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Grade 6: Module 1: Unit 1: Lesson 4
QuickWrite: Point of View: The Lightning Thief, Chapter 2 (one per student) Homework: Unfamiliar Vocabulary: The Lightning Thief, Chapter 3 (from Unit 1
homework; one per student)
Opening
A. Strategies to Determine the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary – L.6.4a (5 minutes)
Repeated routine: Follow the same routine as previous lessons to distribute and review Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 4.
Usingequitysticks,callonstudentstoprovideadefinitionorsynonymforfunds(money), and ask them to suggest the strategies they used to determine the meaning of the word. Listen for students to suggest context.
See Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 4 (for teacher reference).
Highlight the words paychecks, money, and cash, also in the posted excerpt. Ask:
“What do you notice about these words?” (They all have similar meanings and are related to money.)
“How do these words relate to the word funds?” (They mean the same thing and give clues to the meaning of the unfamiliar word.)
“How could you use these words help you to figure out the meaning of funds?”
Add the strategy of using context clues to the Close Readers Do These Things anchor chart. Refer to Close Readers Do These Things anchor chart (example for teacher reference) as necessary. Add funds to the academic word wall.
Invite students to retrieve their Unit 1 Lesson 3 homework, Unfamiliar Vocabulary: The Lightning Thief , Chapter 2, and select volunteers to share strategies they used to answer the unfamiliar vocabulary questions.
As students share out, capture new strategies shared on the Close Readers Do These Things anchor chart. Refer to Close Readers Do These Things anchor chart (example for teacher reference) as necessary.
Repeated routine: Follow the same routine as the previous lessons to review learning targets and the purpose of the lesson, reminding students of any learning targets that are similar or the same as previous lessons.
Work Time
A. Read The Lightning Thief, Chapter 3 Excerpt – SL.6.1 (15 minutes)
Reviewtheappropriatelearningtargetrelevanttotheworktobecompletedinthissection
of the lesson:
“I can find the gist of chapter 3 of The Lightning Thief.”
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