Friday, November 12, 2021

Friday, November 12, 2021

by Valerie Williford

• ​Fill out your agenda

• ​Listen to the story.

​Read Aloud

​Learning Targets

​I am learning to make real-world connections to words and their meaning.

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​I am learning to use reading strategies to monitor my comprehension in order to summarize the text.

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​I am learning to plan a persuasive piece on a flee map that I create.

​Vocabulary

Find the keywords in each senctence definition. Define the words in your Vocab book.

Multiple Choice

Something heavenly is

• celestial

• sacrifice

• employed

• complaint

Multiple Choice

hired to do a job

• complaint

• employed

• celestial

• sacrifice

Multiple Choice

express dissatisfaction or pain

• celestial

• employed

• sacrifice

• complaint

​Reading

Turn​ to pages 268-269

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Genre:

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What do you know about working on railroads?

What do you want to learn?

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Poll

How were the Chinese men treated when they arrived at a work site?

Select all that apply.

• welcomed

• harrassed

• ignored

• threatened

Multiple Select

How did they react?

Select all that apply.

• ignored

• argued

• threatened

• worked hard

Open Ended

Why do you think the other workers threaten to strike?

Multiple Select

Why did the other workers get sick? Choose all that apply.

• Eating fish

• Bad food and water

• Bad weather conditions

• Using dynamite

Open Ended

What words would you use to describe the Chinese workers?

​Writing

​Imagine that you want to create a television documentary about the Chinese workers and the challenges they faced. You’ll need a description, or “pitch,” to persuade television producers that your documentary will be interesting. Begin by introducing the topic. State at least two reasons why you think viewers would be interested in the topic. Use evidence from the text to support the reasons.

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​Make a flee map on notebook paper. Plan a 3-5 paragraph persuasive essay.