Objectives:

• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text. RL.4.4• Identify key ideas and details in a story. RL.4.2

Unit: 2 Lesson: 3Module: B

Today we will be doing a Close Reading

of chapters 5 and 6.

Essential Questions: • How do readers compare and contrast topics?• How does a writer use evidence to support ideas of compare and contrast in an essay?

Reading

First ReadLet’s explore the text!

Focus on chapter titles and skimming the text for character names you remember from previous sections.

Think about the names of characters that might be part of Chapters 5 and 6.

Shared Reading RoutineFocus: What is the “gist” of the text?

I will begin reading The Birchbark House while you follow along in your book. Then, you will continue reading to the end of chapter 6,

silently on your own. You should be looking for a general understanding of what the text is mainly about.

Be prepared to discuss the following questions when you are done with the reading:• Based on the text, what is the importance of dreams?• What details from the text support the idea that Omokayas has a special relationship with the bears and Andeg? • What questions do you have?

Focus on key details of how Omakayas and her family are preparing for winter and how non- Ojibwa people settling

on Ojibwa land may affect them.

Be prepared to discuss the following questions when you are donewith the reading:1. What do you know about the chimookomanug based on the

conversation that Omakayas and Angeline listen to from the underbrush?

2. Using context clues, what can you tell about the meaning of the word rekindle on page 73?

3. What is the importance of the jobs that Mama gives to Big Pinch, Omakayas, and Angeline?

4. What clues on page 78 tell you that interpretation means “explanation” or “translation”?

Second Read

Focused ReadingText-Based Vocabulary• contempt, p. 77• intensity, p. 80• vigilance, p. 91• sympathetic, p. 92

Vocabulary Routine:1. Read the sentence containing the word.2. Identify context clues about its meaning within the passage.3. Look up the word in a dictionary and read the definition.4. Use the word in other ways.

*After we review these words, write your sentences on p. 124 in your Reader’s and Writer’s Journal.*

Focused ReadingText-Based Conversation

I see on p. 86 that Mama threw a stick at Andeg after Pinch told her the bird had eaten the berries. I know that Pinch ate the berries and lied to Mama, but Mama doesn’t know that. I see on p. 83 that Mama picked the berries so the family will have winter seasoning and food. She is angry because now the family won’t have them for the winter.

Discuss why Mama was so angry about the missing berries.

Focused ReadingTeam Talk Routine

After Mama lost her temper, should Andeg continue to warn Mama of animals and strangers and help hunt mice? Use details from the text to

support why or why not?

Reading Analysis Author’s Purpose

An author writes for a purpose, or reason. An author’s purpose can be to inform, to entertain, or

to persuade. Most fiction stories are written mainly to entertain, but they can also inform. For

example, The Birchbark House entertains readers by telling about characters and events, but it also

informs readers about Ojibwa customs and culture.

Reading Analysis Cite Text Evidence

Record the author’s main purpose and details that support your choice.

Focus on pp. 88–90. •Does the author mainly intend to entertain, inform, or persuade in this section?•List details from the text that support your answer.•Did the author succeed in entertaining, informing, or persuading? Why?

Independent ReadingReading Analysis

Work independently to complete your own Web graphic organizer as you identify the author’s purpose on pp. 94–95, beginning with “When they reached the river’s entrance” to

“That was most often the boy’s job.”

Writing in Response to ReadingTurn to page 125 in your Reader’s and Writer’s Journal and

read the prompt: What is the author’s purpose for including the character Two Strike Girl?

Small GroupsIt’s time to get into our groups!

Please see me if you don’t know what group you belong in.

WritingOpinion Writing

Objectives: • Use an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped together. • Use capitalization correctly.

WritingOpinion Writing

An opinion is a belief or idea that people form about a text or topic. Opinion writing includes an introduction that

clearly states the writer’s opinion, reasons and evidence that support the opinion, and a concluding statement that reinforces what came before. Opinion writing should be clearly organized, with related ideas grouped together.

Transitional words and phrases such as for instance and in addition should be used to link reasons and evidence.

By grouping reasons with the opinion they support, writers create clear, strong writing that will help to convince

readers.

WritingOpinion Writing

Reasons can be facts, details, or quotations from a text. Ifthey are included within the same paragraph, they should all relate. All the information should connect in some way to the same idea. As you write, you should ask yourself

these questions:

•What is the main idea of the paragraph? Are all of the details in the paragraph connected to the main idea?•What linking words can I use to show the relationships between ideas?

WritingAnalyze the Text

Let’s take a look at how a writer might group related ideas when stating an opinion about the text.

WritingConventions Focus: Use Capitalization Correctly

Proper nouns are nouns that name individual people, places, and things. Proper nouns are capitalized.

Also remember to capitalize the first word in a sentence.

WritingIndependent Writing

Use your Reader’s and Writer’s Journal, p. 130 to write two paragraphs giving your opinion of the following question: Was

Mama right to leave Little Pinch alone with the berries? Reread pp. 82–88 and state whether you think Mama “did the right

thing” by leaving Little Pinch with the berries.

Be sure to:• use evidence to support your ideas• organize your writing effectively, grouping related ideas together.• include transitional words and phrases to link ideas.