Big Question: What Is the Best Way to Find the Truth?

Literacy Planning

Unit 1: 4-6 weeks – Big Question: What is the best way to find the truth? Week 3 – 9/14 to 9/18 9/14 - YWBAT analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas. YWBAT use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.  Warm up: Text Practice: Context Clues - Fiction (p. 70)  Discuss reading skill: Locating types of information o Atlases o Public  Read: Byron Lee o Guided comprehension o Timed writing  Spelling pre-test (5 minute study) 9/15 - YWBAT analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact. YWBAT analyze the interactions between individuals, events and ideas in a text. YWBAT use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.  Warm up: Test Practice: Context Clues – Nonfiction (p. 71)  Comparing fiction and nonfiction  Writing about the Big Question  Meet the Authors

 Read, “Barrio Boy” o Guided comprehension 9/16 - YWBAT analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact. YWBAT analyze the interactions between individuals, events and ideas in a text.  Warm up: re-read “Barrio Boy” and answer critical thinking questions 2-4) o Discuss (using evidence)

 Vocabulary practice  Write objective summary of selection o Begin as a class finish in pairs 9/17 - YWBAT analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact. YWBAT analyze the interactions between individuals, events and ideas in a text. YWBAT compare and contrast the point of view of two texts and articulate your findings in writing.  Warm up: Re-read “Meet the Authors” on page 79. How might these two men be alike in writing from the perspective of a young boy? How might they be different?  Read, “A Day’s Wait” o Guided comprehension  Critical Thinking 1, 2, 4  Comparing and contrasting “Barrio Boy” and “A Day’s Wait”  Crash 9/18 - YWBAT analyze the interactions between individuals, events and ideas in a text. YWBAT compare and contrast the point of view of two texts and articulate your findings in writing.  Warm up: Finish critical thinking questions  Spelling/Vocabulary test  Timed Writing: Explanatory Essay comparing and contrasting the narrators of “Barrio Boy” and “A Day’s Wait”

Week 3 spelling and vocabulary list: There will be a pretest on Monday, we will study the words throughout the week and have a final test on Friday. For use from 9/14 to 9/18 Word: Definition: industrial Adj. having highly developed forms of business, trade, or manufacture decipher v. to make out the meaning of interrogation n. formal examinations that involve questioning the subject immigrant n. a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. alleged adj. said, without proof, to have taken place dialogue n. conversation between two or more people reassuring Adj. having the effect of restoring confidence contraption n. strange device or machine formidable Adj. impressive epidemic n. outbreak of a contagious disease flushed v. drove from hiding evidently Adv. Clearly; obviously