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Teacher’s Guide the realm of imagination MAGAZINE ARTICLES The Inside Name 5 Historical Fiction 900L Venice at Sunset 12 Lyrical Poem Murik and the Magic Sack 13 Folktale 900L The Great Grasshopper Mystery 17 Narrative Nonfiction 1040L Fried Crickets, Anyone? 22 Expository Nonfiction 1170L Bugalicious Party Recipes 26 Procedure Ahimsa 27 Contemporary Realistic Fiction 720L Percy Plumb, Cowboy 34 Contemporary Realistic Fiction 850L April Rose in Charge 40 Contemporary Realistic Fiction 970L Cricket © April 2017 Contents Teacher’s Guide for Cricket: OVERVIEW the realm of imagination April 2017 In this magazine, readers will learn about different Using This Guide 2 beliefs and values and how they Skills and Standards Overview 3 influence the way characters and people Article Guides 4 behave. Cricket: April 2017 includes information about the experiences of a Jewish family living in Cross-Text Connections 13 Portugal during the Spanish Inquisition, the beauty of the setting sun in Venice, Mini-Unit 14 the benefits and drawbacks of sharing the planet with insects, and relationships between humans and animals. Graphic Organizers 17 Appendix: Meeting State and National Standards 21 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do beliefs and values influence the way characters behave? 1 Cricket © April 2017 Using This Guide We invite you to use this magazine as a flexible teaching tool, ideal for providing interdisciplinary instruction of social studies and science content as well as core literacy concepts Find practical advice for teaching individual articles or use a mini-unit that helps your students make cross-text connections as they integrate ideas and information READ INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES PAGES 4 – 12 Each article in this magazine is well-suited for teaching literacy concepts and content area knowledge For each individual article in this guide, you’ll find the following: Prepare to Read Essential Question CCSS Speaking and Listening 1, 2, 4 Content Concepts C3 Framework for Social Studies Close Reading and Text Analysis Next Generation Science Standards CCSS Reading 1-10 Key Vocabulary Writing/Speaking and Listening CCSS Reading 4 CCSS Writing 1, 2, 3 & 6 CCSS Speaking and Listening 1, 2, 4 TEACH A MINI-UNIT PAGES 14 – 16 SOCIAL Magazine articles can easily be grouped to make cross-text STUDIES connections and comparisons Our Mini-Unit allows students to read and discuss multiple articles and integrate ideas and information (CCSS Reading 9) Discussing multiple articles (CCSS Reading 9) prepares students to write texts to share and CORE publish in a variety of ways (CCSS Writing 2) LITERACY ARTICLES 2 Cricket © April 2017 Skills and Standards Overview Essential Question: How do beliefs and values influence the way characters behave? MAGAZINE CORE CONTENT LITERACY CORRESPONDING CCSS ARTICLES CONCEPT SKILLS ANCHOR STANDARDS The Inside Name Characters’ beliefs and • Close Reading Reading 3, 4 & 5 Historical Fiction attitudes may be affected by • Analyze Word Choice Speaking & Listening 1 & 6 the time and place in which • Analyze Historical Fiction they live • Collaborate Venice at Sunset Poets create imagery by • Close Reading Reading 1, 3 & 4 Lyrical Poem describing details a person • Analyze Imagery Writing 3 might see while looking at a • Analyze Tone scene The words the poet • Write a Poem chooses help readers imagine the scene Murik and the Magic Sack In many folktales, magic is an • Close Reading Reading 1, 3, 5 & 6 Folktale important element that helps to • Analyze Text Structure Writing 3 move the plot forward • Analyze Point of View • Write a Personal Narrative The Great Grasshopper Science articles often describe • Close Reading Reading 1, 2, 5 & 6 Mystery cause-effect relationships in • Analyze Text Structure Writing 3 Narrative Nonfiction nature An effect tells what • Analyze Perspectives happens A cause explains why • Write a Diary Entry something happens Fried Crickets, Anyone? Information used to support • Close Reading Reading 1, 6 & 8 Expository Nonfiction an author’s claims is called • Analyze Author’s Speaking & Listening 4 & 6 evidence Evidence may Purpose be facts, figures, details, • Evaluate Evidence quotations, or other sources of • Give an Entomophagy information Fair Presentation Bugalicious Party Recipes A procedure text explains how • Close Reading Reading 1, 4 & 9 Procedure to complete a specific task • Analyze Word Choice Writing 2 and usually includes numbered • Compare Texts steps A recipe is a type of • Write a Recipe procedure text Ahimsa A perspective is a way of • Close Reading Reading 1, 3, 6 & 9 Contemporary Realistic thinking about something • Analyze Perspectives Writing 1 & 7 Fiction Different story characters may • Compare Texts Speaking & Listening 4 have different perspectives • Research and Write a about the same thing Persuasive Speech Percy Plumb, Cowboy The climax of a story is the • Close Reading Reading 2, 3, 4 & 5 Contemporary Realistic point of greatest interest or • Analyze Word Choice Writing 3 Fiction excitement At the climax, • Analyze Text Structure something important happens • Create a Comic Strip and the outcome of the story Story becomes clear April Rose in Charge Story events and conflicts can • Close Reading Reading 3, 5 & 6 Contemporary Realistic cause characters to change and • Analyze Plot Speaking & Listening 1 & 6 Fiction grow • Analyze Point of View • Judge a Character Comparing Texts: Reading 9 Mini-Unit: Reading 1, 2 & 3; Speaking & Listening 1 & 6 3 Cricket © April 2017 ARTICLE: The Inside Name Magazine pages 5 - 11, Historical Fiction The InsIde name by Randi Sonenshine In 1497, the king of Portugal forced all Jews in his kingdom to 900 OUTSIDE, I AM called Felipe Alonso. But inside, I have a secret name. In the late afternoon, when the red clay convert to Christianity and take on Christian names Many of the tiles of our roof have been baked warm by the Lisbon sun, I scramble to the top and pretend I am king of Portugal. I survey my land to the south. From the rooftop, the Tagus River gleams like a blue satin ribbon dotted with the white sails of merchant ships. Jews who converted continued to practice Judaism in secret This If I were king, I would not sit fat and happy in my palace on the hill. I would have my pick of the great caravels that crowd the port of Lisbon, and their tall masts would carry my banner of gold and red. Like Henry the naviga- tor prince, I would explore distant lands, where story describes the experiences of a Jewish family in Portugal birds of every color roost in the trees and green- eyed tigers crouch in the tall grass. Suddenly, Mama’s secret whistle brings me back from faraway lands. It is her way of calling me without having to use my outside name. If I were king, I wouldn’t need an outside name. I would be called by my Jewish name during this period all the time. On Friday evenings, Mama exile Score: exile PRINCE HENRY THE CARAVELS ARE SPANISH NAVIGATOR OF PORTUGAL OR PORTUGUESE SAILING SPONSORED MANY SHIPS. VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE 15TH CENTURY. L Illustrated by Leonid Gore text © 2017 by Randi Sonenshine, art © 2017 by Leonid Gore 5 ESSENTIAL PREPARE TO READ QUESTION Point out Lisbon, Portugal, on a world map and explain that this story is set in How do beliefs and values influence the way characters Lisbon almost 500 years ago Read aloud the historical note on pages 10-11 behave? Stop on page 11 after the sentence that begins, “As conditions worsened ” Discuss students’ thoughts and reactions Then have them read the story CORE CONTENT CONCEPT CLOSE READING AND TEXT ANALYSIS Language Arts Characters’ beliefs and attitudes may be affected by the Key Ideas time and place in which they live • Which characters in this story show bravery? How do they show it? Support your response with details from the text CCSS Reading 3 CROSS-CURRICULAR • How can you tell that Samuel and his family feel strongly about their religion? EXTENSION Use details from the text to support your response CCSS Reading 3 History The Jews of Spain and • How does Samuel react when Diego calls him a name? Why does he react this Portugal and their descendants are way? Cite details from the story to support your response CCSS Reading 3 known as Sephardic Jews Conduct research to learn about Sephardic culture, history and traditions Work Craft and Structure in a group to create a presentation • Analyze Word Choice Papa explains that La Senora helps Jews escape “the claws of the Inquisition ” What do you visualize when you read this phrase? KEY VOCABULARY What ideas about the Inquisition does it convey? CCSS Reading 4 • Analyze Historical Fiction Historical fiction is based on facts about a certain to look at and survey (p. 5) time in history This story tells about Portugal during the Inquisition What do examine all parts of something you learn about this period from the story? CCSS Reading 5 monastery (p. 6) a place where monks live and work together SPEAKING AND LISTENING vestry (p. 6) a small room in a church where a priest dresses for the Collaborate Just before Samuel gets on the ship, he cuts a small stem from his services and where holy items used grandfather’s lemon tree Samuel wants to plant it in his new home Get together during services are kept with a small group of classmates to discuss these questions: • Why does Samuel want to grow a new lemon tree? empire (p. 10) a very large business or group of businesses under • Why are family traditions important? the control of one person or company Take turns speaking and listening 4 Cricket © April 2017 ARTICLE: Venice at Sunset Magazine page 12, Lyrical Poem When the sun goes down over its dull green canals, La Serenissima, Venice the Serene City, rises in glory at from the dust of crumbling facades.