Unit 3 Lesson 13 - Yonder Mountain: A Cherokee Legend
(click the picture to read the story)
Written by: Robert H. Bushyhead
Illustrated by: Kristina Rodanas Genre: Legend Target Skill: Compare and Contrast - tell how details and ideas are alike or different Target Strategy: Analyze / Evaluate - think about what you read, and form an opinion about it Essential Question: How might people change after facing a challenge? Big Idea: Facing a challenge helps us grow. Guided Reading Books Timid Boy and Mama Bear: A Pueblo Legend The Lonely Man: An Abenaki Legend Grammar Subject-Verb Agreement -Verbs show action, and also tells when an action happens -Present tense is what is happening now; verbs in the present tense have two forms. -Add -s to the verb when the noun in the subject is singular. Do no add -s to the verb when the noun in the subject is plural. For example: A young man walks up a mountain. Two young men walk up a mountain. -Add -es to verbs that end with s, sh, ch, or x when they are used with a singular noun in the subject. Do not add -es when the noun in the subject is plural. For example: Tom rushes up the mountain path. Tom and Roy rush up the moutain path. -If a verb ends with consonant + y. Change the y to i and add -es when the noun in the subject is singular. Do not change the verb when the noun in the subject is plural. For example: She tries to sing well. We try to sing well. Subject-Verb Agreement |
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