Friday, December 3, 2021

Friday, December 3, 2021

by Valerie Williford

​Read Aloud

​Complete your agenda.

​Enjoy the story today.

​What do you think is going to happen next?

​Learning Targets

​I am learning to use context to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.

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​I am learning to analyze the relationships of and conflicts among characters.

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​I am learning to revise and edit for a final draft of a persuasive essay.

​Vocabulary: Multiple Meaning Words

Sometimes, a word has more than one meaning. When reading, you may come across a word you think you know but the meaning you know does not make sense in the sentence. You have come across a multiple-meaning word.

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Look at the words, phrases, and sentences around the word to get clues about its meaning. These are context clues. If you are still unsure, use a dictionary to look up the word’s definitions and choose the one that fits the sentence.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

In order to see over the crowd, I had to crane my neck.

• a water bird

• stretch higher

• a tractor that reaches to the tops of buildings

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

The apple cobbler was the most delicious dessert I have had in many years.

• the center of a fruit

• a person who fixes or makes shoes

• a baked fruity treat

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

The bicycle that Dad brought home was in mint condition, so it looked brand new.

• like new

• a flavor from the mint plant

• a place where coins

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

When Rhea sat down for her piano lesson, the teacher asked her to play a minor scale.

• inferior in importance, size, or degree

• a person younger than 18

• a type of key, interval, or scale

​Readers discover what characters are like by what the characters think, do, and say.

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​We learn about the characters by how they respond to conflicts or challenges and the way other characters respond to them.

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​The setting can influence or even help drive a text’s plot and events.

​Reading: Close Read

​Read paragraph 15 on page 289.

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​Underline words or phrases that tell you about the relationship between George and Willy.

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​Reading: Close Read

Read page 291.

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​If setting is the time and place of the story, what is the most important element of the setting for the events of page 291?

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​Complete the exit ticket using a complete sentence.

Open Ended

Answer in a complete sentence:

How does the setting affect Willy's growth as a character?