In this story, Ali and his father are herding camels through the Sahara Desert to
sell them at a market town. They are suddenly caught in a sandstorm.
After the sandstorm is over, Ali can’t find his father or the camels. Fortunately, he meets
an old goat herder and his grandson. They offer to take Ali back to their hut for
the night.
The next morning, the old man tells Ali they must leave for the
mountains. Ali does not want to go with them, so the goat herder leaves him an
old gun. Ali shoots it in the air for his father to hear. As it starts to get dark, Ali’s
father hears a gunshot and finds him.
The poem “Desert Women” describes how
women who live in the desert are strong and beautiful like cactus.
LITERARY WORDS
- Figurative language is writing that is not meant to be read as fact. For instance,
personification gives human qualities to nonliving things.
Setting is the time and place of a story’s action.
Academic Words
- adapt = change something so that it is suitable for a new situation
- capable = able to do something
- concluded = made a decision based on evidence
- rely = trust someone or something
- route = way from one place to another
Highlighted Words
whirling, spinning around very fast
flank, side of an animal’s body
spurred, urged; pushed forward
silhouettes, dark shapes against a light background
oasis, place in the desert with water and trees
pastures, land covered with grass
sprigs, small branches
transistor radio, older style portable radio
static, noise caused by electricity
turbans, long pieces of cloth that are wrapped around the head
bandoliers, belts fitted with small pockets for carrying bullets
muskets, old types of guns
stoked, added more wood or fuel
dwindled, got smaller
Compound Nouns
A compound noun is made up of more than one word. Sometimes
compound nouns are written as one word. Sometimes they are
written as two separate words, and sometimes the words are
separated with a hyphen.
COMPUND WORDS
Transparency of Compound Nouns
Most English compounds are noun phrases, which include a noun modified
by another noun, an adjective or a verb. Most compound nouns consist of a
head and its modifier, whereby the modifier specifies the head. For example, in
the compound noun coffee cup, the word cup is the head, the word coffee its
modifier: a coffee cup is a particular kind of cup used for coffee only. Similarly, a
rattlesnake is a snake that rattles. Other examples are: footstool, tablecloth, and
pocketknife. However, there are compound nouns that do not contain their head.
For example, a redhead is not a head that is red, but a person with red hair.
Similarly a high-rise is not a rise that is high, but a building that rises high above
others. Write a few examples of both types of compound nouns on the board, and
have volunteers help you distinguish between the two.
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