Cooper's Lesson

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Reading and Vocabulary.

Grade 4 • Module 10 • Week 3 • Lesson 14.

In this lesson:
•Academic Vocabulary: Vocabulary Spiral Review

•Shared Reading: Author’s Craft with Cooper’s Lesson

•Make Connections

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Academic Vocabulary.

Let’s review the vocabulary words!

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Academic Vocabulary.

Let’s Review!

Critical Vocabulary

Definition

obsessed
If you are obsessed with something, you think about it all the
time.

disoriented
Creatures that are disoriented are confused about where they
are.

blunt

Something that is blunt is flat or rounded, rather than sharp.

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Academic Vocabulary.

Let’s Review! continued

Critical Vocabulary

Definition

recruiting
If you are recruiting people, you are asking them to help do
something.

appointed
If you are appointed to a job, you are assigned to or chosen
for it.

stranded
If you are stranded, you are stuck somewhere without a way
to leave.

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Academic Vocabulary.

Let’s Review! continued

Critical Vocabulary

Definition

estimate
If you give an estimate, you give an amount or size that is not
exact.

decay

When things decay, they slowly break down and rot.

ancestors
Your ancestors are the people in your family who lived long
ago.

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Academic Vocabulary.

Let’s Review! continued

Critical Vocabulary

Definition

swirled

If something swirled, it moved quickly around in circles.

currents
Currents are flowing movements of water in a lake, river, or
ocean.

sneered
If you sneered, you showed disapproval and lack of respect
by the look on your face.

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Academic Vocabulary.

Let’s Review! continued

Critical Vocabulary

Definition

outspoken
If you are outspoken, you say what you think even when others
do not agree.

canopy
A canopy is a roof-like covering, like the top branches of trees
in a forest.

envision

If you envision something, you picture it in your mind.

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Academic Vocabulary.

Let’s Practice!

obsessed

disoriented

blunt

recruiting

appointed

stranded

estimate

decay

ancestors

swirled

currents

sneered

outspoken

canopy

envision

Play Charades

1.

Choose a word.

2.

Act out the word silently.

3.

Guess the word to earn a point.

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Shared Reading.

Let’s read Cooper’s Lesson

more closely!

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Shared Reading.

Anchor Chart. Author’s Craft is the
language and techniques a writer uses and
includes Voice, Mood, Anecdote, Language,
and Hyperbole.

ANCHOR
THE SKILL

What is author’s craft?

•
How can specific language contribute
to the author’s style?

•
How might anecdotes and hyperbole
contribute to the mood of a story?

Anchor Chart 27

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Shared Reading.

Let’s Read!
page 349

AUTHOR’S CRAFT

What does “Cooper’s heart sank”
mean in the text?

Multiple Choice

What does “Cooper’s heart sank”
mean in the text?

• His heart feel to his stomach

• it is no longer floating

• He was happy

• He was dissappointed

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Shared Reading.

Let’s Read!
page 349

AUTHOR’S CRAFT

What does the simile “his tongue lay as
heavy and still in his mouth as a dead fish”
mean?

How do these phrases contribute to the
author’s voice?

ANNOTATEIT!

Underline the simile.

Open Ended

What does the simile “his tongue lay as heavy and still in his mouth as a dead fish”
mean?

Open Ended

How do these phrases contribute to the
author’s voice?

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Shared Reading.

Let’s Read!
page 356

AUTHOR’S CRAFT

Locate the anecdote. Why does the
author use this anecdote?

ANNOTATEIT!

Highlight the words that tell
the anecdote.

Draw

Locate the anecdote. Why does the author use the anecdote? Use the highligher or pen tool.

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Shared Reading.

Author’s Craft.

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Shared Reading.

ENGAGE AND
RESPOND.

An illustration of a sheet of paper and
a pen.

Find a descriptive paragraph in Cooper’s
Lesson. Underline the descriptive words.

Rewritethe paragraph using words that are
less descriptive.

Share and discuss your work with a partner.

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Make Connections.

Let’s connect what we read

to communication!

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Make Connections.

What forms can
communication
take?

Communicat

ion

Languages

Advances in
Technology

BUILD YOUR MAP

DISPLAY AND ENGAGE
Knowledge Map 10.14