Read Aloud: Tom Is a Pirate

Read Aloud:

Tom Is a Pirate

By Shelia Wright

Standards and Indicators:

Determine Meaning to Form an Opinion Unit 5

​Literary Text:

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RL.MC.5.1: Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use key details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read.

​RL.MC.5.2: Make predictions using prior knowledge, pictures, illustrations, title, and information about author and illustrator.

​RL.MC.6.1 Describe the relationship between the illustrations and the characters, setting, or events.

RL.MC.8.1 Read or listen closely to: a. describe characters’ actions and feelings; b. compare and contrast characters’ experiences to those of the reader; c. describe setting; d. identify the plot including problem and solution; and e. describe cause and effect relationships.

Unit Objectives

Determine Meaning to Form an Opinion Unit 5

​Unit Focus:

• I can analyze the text and illustrations to make predictions.

• I can reflect to modify my predictions.

• I can use evidence from the text and background knowdledge to make inferences.

• I can reflect to form an opinion.

• I can provide evidence for my opinion.

• I can analyze the characters, setting, events, and ideas as they develop within a text.

Today, I will analyze characters; use their words, feelings, and actions to form an opinion.

to examine closley.

​​Analyze:

someone who appears in a story, book, play, movie, or other story.

​​Character

Multiple Choice

Which word best tells what Tom is like in this story?

• helpful

• friendly

• lazy

• rude

Audio Response

What does Tom do when people say or do mean things to him?

Open Audio Recorder

Multiple Choice

"Some people think they won't like Tom. Then they get to know him."

What does the author mean?

• Tom is a mean person.

• Once you get to know Tom he is a great person.

• Tom is not firendly.

• Tom is always sad and no one talks to him.

Video Response

How do you think Tom feels?

Use examples from the text to support your answer!

Open Video Recorder