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“Inside Out” from The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez

“Inside Out” from The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez.

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“Inside Out” from The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez

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  1. “Inside Out”from The Circuitby Francisco Jiménez Francisco is the son of migrant workers new to America. He attends an American school and struggles to learn the language. A misunderstanding with a bullying classmate embarrasses him, but he feels better when his drawing wins first prize in a contest. During the year he studies a caterpillar in the classroom, eventually watching it cocoon and become a butterfly. (PB 51)

  2. Skill Lessons • Genre • Realistic Fiction • Comprehension • Compare and Contrast (PB 53, 57, 58) • Author’s Purpose (PB 56) • Words to Know (SE 144-145) • Vocabulary (PB 54) • Word Structure (PB 55) • Research and Study Skills • Reference Book (PB 59-60)

  3. Genre • Realistic fiction deals with characters and actions that seem real but come from the author's imagination. Added details make characters and the setting come to life.

  4. Comprehension: Compare and Contrast • When you compare two or more things, you show how they are alike. Clue words such as like or as show comparisons. • When you contrast two or more things, you show how they are different. Clue words such as but or however show contrasts.

  5. Comprehension: Author’s Purpose • The author’s purpose is the reason or reasons the author has for writing. • An author may write to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express himself or herself.

  6. Caterpillar Cocoon Disrespect Emerge Migrant Sketched Unscrewed Words to Know: Vocabulary

  7. Caterpillar • The wormlike larvae of insects such as butterflies and moths

  8. Cocoon • Case of silky thread spun by the larvae of various insects, to live in while they are developing into adults

  9. Disrespect • To show a lack of respect; to be rude

  10. Emerge • To come into view; come out; come up • MSN Encarta (video of emerging butterfly)

  11. Migrant • A worker, especially a farm worker, who travels from one area to another in search of work

  12. Sketched • Drawn roughly and quickly

  13. Unscrewed • Loosened or taken off by turning

  14. Word Structure • A prefix is a syllable added at the beginning of a base word to change its meaning. • Sometimes you can use prefixes to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word. • The prefixes un- and dis- usually mean “the opposite” or “to do the opposite.”

  15. Reference Book (PB 59-60) • A reference book is a type of manual. • Manuals usually contain instructions, either for immediate use or for reference. • A grammar reference book is a manual for using language. Like other manuals, it usually has a table of contents, an index, sections, illustrations, and explanations. • Be sure to consult a grammar reference book whenever you have questions about grammar.

  16. Daily Fix-It • Students put their sack lunchs in a row on the tabel. • Does the cafeteria serves hot food. • The children wor warm coats and scarfs.

  17. Daily Fix-It • That cold wind make me siver. • A butterflys wings astonis me. • The migrating insects travel thousands of mile to a suthern country.

  18. Daily Fix-It • The story is a chater from a longer book about a migrent family. • Francisco have trouble at school because him does not speak English.

  19. Daily Fix-It • Did the girls wipe there feets? • Curtis and adam plays football at recess.

  20. Other Activities and Resources • The Very Hungry Caterpillar • http://www.scu.edu/character/upload/The-Circuit-Lesson-Plan.pdf • http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp

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