2.2.7 Connect and Apply, Sor Juana, Relative Pronouns

Connect and Apply, "The Young Sor Juana" First Read, Relative Pronouns

Lesson 2.2.7

Word Work: Connect and Apply

Learners can:

• review prefixes, suffixes, and roots

Word work Review

Draw

Review each word carefully. Each word contains one of the prefixes, suffixes, or roots you recently studied.

Underline or circle the prefixes, suffixes, or roots you recently studied.

Reading: "the Young Sor Juana" First Read

Learners can:

• determine their emotional reaction to a poem

• paraphrase a poem

• You will read a poem by Pat Mora.

• Mora is an author and advocate for literacy and inclusive education.

• One of her goals is to spread a love of words and the happiness they can bring.

• Over the years, she has received recognition for her efforts, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

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Author Background

• Mora's poem is about Sor Juana, a Mexican nun who lived from approximately 1651 to 1695. One of Mora's hopes is to honor her Mexican heritage.

• Sor Juana is an excellent figure for Mora to include in her poetry since she was a gifted person who defied expectations. She was born to a single mother who forged her own path.

• Sor Juana's intelligence impressed everyone she met, and it was clear she needed further education.

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Historical context

Today, you will read the poem "The Young Sor Juana" by Pat Mora. Your focus should be on enjoying and understanding the poem. As you read, make annotations about:

• questions;

• emotional responses; and

• items of interest.

Additionally, it may be helpful to translate the poem into your own words after you read each line or stanza.

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First Read

Open Ended

Take a couple minutes to paraphrase (or put into your own words), the poem "The Young So Juana."

Writing: Relative Pronouns

Learners can:

• identify relative pronouns in writing

• recall details about the unit's narrative writing project

• Relative pronouns are words that introduce a dependent clause within a sentence.

• They help connect a dependent clause to the independent clause and clarify relationships between different sentence parts. 

• Relative pronouns help identify and give information about the subject of a sentence.

• Additionally, they act a little like conjunctions because they connect a dependent clause to the rest of the sentence.

Grammar Time! Relative Pronouns

Multiple Choice

What word is the relative pronoun in the sentence below?

Our neighbor, whom we often visit, has a lovely garden.

• neighbor

• whom

• visit

• often

• Narrative writing tells a story. It is one of the main types of writing and reading that you may do in your everyday life!

• The goal of narrative writing is to engage the reader and take them on a journey through the events of the story.

• Along the way, they may learn things about themselves and the world around them.

• It may help to narrow your focus to one of the following:

  • tell a story about a time in which the main character(s) affected a family member;

  • tell a story about a time in which the main character's actions affected a friend; or

  • tell a story about a time in which the main character's actions affected a stranger.

• Remember, you can write a nonfiction event from your life or something you imagine.

Narrative Writing

Multiple Choice

What should the primary thematic message of your narrative illustrate?

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  It should illustrate how I affect other people.

• It should illustrate how I am stronger on my own.

• It should illustrate the difficulties of growing up.

• It should illustrate technology's role in my life

During today's lesson, you:

• reviewed previously studied affixes and roots;

• paraphrased a poem;

• identified relative pronouns; and

• recalled details about your narrative writing project.

Recall that this unit's inquiry question is How do I affect other people? What kind of story can you tell that illustrates this? 

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Wrap Up

The rest of class is choice time. You can be working on:
-iReady Reading Practice
-Silent Reading on Sora
-Get help from Mrs. Massack
-Overdue Edio Lessons

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choice time