SETTLING AMERICA

Unit 15
WHO WERE THE FIRST EUROPEA
NS TO SETTLE AMERICA?
WHO WERE THE FIRST EUROPEA
NS TO SETTLE AMERICA?

The British, 1620

WHAT’S HAPPENING?
 THE FIRST THANKSGIVING!

• “The first winter was very hard and only half of the
settlers lived to see their first spring in New England.”

• “In November 1621, they had a special meal to

celebrate their first successful harvest. At that first
‘Thanksgiving’ meal there were 53 settlers and 90
Wampanoag.”

• “The American tradition of having a special meal at

the end of November has continued ever since.”
 OVERVIEW
+ Topics- The first European settlers; stories fro
m the American West
+ Use of English- Abstract nouns; expressing the
past (revision of present perfect, past simple a
nd past continuous)
Section 1

VOCABULARY PRACTICE!
MATCH THE WORD TO THE PICTU
RE!
a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. Independence-
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
1.

a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
2.

a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
3.

a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
4.

a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
5.

a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
6.
a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
7.

a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
8.

a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
9.

a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
10.

a. set off -
b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
 VOCABULARY
Match the words to their definitions:

a. set off – Started a journey. (6)

b. poisonous -
c. independence
d. settlers -
e. tribes –
f. resented -
g. taxes -
h. set sail -
i. crew -
j. persecution -
Section 2

THE PIONEERS
USE OF ENGLISH: ABSTRACT NOU
NS
+ Words like independence, hope, and opportunity
are abstract nouns.

– We usually use abstract nouns without the or a:

Life on the Pacific Coast meant opportunity.

NOT
The life on the Pacific Coast meant the opportunity.
 ABSTRACT NOUNS
+ However, when you make an abstract noun sp
ecific rather than general, you need the or a:

The opportunity Susie had to live on the Pacific C

oast was so exciting!

What makes this sentence specific?!

 ABSTRACT NOUNS
+ However, when you make an abstract noun sp
ecific rather than general, you need the or a:

The opportunity Susie had to live on the Pacific C

oast was so exciting!

What makes this sentence specific?!

GOING WEST
THE OREGON TRAIL
 JOURNALS
+ What is a journal? Who might want to keep a j
ournal and why?
 THE PIONEERS
+ A pioneer is someone who is one of the first p
eople to do something.
– Write a journal entry about a time you learned to
do something for the first time!
 Include topic sentences!
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INFORM
ATIONAL TEXTS AND JOURNALS

+ What are the differences between information

al texts and journals?
 READING
+ Read Rachel’s Journal and highlight tenses use
d to describe actions in the past!
Section 3

USE OF ENGLISH: EXPRESSIN

G THE PAST
 PAST TENSE MATCHING
a. Past Simple- an action completed in the past.
b. Past Continuous- an action in progress in the past.
c. Present Perfect- a situation continuing up to now.
 USE OF ENGLISH:
– Past simple

 We fed him supper.

– Past continuous

 We were pretending we were exploring sunken pirate ships.

– Present perfect

 We have been on the road for more than a month.

 LISTENING
+ Listen to another story from the wagon train.
– Is the girl happy about what happened? Why?

+ Complete the sentences to make a summary o

f the story.
– Remember to use the correct tense: present perfe
ct, past simple or past continuous. 
 HOMEWORK
+ Write/Revise journal entries

+ Comprehension Questions CAM pg. 124

+ Study for Vocabulary Quiz
Section 3

GOING WEST
 JOURNAL ENTRY SHARE!

+ Check for strong

topic sentences! 
 HOMEWORK CHECK
Rachel’s Journal:

1. Who is Rachel?
2. How old do you think she is?
3. Who is she travelling with?
4. Where is Rachel when she writes the diary entry for 12 April
?
5. Where are Rachel and her family going?
6. Why do you think they’re going there? u
d id y o
7. Who is Simon? ta il s
hat de e x t ?
W t
8. Who is Mr. Bridger? in the
find
 PRESENT PERFECT

Actions or situations which started in th

e past and continue up to now.
– Uncle Pete has described tall, tall trees and high sno
wy mountains.
– We have been on the road for more than a month, a
nd we still have not left the States.

Present
 PRESENT PERFECT

Action

Uncle Pete has described tall, tall trees and high snowy
mountains.

Present
 PRESENT PERFECT

Situation

– We have been on the road for more than a month,

and we still have not left the States.

Present
 HOW DO WE USE IT?

Have (not) +past participle

Have you ever been skydiving?

Past Participle is Verb
3:
-Yes, I have been skydiving! run ran ran
walk walked walked
No I have not been skydiving. swim swam swum
…
PAST PARTICIPLE WORKSHEET
 PROJECT
+ Imagine you’re on a wagon train in the 1850s.
+ Write a journal like Rachel’s!
– What will your name be…? 