Lesson 26: Tangerine

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Assignment 1

Super Sentences

Use the definition and graphic organizer to plan and write Super Sentences for freeze and desperate. You can choose to capture key details from today’s reading, or you can choose to write your sentences using a different topic. Make sure each sentence has a subject and verb and at least two additional details.

freeze vowel team

Freeze is a noun that means a period of extremely cold, unusual weather where the temperature goes below freezing.

VerbWhen
SubjectfreezeWhere
HowWhy



des · per · ate closed, r-controlled, suffix

Desperate is an adjective that means really bad, making you feel hopeless.

VerbWhen
SubjectdesperateWhere
HowWhy



Assignment 2

Written Response

What do you think is going to happen next? Based on how the author has structured the text so far, do you think that the trees will be saved or will they freeze? Be sure to give reasons for your response.