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24 READING Using Details to Support Inferences in Literary Texts Assignments for the Week of April 20 – 24 READING Using Details to Support Inferences in Literary Texts Learning Target: Quoting directly from a text will help you support inferences about it and better understand the text. This week you will read legends about King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table. You will make inferences from what you read and support those inferences with text evidence. A legend is a story that has been passed down through several generations. Some legends were originally based on a historical location or event, but the stories have been repeated so often for so long that now they are mostly fictional. Legends usually follow the deeds and acts of humans, rather than gods and goddesses. The main character is usually a hero and the story demonstrates the character’s admirable traits, such as bravery or honesty. Often legends include unusual events, such as tests of courage. Remember that an inference is an educated guess based on evidence and one’s own knowledge and experience. For example, you see someone talking to a group of people and those people all laugh. You didn’t hear what the person said, but you can infer that it was funny. The laughter of the group is the evidence, combined with knowing that people laugh when something is funny. _____________________________________________________________________________ Ready Reading Book: Read “Using Details to Support Inferences in Literary Texts” on page 162. Read the comic strip and make in inference about the woman’s opinion. Circle the evidence that supports your inference. Complete the organizer on page 163. Use evidence from the words and images in the comic strip to support your inference. Compare your answers to the organizer that is attached. Remember that organizers help to collect your thoughts and evidence. _____________________________________________________________________________ Ready Reading Book: Read “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” on page 164. This is a legend about one of the Knights of the Round Table. Read it once to understand what the story is about then reread to analyze and make inferences about the story. Be sure to follow the directions in the “Close Reader Habits” box. Think about these questions: 1. What evidence shows that this story is a legend, not actual history. 2. Why does Sir Gawain meet the Green Knight for the second time? 3. What does the Green Knight do at the end of the story? Complete the organizer on page 165 and compare your answers to the organizer that is attached. _____________________________________________________________________________ Ready Reading Book: Read “The Story of Sir Gareth and Lynette” on page 166. This is a legend about another knight from King Arthur’s Round Table, Sir Gareth. Read first to understand what the story is about and then reread to analyze and make inferences about the story. Be sure to follow the directions in the “Close Reader Habits” box. Think about these questions: 1. Why did Gareth’s mother make him promise to serve as a kitchen boy? 2. What does Gareth ask of the king? 3. What happened to Lady Lyonors? 4. How does Sir Gareth respond to the challenge of having a famous older brother? 5. What theme do the stories on pages 164 and 166 have in common? 6. What does Arthur promise Gareth? 7. What does Lynette ask of Arthur? Complete page 167. Remember to return to the text for evidence to answer each question. _____________________________________________________________________________ Ready Reading Book: Read “Arthur and the Sword” on pages 170 – 172. This is another legend. Make inferences and support them with text evidence and you experience. Think about these questions: 1. What happened after King Uther’s death? 2. When Kay forgot his sword, what did Arthur have to do? 3. What happened after everyone realized what Arthur had done? 4. How are Arthur and Sir Kay different? Use their character traits and interactions to support your answer. 5. How would the story change if it were narrated by Sir Kay? 6. According to the legend, “Many of the knights tried to pull the sword from the stone, hoping to be king. But no one could move it a hair’s breadth.” What does the phrase a hair’s breadth mean? 7. Compare and contrast “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” “The Story of Sir Gareth and Lynette,” and “Arthur and the Sword.” Complete pages 173 – 175 LANGUAGE Reading Ready Book: • Complete “Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions” on pages 438 – 439 • Complete “Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases” on pages 440 – 441 _____________________________________________________________________________ SOCIAL STUDIES Watch the “Feudalism” video on Brain Pop. This is another video about the Middle Ages. Complete the Quiz and check out the “Quirky Stuff” under the “Related Reading” tab. https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/feudalism/ If you have trouble with the link, go to BrainPop.com and use the username oes.student and the password Mustangs#1. Go to Social Studies>World History>Feudalism _____________________________________________________________________________ WRITING April is Listening Awareness Month. Choose a room in your house to sit quietly and listen very carefully for five minutes. What do you hear? Chances are you will hear new things that you wouldn’t notice if you weren’t paying very careful attention. Jot down a brief description of every different sound you hear. Now, with your parent’s permission, go outside. Sit quietly and listen very carefully for five minutes. Jot down a brief description of every different sound you hear. Make a chart comparing and contrasting the different sounds that you hear. _____________________________________________________________________________ SCIENCE Watch the video on Newton’s Second Lay and complete the quiz (“Test Yourself” blue button) http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/acceleration.htm This link is also on my webpage. _____________________________________________________________________________ MATH Mathematics Workbook – Volume 1 Add and Subtract Fractions • Complete pages 285 – 288 Mathematics Workbook – Volume 1 Add Mixed Numbers • Complete pages 295 – 296 Mathematics Workbook – Volume 2 Evaluation Expressions (using Order of Operations) • Complete pages 537 – 539 Mississippi College-and Career-Readiness Standards Practice Workbook • Complete the 5.NBT.5 pages (Look in the top right-hand corner of the page – this book doesn’t have page numbers) There are 2 pages with this standard. Mississippi College-and Career-Readiness Standards Practice Workbook • Complete the 5.NBT.6 pages (Look in the top right-hand corner of the page – this book doesn’t have page numbers) There are 2 pages with this standard. _____________________________________________________________________________ A LITTLE FUN Scavenger hunt Go on an outdoor scavenger hunt. Look for the following items. • 5 things that look different • A stick that is longer than your hand • A rock with spots on it • A flower • A flat rock • 10 blades of grass • Something you love to play with • A piece of trash you can recycle • Something that is brown • Something that is heavy • Something that is very light • Something that needs sun to live • An item smaller than your thumb • Something that starts with “m” • Something that smells good .
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