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HISD 3rd Grade

Read Write

Teacher Facing
March 26, 2024

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MRS Icons

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Timer Options - No Music

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Timer Options - Gentle Music

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Timer Options - Fun Music

References

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All images used in this lesson are taken from Adobe Stock.
Adobe Stock - © stock.adobe.com.

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“Elements of Drama” Anchor Chart from HMH Into Reading!
Texas with permission © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
Company

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“The Saga of Pecos Bill” (mybook) text, adapted from HMH with
permission. © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
(Module 4)

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Resources

● Student Activity Page

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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Fiction

Drama

Both

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Tells a story with characters, plot, and setting.

Written to be performed in front of an

audience.

Written in lines

involves a cast and a crew

written in sentences and paragraphs

written in dialogue

Can be separated into chapters

Can be separated into acts and scenes

HISD 3rd Grade

Read Write

Drama
March 26, 2024

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TEKS: 3.6F Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
TEKS: 3.9C Discuss elements of drama such a characters, dialogue, setting, and acts.

LO: SWBAT make inferences from fictional text
and use evidence to support understanding.

DOL: Given a fictional text, SW correctly make
inferences and use evidence to support
understanding in at least 4 out of 5 questions.

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Do Now

[insert]

drama

play

cast of characters

a play or story that is
acted out by people in a
performance

a story that can be
performed by actors on a
stage for an audience

the people, animals, or
beings in a story

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Academic Vocabulary

dialogue

stage directions

script

the words said by the
characters

information in a drama
that tells actors where to
move, how to look or
speak, or information
about the set

the text of the play

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Academic Vocabulary

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Academic Vocabulary

background
knowledge
text evidence

what you already
know about a
topic

clues or details in
the text that
support an
answer or idea

experience

something that
happened to you

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Academic Vocabulary

Inference

a smart guess that readers
make, based on clues in the
text and what they already
know

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Fiction

Drama

Both

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Fiction

Drama

Both

●Tells a
story with
characters,
plot, and
setting.

●Written to be performed
in front of an audience.
●Written in lines

●involves a cast and a

crew

●written in dialogue

●Can be separated into

acts and scenes

●Written in
sentences

and

paragraphs
●Can be

separated

into

chapters

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What is
DRAMA?

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HMH

The Saga of Pecos Bill (Module 4)

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What do we need to make an inference when reading an

informational text?

Text

Evidence

Background
knowledge

Readers always use evidence to support an inference.

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Readers use these sentence
stems when making
inferences:

● The text says _____, I know

that ________, my inference
is_______.

● Reading ___ makes me

think ____ because I know
_____.

➔ think of what the

text reminds them
of.

➔ look for clues in the

text

When making an

inference, a reader can

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Apply To Text

We will examine
today’s play by

making

inferences that
will help us dig
deeper into the

text.
HMH

The Saga of Pecos Bill (Module 4)

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The reader can tell that the text “The Saga
of Pecos Bill ” is drama because –
Select TWO correct answers.

A. It is written in paragraphs and

many chapters.

B. It is divided into acts and/or

scenes.

C. It has one character and a variety

of settings.

D. It has lines of dialogue and a cast

of characters.

E. It had a common theme

X

X

X

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The staging directions in
paragraph 1 are included to
help —

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

actors know how to position

themselves on the stage and

know what to do.

Why does the playwright include the stage
directions in paragraph 1?

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I can infer…

that Bill’s parents had a laid-back
attitude towards parenting and believed
in letting children learn through
experiences.

Text

NARRATOR 3: Since there were so many children and animals in
the wagon, nobody noticed that Bill wasn’t in the wagon until
about a week later. By then it was too late to go look for him, but
Bill’s parents figured that any baby who could wrestle a grizzly
bear was certainly tough enough to survive in the wilds of
Texas.

What can the
reader infer
about Bill’s
upbringing?

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Read the lines.

PECOS BILL: Well, I reckon I can
help with that.

NARRATOR 2: And with that, Bill
just swung his rattlesnake
lasso round and round and he roped
up all the water from the
Rio Grande River. After that there
was no more problem with
any drought.

Based on the lines, what can the
reader infer about Pecos Bill’s attitude
towards challenges?

A. He was easily discouraged.
B. He was always eager to face

them.

C. He preferred to avoid them.
D. He asked help from others.

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I can infer…

that Pecos Bill was widely admired.

Text

NARRATOR 4: And if you go and visit Texas today, you will see
lots of wide open spaces all over the state. Wide open spaces
thanks to that wrestling match between the greatest cowboy
who ever lived and one mean and wild tornado. Yup, Pecos Bill
was the best cowboy there ever was . . . the meanest, the
strongest, and the best there ever was!

What can the

reader infer about

Pecos Bill’s

reputation among

other cowboys?

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Part A
What can the reader infer about
Pecos Bill’s impact on the people of
Texas?

A.

Pecos Bill was an ordinary cowboy
who kept to himself and avoided
adventures.

B.

Pecos Bill's bravery and
extraordinary defeats earned him
admiration and respect.

C.

Pecos Bill was known for causing
trouble and chaos wherever he
went.

D.

Pecos Bill's encounters with animals
were largely ignored by the people
of Texas.

Part B
What text evidence from the story supports
the answer to Part A?

A.

NARRATOR 2: They hadn’t gone but 10
miles when a 10-foot rattlesnake swung
out of a cactus plant and down on top of
them.

B.

PECOS BILL: Well, I reckon I can help with
that.

C.

NARRATOR 3: In fact, it got to be so mean
and so ornery that it tied up rivers into
knots and emptied lakes of all their water.

D.

Narrator 1: When Bill fell off, he hit the
ground so hard that the ground just sank
right below sea level. Folks in those parts
now call that part of California Death
Valley.

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then answer Part B.

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SCR: How does Pecos Bill’s interaction with others and his response to
challenges in the play reflect his perception of himself and his unique
qualities? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Pecos Bill interaction with others and his
response to challenges in the play…

R
A
C
E

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DOL: Given a fictional
text, SW correctly
make inferences and
use evidence to
support
understanding in at
least 4 out of 5
questions.