
| | | hopeless |
| | | embarrassed |
| | improve | |
| | | shy |
| | depress | |
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Thematic Units Mind Map 2
Here you are presented with another mind map to complete. In each branch of the map, include two more subdivisions with inventions that fit each category. Besides this, include two uses each invention has. See the examples provided in the mind map.
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Word Family 2
Here you have the second word family chart based on our course book. Let’s complete it with the corresponding missing words. Keep in mind that a word family series is not supposed to have all the family members.
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives |
| | | encouraged |
| | build | |
| | | curious |
| control | | |
| movement | | |
| competition | | |
| | win | |
| | | supported |
| | | famous |
| | laugh | |
| | smell | |
| | | useful |
| choice | | |
| | | sick |
| invention | | |
Plot Analysis
To work on your plot analysis, use the following free online resource on your computer:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/plot-diagram/
To better understand what the plot of story is, watch the following video:
Word Families
What are word families? They are meaning-related series of words. Although they belong to different syntactical categories, they are related to each other in terms of meaning; they have similar roots but different suffixes.
The following word family chart is based on the first reading on the book. Let’s try to complete it.
| Noun | Verb | Adjective |
| | | lively |
| | teach | |
| cooking | | |
| | show | |
| food | | |
| | | served |
| | | harmful |
| power | | |
| | think | |
| weight | | |
| | | canned |
| | encourage | |
| | | helpful |
| | qualify | |
| | enjoy | |
| | | collected |
| promise | | |
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