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Grade 6: Module 1: Unit 1: Lesson 7
– Mr. D, the camp director, is overtly rude to Percy and the other youth at camp; an adult showing outright disdain towards kids may be uncomfortable for some. It may help to remind students that in Greek culture gods were not considered faultless by humans as they are in other cultures.
– On page 67, Chiron discusses God (in a religious sense) in relation to the Greek gods; this could be uncomfortable for some students. If so, this may need some further discussion.
Chapter 5 includes extensive description of Camp Half-Blood. Prepare several images to accompany the reading, and illuminate the meanings of unfamiliar terms like centaur and amphitheater.
Tell reluctant readers that, at the completion of chapter 5, they are a quarter of the way through the novel. Praise their persistence as they tackle a task that does not come easily for them.
When grouping students in triads to analyze figurative language in Work Time B, group ELLs with partners who have more advanced or native language proficiency. The partner with greater language proficiency can serve as a model, initiating discussions and providing implicit sentence frames, for example.
Assessment Guidance
Review students’ figurative language note-catchers to determine any common issues to use as teaching points.
Down the Road
In the next lesson, students continue in their anchor text, reading from chapter 6 of The Lightning Thief. They continue to analyze figurative language and point of view as it is used in the novel.
In Advance
Predetermine triads for the figurative language analysis activity in Work Time B.
Prereadchapter5inTheLightningThieftoidentifywordsorplotpointsthatmaychallenge
students.
Prepare copies of handouts for students, including entrance ticket (see Materials list).
Post the learning targets and applicable anchor charts (see Materials list).
Technology & Multimedia
Work Time A: Utilize an audiobook version of the novel as a number of new names and terms are introduced in this chapter (amphitheater, Chiron, Dionysus, Aphrodite). Students benefit from hearing a fluent reader use proper pronunciation of these unfamiliar vocabulary words.
Work Time B: Students complete their note-catchers in a word-processing document such as a Google Doc.
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