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Weekly Review: The Oregon Trail

Amplify Read Write

Contemporary Fiction

Grade 4 | Unit 3 | Lesson 10

TEKS 4.6.F Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding

Learning Objective:

SWBAT make inferences and use evidence to support understanding

using contemporary fiction.

Knowledge Objective:

SWBAT analyze the genre of contemporary fiction and its literary

elements.

Demonstration of Learning:

Given a contemporary fiction text, SW correctly make inferences and use evidence to support understanding in at least 4 of 5 questions.

Contemporary Fiction

Recognizing Changes in Characters

Introducing Vocabulary for “Recognizing Change in Characters”

protesting

disapproving or objecting

of something

cielo

darling

Review Excerpt 9 TPS

Let’s Review

Excerpt 9!

What secret does Silvia give away
during this meeting? Support your

answer with evidence from the text

The secret Silvia gives away is____.

How does Celeste feel during

and after this meeting?
Support your answer with

evidence from the text.

Celeste feels___ during the

meeting and ____after.

Making an Inference

When you make an inference, you go beyond the author’s

words to understand what is NOT being said in the text.

Schema

text evidence

People who are dead can
not write letters.

The principal says

“ Please let me know when
you solve the mystery of the

letters”

The principal does
not believe Celeste

either.

Get your readers

Why did Lisa say

“Today, you need these

flowers more than they do”?

Multiple Choice

What did Celeste mean when she said….

 “And, for an instant, I think we are not walking alone.”

• Celeste is paranoid.

• Someone is following them.

• Celeste feels the presence of her grandmother.

• Celeste heard someone behind them.

Independent Reading- 4 minutes

Thinking Job

Pay attention to the

interaction between Celeste

and Mami in the kitchen.

Mami starts to prepare the cafe con leche, and I,

without asking, start making some toast. It's

almost like it used to be, with Grandma.

​Question	​Answer	Evidence
​What does this interaction show about the relationship between Mami and Celeste?	​	​

Drag and Drop

The relationship between Mami and Celeste ​

Placeholder

from the beginning of the story to the end.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

has changed

has not changed

Multiple Choice

What sentence supports that Mami and Celeste have a positive relationship in the end?

• “I don’t know how she did it,” I tell her, pointing out the postmark.

• "Cielo, how did the rest of your day go?” she asks me. It’s been such a long time since she asked me that I don’t know how to respond.

• “She always used to say that,” she says, “She’d say that it’s harder to ask for help than to give it.”

• “Fine,” I say. “No more drama.”

Inference TPS

“I think I know what Grandma was

trying to tell me…”

In your opinion, what does Celeste
think her grandmother was trying to

tell her? Cite evidence.

Inference- in your journal, let's write a RACE response!

What do you think Celeste might do in the next excerpt?

​I think in the next excerpt, Celeste might ...

__________________________.

The text stated ...

and I know _____. This shows...

Wrap Up TPS RC

How has food played an important role

throughout the text?

​"Food has played an important role throughout the text because _________. My evidence is _______."

Demonstration of Learning Pt.2

Given a contemporary text, SW correctly

make inferences to support

understanding in at least 4 of 5

questions.

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