Theme 4 Lesson 16
"Lon Po Po"
Translated by Ed Young
Genre: Fairy Tale - a story that takes place in a make-believe world.
Focus Skills: *Comparing/Contrasting & **Prefixes/Suffixes
*When you compare, you tell how two things are alike. Clue words that
signal how things are alike include same, both, similar, like, and as well
as. When you contrast, you tell how two things are different. Clue words
that signal that two words are different include however, unlike, and but.
**Prefixes are letters or syllables added to the beginning of a root word.
Suffixes are letters or syllables added to the end of a root word. When a
prefix or suffix is added, a new word with a new meaning is formed.
Common prefixes: re- "to do again" example: reread (to read again)
un - "not" example: unhappy (not happy)
Common suffixes: -ful "full of" example: powerful (full of power)
-less "without" example: clueless (without a clue)
Robust Vocabulary
tender
delighted
brittle
embraced
cunning
disguised
charming
racket
ingenious
outwit
1. tender -
2. delighted -
3. brittle -
4. embraced -
5. cunning -
6. disguised -
7. charming - If you are charming, you have a way of pleasing people with
what you say and how you act.
8. racket - If you make a lot of noise, you are making a racket.
9. ingenious - If you do something very clever or imaginative, you are
ingenious.
10. outwit - If you trick someone by doing something clever, you outsmart,
or outwit, them.
Spelling
Theme 4 Lesson 16
1. coarse
2. warm
3. soar
4. wore
5. swarm
6. form
7. story
8. warn
9. bore
10. sport
11. glory
12. force
13. course
14. before
15. fourth
16. explorer
17. forest
18. scoreboard
19. fourteen
20. seashore