Genre - Biography
Essential Question: How did two young people's heroic actions differ?
Target Vocabulary
QUIZLET
Vocabulary Strategies
Prefixes in-, im-, il-, ir- - affixes attached at the beginning of a base word or root word that changes the meaning of the word and they all mean "not." The prefixes in- and im- can also mean "in." You can use a dictionary to determine whether the prefix means "in" or "not."
Comprehension
Target Skill
Compare and Contrast - to find ways that two or more things are similar and different. Signal words such as both signify comparisons, while phrases like on the other hand signal contrasts. A Venn Diagram is used to compare and contrast information.
Target Strategy
Monitor/Clarify - to pay attention to how well you understand what you read/to figure out something that doesn't make sense. Readers should monitor their understanding as they read and clarify any questions they might have. Comparing text details can clarify understanding.
Phillis Wheatley Movie Trailer (1 min, 35 sec)
(On Level/Language Support Reader - Phillis Wheatley/The Life of Phillis Wheatley)
Essential Question: How did two young people's heroic actions differ?
Target Vocabulary
- mimic - having qualities of imitating or copying something
- mocking - imitating someone in an insulting way
- efficient - getting maximum results from minimum work; wasting nothing
- personally - something done by a person with no help from anyone else
- lacked - didn't have something necessary
- rural - country areas that often have many farms and few people
- tedious - boring or annoying
- organize - to arrange things according to a system
- summons - an official request for you to go somewhere
- peal - a sudden, loud sound
QUIZLET
Vocabulary Strategies
Prefixes in-, im-, il-, ir- - affixes attached at the beginning of a base word or root word that changes the meaning of the word and they all mean "not." The prefixes in- and im- can also mean "in." You can use a dictionary to determine whether the prefix means "in" or "not."
Comprehension
Target Skill
Compare and Contrast - to find ways that two or more things are similar and different. Signal words such as both signify comparisons, while phrases like on the other hand signal contrasts. A Venn Diagram is used to compare and contrast information.
Target Strategy
Monitor/Clarify - to pay attention to how well you understand what you read/to figure out something that doesn't make sense. Readers should monitor their understanding as they read and clarify any questions they might have. Comparing text details can clarify understanding.
Phillis Wheatley Movie Trailer (1 min, 35 sec)
(On Level/Language Support Reader - Phillis Wheatley/The Life of Phillis Wheatley)
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