This document provides information on simple past tense verbs, antonyms, and a Mexican folktale about a rattlesnake and mouse. It discusses using "ed" or irregular forms to express past actions, provides examples of antonym word pairs, and poses discussion questions about the characters and lessons of the folktale. Students are assigned worksheets to complete as homework.

2. SIMPLE PAST – completed action in
the past.
Use the simple past to express the
idea that an action started and
finished at a specific time in the
past.
FORM: Verb + ed or irregular verbs

3. Example:
You called Dehbie.
Did you call Dehbie?
You did not call Dehbie.

4. Be careful!
For negatives add 'n't' or ‘not’.
I wasn’t late for school this morning.
I was not late for school this morning.
She wasn’t with her friends last Saturday.
She was not with her friends last Saturday.
We weren’t tired yesterday.
We were not tired yesterday.

5.  Answer the worksheet
 Homework (worksheet)

6. ANTONYMS – are
words that mean
the opposite of
each other.

10. add – subtract
above – below
bad – good
boy – girl
big - little

11. clean – dirty
close – open
dark – light
false – true
hungry - full

12. happy – sad
hard – soft
in – out
laugh – cry
love - hate

13. Answer the
worksheet
(antonyms)

14. A MEXICAN
FOLKTALE:
RATTLESNAKE
AND MOUSE

21. Talk:
1. Where was rattlesnake at the beginning
of the story?
2. Where was rattlesnake at the end of the
story?
3. How did mouse help rattlesnake?
4. What did rattlesnake want to do to the
mouse?
5. Why did mouse say, “That’s so unfair?”
6. How did Coyote trick the rattlesnake?

23. Values:
1. In this story, Coyote tricked
rattlesnake. Do you think this was
fair or unfair?
2.Do you think Coyote should go back
and let rattlesnake out?
3.Have you ever tricked an animal or a
person? Why did you do it?
4.Has anyone ever tricked you? How
did you feel?

24. Homework:
1.Who was your favorite
character in the story?
2.Why did you like that
character best?

25. Homework:
 Worksheet – writing

26. Punctuation
Marks

27. Punctuation – is
used to create
sense, clarity and
stress in sentences.

28. You use punctuation
marks to structure
and organize your
writing.

33. Answer the worksheet
(punctuation marks)