UNIT 1

HOW DO THE SENSES SHAPE

OUR EXPERIENCES ?

READING 2: Sounds of the city and desert

“ KEY WORDS ”

ONOMATOPOEIA: is the use of a word whose sound is related to the word’s

meaning .

IMAGERY : is the use of words to create word pictures.

PERSONIFICATION: is giving human qualities to a nonhuman thing .

“ ACADEMIC WORDS ”
CONTRAST: Compare two people , ideas , or things to show how they are different
from each other .

IDENTIFY: recognize and name someone or something.

SIMILAR : almost the same but not exactly the same .

SPECIFIC: used when talking about a particular person, place or thing .

“ VOCABULARY WORDS SOUNDS OF THE CITY”

CLIFF DWELLERS: people who live in tall apartment buildings.

BROODS : thinks and worries about something for a long time .

HONKY-TONK: type of loud , cheap nightclub music .

FRENZIED OUTBURSTS: sudden, uncontrolled increase of music.

CACOPHONY: loud mixture of unpleasant sounds .

DISCORDANCE: musical notes that do not go together.

FIRE APPARATUS: fire engine or fire truck.

BULLYING: pushing rudely or forcefully

CONFLAGRATION: huge fire .

BICKERING: arguing about something that is not important .

DWINDLE: gradually become fewer .

SCAVENGING : searching for things to eat .

JARRING: shocking and unpleasant.

FRAYS : tears

PERPETUATE : continue .

MOMENT OF SUSPENSION : moment when everything stops .

AVIARY : large cage where birds are kept.

SURCEASE : rest , relief .

“ VOCABULARY WORDS SOUNDS OF THE DESERT”

 ALL –ENCOMPASSING: total.

SCURRYING: moving very quickly .

INTRUSION: unwanted interruption .

AGRARIAN: relating to farming

MOAN: make a long low sound expressing pain .

CREAKING: making a long high noise .

MAGNIFIED: made louder

PASTURE : land covered with grass.

STRADDLES: sits on both sides of

CHOKED : filled

COTTONWOODS AND WILLOWS: types of trees .

TRICKLE: thin slow flow of water

SCRAPED: cut

PETROGLYPHS OF THE ANASAZI: pictures cut into the rocks by ancient

Native American people.

Grammar and Writing

Grammar Focus:
PREPOSITION OF LOCATION AND DIRECTION

Prepositions of location indicate where something is

located.

The cat sat in the window.

Preposition of direction indicate in which direction
something is moving.

The boy rode his bicycle into the park.

Writing Focus: Describe a Place
You are going to learned how to make a paragraph to describe a place using the sensory
details.

Sight
touch
smell
hearing
taste