Unit 4 – Week 2 February 10 - 14 , 2014

1. Essential Question: What can you discover when you give things a second look? • history or origins of various objects Unit 4 – Week 2February 10 - 14, 2014 Spelling Words: Prefixes – two or more letters added to the beginning of a word that changes its meaning. un - not; re – again; dis – not/opposite; sub – under; over – excess; under - below unusual unaware refreeze rewrap nonspecific underwater unfriendly replenish disconnect misguide regain unfinished reunite discourage overwhelm repaired unimportant rediscover dishonest submerge Vocabulary Words: 1) astounded – to be amazed or surprised 2) concealed – to put out of sight. 3) inquisitive - to be curious. 4) interpret - you explain its meaning and make it easier to understand. 5) perplexed - you are confused. 6) precise - you make an exact or accurate. 7) reconsider - you think about something again. 8) suspicious - you think that someone or something is wrong and cannot be trusted

2. Comprehension Strategy and Skill Comprehension Strategy: Visualize • A play is written to be performed for an audience. Actors use details in the text to guide how they move and speak. Tell students that, when they read a play, they can use these same details to visualize and better understand the characters and events. • Remind students to pay close attention to stage directions and scene descriptions, as well as to the characters’ dialogue. Point out that many actions that take place in a play are not mentioned by the characters when they speak. • Tell students to pause periodically while reading and use details in the text, along with their prior knowledge, to picture what characters look like, where they are located, and what they are doing. • Comprehension Skill: Point of View • A story’s point of view refers to how the story is being told. • A character that has lines in a play is called a speaker. Each speaker uses the first person (I, me) to deliver lines of dialogue from his or her point of view, or perspective. • In some plays, one speaker may be a narrator, who provides information from a point outside of the main action of the play. • This narrator is often an unknown individual who did not participate in the play’s events. In “Where’s Brownie?”, however, the narrator is one of the characters reflecting on past events. • The narrator may speak in the first person or may use the third person to comment on or share feelings about events in the play.

3. Genre and Vocabulary Strategy Genre: Mystery Play • The following key characteristics of a mystery play: • Most events in a mystery play center on a mystery, or problem, that the characters must solve by connecting different clues. • Like most plays, mystery plays are primarily made up of dialogue among the characters. • Setting descriptions inform readers about where and when the action takes place. Stage directions indicate how the characters speak their lines and what movements they make. • Like most plays, mystery plays may be divided into acts, which can be further divided into scenes. Often, a change in act or scene means that there will also be a change in the setting, such as time and location. • Vocabulary Strategy: Adages and Proverbs • Adages and proverbs are traditional sayings that have often been repeated. Like people in real life, characters in stories and plays often use adages and proverbs during the course of normal conversation. • The words adage and proverb are often used interchangeably. An adage is an old saying that describes a common experience or truth. It is often expressed in the form of a metaphor, such as “the early bird catches the worm.” Similarly, a proverb is a brief popular saying that expresses a wise thought. • If students come across an adage or a proverb with which they are not familiar, they can use surrounding words and sentences to clarify its meaning.

4. Where’s Brownie? Pgs. 252 - 255 1) What is the meaning of the adage two heads are better than one spoken by the narrator on page 253? • It is better to have two people in a room rather than just one person. • Two people can solve a problem better than one person. • Being a twin is better than being a single child. Explain why or how you chose your answer? 2) What is the main problem in this story? 3) Which comment from the story suggests that Sam is not really concerned with finding Brownie? • Um, Brownie’s missing. But look! Evan and I made these. (Sam pulls out a poster she had concealed on her desk) • He’s just a lizard, Alex. I mean a chameleon. It’s not exactly “absence makes the heart grow fonder”. • Yeah, inquisitive minds want to know.

5. Where’s Brownie? Pgs. 252 - 255 4) Which adage means it is better to get something done than not to do it at all? • “better late than never? • “out of sight, out of mind” • “absence makes the heart grow founder” 5) What does the adage “out of sight, out of mind” means in the following comment? Don’t you want to find Brownie, or are you thinking “out of sight, out of mind”? • You can’t see an object without thinking about it first. • If you do not see an object, it does not concern you at all. • You need to keep a constant check on your vision. 6) Whose point of view is this story likely being told? • Sam • Alex • Evan • Nick Explain why or how you chose your answer?

6. A Window Into History pgs. 282 - 291 1) What is the main problem in this play? 2) What is Patricia’s point of view about the plan for the house on East Chester Road? Provide at least two details from the text to support your answer. 3) Celia states that the city council may offer them money, but money isn’t everything. What does this comment suggest about Celia’s point of view concerning constructing the new playground? • Celia is happy with the construction as long as they are getting compensated or paid. • Celia feels that the city is not providing them with enough money. • Celia’s home is worth more to her than money and does not want to see it torn down. 4) Which character reveal’s Grandma J.’s point of view concerning the playground on page 287? What does he say that reveals this information?

7. A Window Into History pgs. 282 - 291 5)Why does Jacob use the adage “Its easier said than done” in the passage? It’s easier said than done. I went downstairs and there is no baseball and no broken window. • To emphasize that he speaks very well. • To share his knowledge about baseball and how it is played the correct way. • To express that it is easier to talk about finding something rather than actually finding it. 6) Why can’t the kids find the broken window or baseball in the cellar? 7) Whose point of view does the following detail best supports? This house is an essential part of our history. It was a stop on the infamous Underground Railroad. • Grandma J. • Patricia • Cedric • Caleb 8) Pick the best choice concerning Patricia’s point of view throughout the play. • At the beginning of the play Patricia was against tearing down the house but by the end of the play she wants to tear it down. • At the beginning of the play Patricia wanted house to be torn down, but by the end of the play, she wants the house to remain in place. • She does not change; she wants to tear down the house at the beginning and end of the story. • She does not change; she wants the house to remain in place at the beginning and the end of the story. 9) Which of the following would be the best theme for this play? • You should never tear down an old house. • Before making big decisions, it is important think twice and make special considerations. • School playgrounds should be built on school property.

8. Language Arts Skill Grammar: Types of Pronouns • A subject pronoun takes the place of a subject noun. An object pronoun takes the place of an object noun. It comes after a preposition or an action verb. • A relative pronoun—that, which, who, whom, whose—is used at the beginning of a dependent clause. • A reflexive pronoun is used when the object of a sentence is the same as the subject. I asked myself a question.

9. Writing Skill Writing: Ideas • Writers make characters come to life through vivid description and realistic dialogue. Writers develop characters by describing how they look, act, think, and respond to situations. They use dialogue to show what characters say and what others say about them.