Walt Disney World!

WALT DISNEY WORLD

In August, my family will be embarking on a trip to Orlando, Florida to visit Walt Disney World!  Lizzie and Peter are so excited to see Mickey and Minnie!  Lizzie is most excited to see her favorite Princess, Belle.



Belle



We will be staying at one of the resorts at Walt Disney!  We plan on visiting Epcot where there will be fireworks and a laser light show.  We also plan on staying at the resort to go swimming and playing at the pool.

My family is so excited to go and visit all of the characters in Walt Disney World!  They have never traveled such a far distance, so this will be a very fun and exciting trip for them!

Laser Light Show in Epcot



Vocabulary

1) embarking (verb): to go on board for travel

2) visit (verb): to go see someone or something for a reason

3) fireworks (noun): things that explode and create colorful lights   and noise

4)  excited (verb): to become very happy

5) characters (noun): the person in a movie, story or play

6) distance (noun): the measure of distance between two things

Vocabulary Exercise

Directions: Decide if the underlined word in the sentence is correct.  If it is write 'CORRECT' on the blank line.  If you decide that it is incorrect, pick a vocabulary word from the vocabulary list that best fits in the sentence.

EXAMPLE: __correct___A) The children are excited for DISNEY.

____excited_______ B) The children are distance for DISNEY.

_______________ 1) The family went to Grandma's house for a visit.

_______________ 2) The children like to see the embarking in the sky.

_______________ 3) The characters from the Disney movies take pictures with the children.

_______________ 4) We will be fireworks on a trip in August.

_________________  5) They were excited to see the Princesses at the castle.

________________ 6) We traveled a long characters to get to Orlando.

Grammar

Common and Proper Nouns

A common noun is a noun that names a person, place or thing.  It begins with a lower case, small, letter.

EXAMPLES:  girl   children   resort   character

A proper noun names a specific person, place or thing.  It can be more than one word; only the important words begin with a capital, big, letter.

EXAMPLES: Walt Disney World   August   Epcot

Grammar Activity

Directions:  Decide if the underline word is a common noun or proper noun.  Write 'common' or 'proper' on the line.

EXAMPLE:  __common_   My children loved to go to the pool.

1) ___________ We flew on the airplane.

2) ___________  My children saw Belle.

3) __________  Our family stayed on the Dolphin Resort.

4) ____________  My children loved watching the fireworks.

5) _______________ We had a great time in Walt Disney World.

6) ______________ They got to see all of the characters.


Directions:  Using nouns from the reading, write two sentences: one with a common noun and one with a proper noun.



Walt Disney World