HMH: The Game of Silence Day 2

LESSON SLIDES

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Into Reading Lesson Slides.

Reading and Vocabulary.

Grade 4 • Module 2 • Week 3 • Lesson 12.

In this lesson:
•Academic Vocabulary: Review Critical Vocabulary.

•Shared Reading: Plot with The Game of Silence.

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Academic Vocabulary.

Let’s review the vocabulary words!

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Academic Vocabulary.

Let’s Review!

absurd

taunt

forfeit

despised

ferocious

elaborately

coveted

1.

Review each vocabulary word
using Vocabulary Cards 2.20–2.26.

2.

Take turns using each word in a
sentence.

Match

Match the word with its definition

• absurd

• taunt

• forfeit

• despised

• ferocious

silly or ridiculous

teasing to anger or upset someone

to lose because you have broken rules

felt a strong dislike for something

very fierce, mean or violent

• silly or ridiculous

• teasing to anger or upset someone

• to lose because you have broken rules

• felt a strong dislike for something

• very fierce, mean or violent

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Academic Vocabulary.

Let’s Practice!

1.

The movie was absurd because __________.

2.

If one says a taunt to someone, it could make them feel __________.

3.

If you don’t study, you may forfeit __________.

4.

I thought she despised broccoli when she said __________.

5.

A wild animal can be ferocious when __________.

6.

An elaborately designed stage would look __________.

7.

The losing team has coveted __________ for years.

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Shared Reading.

Let’s read The Game of Silence

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Shared Reading.

Anchor Chart. A drawing of a rollercoaster
moving along a hilly track explains that the
plot of a story has a conflict, rising action, a
climax, falling action, and a resolution.

ANCHOR
THE SKILL

What is the plot of a story?

• Which story elements are important to

the plot of a story?

• How does the rising action and

resolution of a story help keep the
reader engaged in the story?

Anchor Chart 10

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Shared Reading.

Let’s Read!

pages 144–145

PLOT

What details tell you about the setting?

How does the setting add to the story’s plot?

ANNOTATE IT!

Highlight words that tell about
the setting.

Open Ended

Part A: What details tell you about the setting?

Open Ended

How does the setting add to the story’s plot?

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Shared Reading.

Let’s Read!

pages 148–149

PLOT

What details show how Omakayas
and Pinch get along?

Why are these details part of the
rising action?

Open Ended

What details show how Omakayas and Pinch get along? Please use text evidence to support your response.

Open Ended

Why are these details part of the rising action?

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Shared Reading.

Plot.

Exposition.

Characters: Start
typing…

Setting: Start
typing…

Rising Action.

Events: Start typing…

Climax.

Events: Start typing…

Resolution.

Events: Start typing…

Graphic Organizer 10

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Shared Reading.

WRITE A RESPONSE
pages 158–159

PROMPT

In The Game of Silence, you read about a group of children in
an Ojibwe tribe who played a silent game while their families
had a meeting. The story events were told in sequential order.

Imagine that you are writing part of a report on Ojibwe
culture. Use details from the story to write an informative
paragraph that explains how to play the game played by the
children in The Game of Silence.