Theme: Heritage

1. Theme: Heritage

2. From Miss Ida’s Porch By Sandra Belton Illustrated by Meryl Treatner

3. Spelling List • modesty • honesty • lucky • messy • rainy • tasty • necessity • civility • nobility • agility • hostility • purity • formality • vigilant • servant • assistant • immigrant • pleasant • defiant • resistant BONUS WORDS: 1. buoyant 2. specificity

4. Genre: Realistic Fiction A story that contains characters, settings, and conflicts that can exist in real life. Comprehension Strategy: Adjusting Reading Speed From Miss Ida’s Porch By Sandra Belton Illustrated by Meryl Treatner Focus Questions: • Who saw Marian Anderson perform in Washington D.C.? • Why was it significant that Marian Anderson sang at Constitution Hall?

5. Word Structure

6. Word Structure -ant being in a particular state or one who. ex: defiant Levels of Specificity It narrows done a topic. insect beetle ladybug suffix- is found at the end of a base word. –y having the quality of, state, or condition ex: honesty –ity having the quality of, condition of, or state of ex: necessity

7. “You can know where you are going in this world only if you know where you’ve been!” What do you know about Civil Rights Movement in the United States?

8. C P W Wonderings Clues Problems

9. Building Background • From the 1880s to the 1960s, states and cities throughout the nation practiced segregation. They required separate spaces for white and black Americans. Black Americans could not sit in the same places, drink from the same water fountains, or use the same facilities as white Americans. • These laws, known as separate-but-equal laws, were anything but equal. The black Americans were treated unfairly and discriminated against in most settings. • The laws were also called Jim Crow laws after a character in a minstrel show. The civil rights movement worked in opposition to these unfair laws, seeking to gain equality for African Americans.

10. This is a frame story. A frame story is a story within a story. The first two pages of this selection is the picture frame, and the setting is the frame for the story within the story. Setting: Miss Ida’s Porch The dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. 25 years later: Ms. Anderson is singing at Constitution Hall for a farewell concert. What are they doing on the porch? Ms. Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial, because she was not allowed to sing at Constitution Hall. Who is sitting on the porch? How is this connected to the theme heritage?

11. attitude noun A way of acting, thinking, or feeling claim verb To declare as one’s own Vocabulary

12. magnificent adj. Outstanding; excellent spellbound adj. Fascinated; filled with delight or wonder Vocabulary

13. civilizations noun An advanced human society in which agriculture, trade, government, art, and science are highly developed section noun A part of an area Vocabulary

14. concert noun A musical performance finest adj. Most excellent Vocabulary

15. forbidden noun Off-limits trolley noun A streetcar that runs on tracks and gets its power from and electric wire overhead Vocabulary

16. After completion of test, please file. Must Do: Complete or correct your “Sentence 4 Square” Correct your sequencing sheet. Use strategies discussed. 1. Read sequencing choices 2. Read passage completely one time. 3. Read a second time, underlining details. 4. Sequence at the bottom referring to the key details underlined. Journal Writing: In reading response section, write a comparing and contrasting paragraph. Compare and Contrast the 4 stories read in our Unit 1. Discuss the ways in which Heritage was passed down in each story. Use key words. different same alike difference although similar however as well as on the other hand more/most both but in contrast to MAY DO: READ