2.4.4 Prefixes, Chicken Part 2, Quick Draft

Word Work Prefixes Review, "The Chicken That Crossed the Road" Part II, Quick Draft

Lesson 2.4.3

Word Work: Prefix Review

Learners can:

• recall the definitions of prefixes

Prefix Review

Match

Match each prefix with its definition.

• half

• ill, wrong

• not; into

• too much

semi-

mis-

im-/in-

over-

• semi-

• mis-

• im-/in-

• over-

Match

Match each prefix with its definition.

• front, superior

• across, beyond, through

• over, above

• not enough, below

fore-

trans-

super-

under-

• fore-

• trans-

• super-

• under-

Reading: "The Chicken That Crossed the Road" Part II

Learners can:

• recall details from the second half of "The Chicken That Crossed the Road"

• summarize a short story

• Exposition: the main character, Miguel, walking home from school. He dreads his English assignment.

• Inciting Incident: While walking, he meets Robert, a fellow student, who wants to show him a chicken. Miguel decides to check it out.

• Rising Action: Miguel follows Robert to the chicken and gets the idea to sell the chicken for $3.00. Miguel feels guilty. Back home, his mom comes home, and he remembers he is supposed to clean up for his mother. He hurries into the house, so it looks like he is cleaning. Then, he helps his mother carry groceries into the house.

Parts of Plot

• ​Sullen: gloomy and dismal

• Foreclosures: the legal act of removing a homeowner's right to claim a property due to unpaid dues

• Appraised: to evaluate or determine the worth of something or someone

Vocab

Today, you will read the remainder of "The Chicken That Crossed the Road." You should focus on understanding and enjoying what you read. As you read, make annotations about:

• questions;

• emotional responses; and

• items of interest.

Additionally, consider the main or key events of the story. What happens in the beginning, middle, and end?

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First Read Part II

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Multiple Choice

Why does Miguel return home after the two boys confront him?

• Miguel loses his courage after the boys threaten him and take the three dollars.

• Miguel loses his courage after the boys make fun of him for caring about a chicken.

• Miguel loses his courage after the boys tell him his mother is going to fail as a real estate agent.

• Miguel loses his courage after the boys take his candy and tell him he does not belong.

Recall that summaries are valuable learning tools because they not only help check your understanding of a text but also help you remember it. Your summary should:

• identify the title and author of the work;

• include main events that answer who, what, when, where, why, and how; and

• avoid personal opinions and analyzing the text.

We are going to spend the next 8 minutes writing a summary for "The Chicken That Crossed the Road."

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Summary Practice

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Writing: Quick Draft

Learners can:

• compose a quick draft of their narrative project

• A quick draft is a working draft of your story that you record as quickly as possible.

• A quick draft can include your story's main character(s), setting, and basic plot; however, it does not need descriptive details, minor events, and dialogue

• A quick draft can aid your writing process because instead of working with a blank piece of paper, you are adding details and shaping something that you already have.

• You will start working on your quick draft today.

Quick Draft

• Open your narrative writing project story map and page 4 of your edio lesson. Download the draft document and click 'Enable Editing'

• Spend the next 15 minutes working on your Quick Draft. This doesn't need to be finished today, it is a working document

• If you need a blank document to type on, go to page 4 in your edio lesson

Time to Write!

• Don't forget your Grammar Quiz Monday!

• Once you ​finish your quick draft, the rest of class is choice time. You can be working on:

  • iReady Reading Practice

  • Silent Reading

  • Get help from Mrs. Massack

  • Overdue Edio Lessons

Wrap Up and Choice Time