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Graphic Sources
• Some graphic sources are maps, time lines, charts, diagrams, and pictures with captions.
• A graphic source makes information easy to see and understand.

Directions Study the circle graph below. Then answer the following questions.

Small Films Company Annual Budget for Special Effects

17% Props
21% Sound

10% Make-up

30% Lighting
22% Costumes

1. What do the percentages show?

They show how much of the budget was spent in each area.
2. On what special effect did the company spend the most money?

The company spent the most money on lighting.

3. How much more of the budget went toward costumes than make-up?

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twelve percent
4. In what kind of article might you see a circle graph?

Possible answers: An article about the costs of special effects,

making a movie, or budgets in general.
5. What prior knowledge did you use to help you understand the graphic source?

Possible answer: I saw a play once and noticed all the different
elements that go into putting it together.

Home Activity Your child learned how to interpret a graphic source. Together, imagine you are both writing
an article about a favorite subject. Draw a graphic source that could be included in the article.

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Writing • Expository Text

Key Features of Expository Text
• gives information about a topic
• is often written in the present tense
• includes main ideas and supporting details
• has an introduction, body, and conclusion

Movies vs. Television: The Showdown

I enjoy watching movies and television.
I love exciting stories, interesting
characters, and crazy plot twists. But
they’re nothing compared to what you
see in movies like Transformers and
Spider-Man.
I prefer watching movies to watching Finally, movies have better actors
television. Let me tell you why. than television shows do. I like movies
First of all, movies are on a bigger that star people like Brad Pitt, Shia
screen (if you watch them in the theater, LaBeouf, and Harrison Ford. Actors like
of course). Big screens make things a lot these bring a story to life. Television actors
more exciting. Television screens, even are good, but they don’t seem as realistic
big ones, are a lot smaller than theater as movie actors.
screens. Nothing is as big or as fancy on In conclusion, I definitely like watching
television screens. movies more than television. But I still
Second, the special effects are better enjoy television. After all, who doesn’t
in movies. Television shows have better love Hannah Montana?
effects than they did a long time ago. But

1. What is the main idea in each paragraph?

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Paragraph 1: Movies are better because they’re on a big screen.

Paragraph 2: Special effects are better in movies.
Paragraph 3: Movies have better actors.
2. Transitional words are words that link ideas, details, or paragraphs together. What
transitional words does the author use in the text?
First of all, Second, Finally, In conclusion.

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Vocabulary
Directions Choose the word from the box that best matches each definition. Write the word on
the line.

prehistoric
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recorded history
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reassembled
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landscape
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prehistoric
miniature
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small scale

background
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toward the back

Directions Choose the word from the box that best completes the sentence. Write the word on
the line shown to the left.

reassembled
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been put together again, or .

miniature
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background
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the scene.

prehistoric
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what some animals may have looked like before history was
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����������������������� 10. The park provided a perfect for the film.

Write a Movie Review

On a separate sheet of paper write a review of a movie that had lots of special effects.
Describe the special effects and how they worked. Use as many vocabulary words as you can.
Movie reviews should include words from the vocabulary list and
details about special effects used in the movies.
Home Activity Your child identified and used vocabulary words from Special Effects in Film and Television.
Read the review of a movie with your child. Have him or her point out unfamiliar words. Work together to try
to figure out the meaning of each word.

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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

A preposition begins a group of words called a prepositional phrase. The noun or pronoun
that follows the preposition is called the object of the preposition. Prepositional phrases convey
location, time, or direction or provide details.
People have watched animated movies for a long time. (preposition)
People have watched animated movies for a long time. (prepositional phrase)
People have watched animated movies for a long time. (object of the preposition)
Common Prepositions
about around by into over until
above at down near through up
across before for of to with
after below from on toward
against between in onto under

Directions Underline the prepositional phrase in each sentence. Write P above the preposition. Write
O above the object of the preposition.

P O
1. The characters in animated films often seem quite real.

P O
2. Young viewers may identify with the superheroes.

P O
3. Ariel was a mermaid who lived under the sea.

P O
4. She wanted a life on dry land.

Directions Underline the prepositional phrases. The number in ( ) tells how many prepositional
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phrases are in that sentence.

5. Many fairy tales have been made into animated movies for children. (2)

6. Their stories take youngsters from childhood into adulthood. (2)

7. The hero of the tale must pass through trials and adventures. (2)

8. At the end, he or she has shown great strength of character. (2)

Home Activity Your child learned about prepositions and prepositional phrases. Read a favorite story
with your child. Ask him or her to point out prepositional phrases and identify the preposition and object
of the preposition in each.

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Prefixes un-, de-, dis-

Spelling Words
uncover defrost uncomfortable discourage disadvantage
unfortunate unfamiliar disability discomfort deodorant
unemployed deflate disbelief unpredictable disapprove
disappoint unpleasant dehydrated disqualify undecided

Definitions in Context Write the list word that has the same or almost the same meaning as the
underlined word or words.
1. Moisture is removed from dried out food. dehydrated
1. ___________________
2. I need to melt the turkey. defrost
2. ___________________
3. It was unlucky that I broke my leg. unfortunate
3. ___________________
4. My mother has been out of work since the factory closed. unemployed
4. ___________________
5. The outcome of the contest was in doubt for months. undecided
5. ___________________
6. The player’s tardiness was a difficulty for the team. disadvantage
6. ___________________
7. I took a route home from school that was new to me. unfamiliar
7. ___________________
8. The roller coaster ride was disagreeable to me. unpleasant
8. ___________________
9. It was painful to sleep on the old, lumpy mattress. uncomfortable
9. ___________________
10. The team decided to ban a player for cheating. disqualify
10. ___________________

Antonyms Write the list word that has the opposite or nearly the opposite meaning.
11. ability disability
11. _____________________
12. with odor deodorant
12. _____________________

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13. belief disbelief
13. _____________________
14. expected unpredictable
14. _____________________
15. please disappoint
15. _____________________
16. inflate deflate
16. _____________________
17. conceal uncover
17. _____________________
18. support disapprove
18. _____________________
19. encourage discourage
19. _____________________
20. comfortable discomfort
20. _____________________

Home Activity Your child wrote words with prefixes. Say a prefix and have your child respond with one
word from the list that has that prefix.

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Vocabulary • Prefixes
• A prefix is added at the beginning of a base word to change its meaning.
• Prefixes do not stand alone in sentences. They usually have their own definitions listed in
dictionaries, as well as their origins, such as the Greek or Latin languages.
• The prefixes re-, meaning “to do over,” and pre-, meaning “before,” come from Latin.

Directions Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below.

O n our first trip to Los Angeles, we

toured a special-effects studio. In one
room the workers had just reassembled a
told that technicians were testing small
explosive devices and that we should be
careful. Down the hall we saw a room full
landscape scene with prehistoric animals. of what looked like snow and ice. It was
Huge reptile-like birds with feathers flew going to be used as an Arctic landscape
in the background. In another room we with below-zero temperatures.
saw a miniature village. Tiny houses were By the end of the afternoon, we were
placed among even tinier bushes and weary but eager to redo the tour soon. We
trees. felt like we had been treated to our own
Next, we visited the basement. We sneak preview of several of the coolest
heard explosions going off. We were movies coming out in the future.

1. What does reassembled mean? What prefix helped you to determine the meaning?

It means put back together again; the prefix re–

2. What does prehistoric mean? What does its prefix mean?

It means before history; The prefix pre– means “before”.

3. If you replaced the prefix in preview with the prefix re–, how would the meaning change?

Instead of seeing something before, you would be seeing

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something again.
4. Can you use a prefix to determine the meaning of real? Why or why not?

No, because –al is not a base word.

5. Write at least three examples of words that either begin with the prefix re– or pre–.

Possible answer: retest; redo; prepaid

Home Activity Your child identified the meanings of words with prefixes. Make a list of all the words you
can think of that begin with the prefixes re– or pre–. Then, have a silly conversation in which you try to use
as many words on the list as possible.

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Graphics/Symbols
• Graphics aid in the use of instructions and communication. They identify and summarize
information.
• Graphics have an effect on the user’s understanding of material and provide additional meaning
to the text that they accompany.
• Symbols and icons can be used to represent ideas, concepts, and information.

Directions Study the Web page below.

Weather World
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Search Ask an Weather

Expert around the
World

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Possible answers given for 6 and 7.

1. What is the name of this Web page? How do you know?

The name of the page is Weather World. The name is at the top
of the page.
2. What do the symbols on the weather map tell you?

The symbols show the types of weather around the country.

3. What does the rain cloud symbol mean?

The symbol means rainy weather.

4. What type of weather will the Midwest have?

The symbol means sunny weather.

5. Why do you think this Web designer placed graphics in the tool bar?

The graphics are there to help locate links to other pages in the
site in a faster way.
6. If one of the links in the tool bar was to the archives of historical weather, what graphic
could be used?

It could look like a bookshelf full of books.

7. Why were symbols used on this page?

Symbols provide information more quickly than written

explanations.
8. How do the graphics on the weather map limit the amount of information you know?

They give a summary of the weather, but not the specifics.

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Home Activity Your child learned about the use of graphics and symbols as visual representations of
information. Look at a Web page or book that uses graphics and symbols. Challenge your child to explain
what the graphics and symbols mean.

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Prefixes un-, de-, dis-

Proofread an Article There are seven spelling errors and one capitalization Spelling
Spelling
Words
Words
error. Circle the errors and write the corrections on the lines.
uncover
defrost
A Very Long Race
uncomfortable
discourage
Many look upon marathon runners with disbeleaf. disadvantage
These athletes run 26 miles in unfamilar cities. unfortunate
They deal with unpredictible and sometimes unplesant unfamiliar
disability
weather. Many run with discomfort and some with
discomfort
a disbility. Many runners become dehidrated. deodorant
Spectators do not disapoint the runners. They give
unemployed
cups of water to all Runners.
deflate
disbelief
unpredictable
disbelief
1. ________________ 2. unfamiliar
_______________ disapprove
disappoint
unpredictable
3. ________________ 4. unpleasant
_______________ unpleasant
disability
5. ________________ 6. dehydrated
_______________ dehydrated
disqualify
disappoint
7. ________________ undecided
They give cups of water to all runners.
8. ______________________________________________________
Frequently
Misspelled
Proofread Words Circle the correct spelling of the list word. Words

until
9. deordorent deodorant deoderant before
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10. disqualify disqualyfie dequalify

11. uncomfortible unconfortable uncomfortable
12. deflate deflait defleat
13. deapprove disapprove disaprove
14. disadvantadge disadvantige disadvantage
15. undecided indecided undecide
16. discomfrt discomfort discomefrt

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled list words. Ask your child to name one word for each
prefix studied and spell the word.

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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Directions Read the passage. Then read each question. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

Pinocchio’s Journey
(1) The film Pinocchio is a tale a puppet who wants to be a real boy.
(2) Pinocchio was carved Gepetto and turned a wooden boy.
(3) He is lured away by a con artist named Honest John and sold over a puppeteer.
(4) In time, Pinocchio winds up on Pleasure Island, where wild boys are turned
into donkeys! (5) Next, the poor puppet is swallowed Monstro the whale.
(6) Finally, father and son are reunited. (7) Pinocchio becomes a real boy in the end.

1 Which preposition best completes 4 How many prepositional phrases does

sentence 1? sentence 4 have?
A on A 0
B from B 1
C about C 2
D for D 3

2 Which pair of prepositions best completes 5 Which preposition best completes

sentence 2? sentence 5?
A by/into A by
B by/about B down
C for/from C up
D with/into D through

3 What change, if any, should be made in

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sentence 3?
A Change by to until
B Change over to to
C Change over to into
D Remove both prepositions

Home Activity Your child prepared for taking tests on prepositions and prepositional phrases. Ask your
child to make flash cards for prepositions he or she has learned. Show each card and have your child
use the preposition in a sentence.

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