Lesson 3.5 - Paul Bunyan
Question of the Week
What causes changes in nature? |
Paul Bunyan by Mary Pope Osborn is a tall tale. A tall tale is a humorous story with characters who have superhuman abilities. As you read, think about how the exaggerated details help explain many of the natural features of the American frontier.
As you read, think about the following questions. |
selection vocabulary
announcement - a public or formal notice
feature - part of a face harness - the leather straps, bands, and other pieces used to hitch a horse or other animal to a carriage, wagon, plow, and so on. lumberjacks - people whose work is cutting down trees and sending the logs to a sawmill; woodsmen; loggers requirements - things demanded thaw - to make or become less cold unnatural - not natural; not normal untamed - wild; not domesticated |
amazing words
temperature hydrogen pressure sediment geography agriculture logging sawmill erosion arch |
Skill of the Week - generalize
Lesson 3.5 spelling - possessives
1. its
2. ours 3. mine 4. yours 5. family's 6. families' 7. man's 8. men's 9. girl's 10. girls' |
11. hers
12. theirs 13. brother's 14. brothers' 15. teacher's 16. teachers' 17. aunt's 18. aunts' 19. boy's 20. boys' |
Challenge Words:
21. country's 22. countries' 23. witness's 24. witnesses' 25. laboratory's 26. laboratories' |