Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
by Michael Sandler
Target Vocabulary: approached, section, avalanches, increases, equipment, tanks, slopes, altitude, succeed, halt
Vocabulary Strategy: Anaologies
Phonics Skills: Suffixes -less, -ness, -able
Comprehnsion Skills: Text and graphic features — tell how words and photos work together
Comprehension Strategy: Infer/predict — use clues to figure out more about the selection
Written Language:
Prepositions
A preposition is a word that connect other words in a sentence.
ex. The group of climbers walked along the path.
A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
All the words between the preposition and the noun or pronoun are part of the prepositional phrase.
Some prepositional phrases tell when.
ex. The climbers began their hike in the early morning.
Prepositions:
Analogies Video