A Review
Build Background
As a group, discuss the following:
How is the Southwest different from other areas of the country? For example, what kinds of plants grow there that do not grow in other parts of the country?
Unit 1 Week 4 Day 1
A Activity
Leveled Reader: The Dine`
Before Reading
Look at the map and photographs in the book and use them to predict what will happen in the text.
Set a purpose for reading.
During Reading / Critical Thinking
Answer the following questions as you read the book:
The Dine` borrowed practices and ideas from the Spanish and the Pueblo people. What does this tell you about the Dine`?
Why do you think the author described the suffering of the Dine` during the Long Walk and at Fort Sumter?
After Reading
What was the Southwest like before the Spanish settlers arrived?
How did the Southwest change after the Spanish got there?
Unit 1 Week 4 Day 1
A Review
Author’s Purpose
Use p. 112 to review the definition of author’s purpose.
Think of the book The Dine` that you just read. What effect did it have on you? Do you think the author intended this effect?
Story Structure
Review the definition of story structure. As you read, take note of the problem, rising action, climax, and resolution.
Unit 1 Week 4 Day 2
A Activity
Reading Street Book: The Horned Toad Prince
Revisit
Read The Horned Toad Prince on pp. 116-123 speculating about multiple purposes the author might have had.
What are your initial impressions of Reba Jo? What details from the text cause you to have this impression?
What is your first reaction to the situation between Reba Jo and the horned toad? What does this imply about the author’s purpose?
Critical Thinking
How has the author used characteristics of the geography and people of the Southwest to develop an enjoyable story?
Unit 1 Week 4 Day 2
A Review
Synonyms/Antonyms/Context Clues
If I say, “The Dine` were also given some livestock to replace what had been taken,” you could figure out that given and taken are antonyms. What is a synonym of each of these words?
Unit 1 Week 4 Day 3
A Activity
Reading Street Book: The Horned Toad Prince
Revisit
Read The Horned Toad Prince on pp. 124-129 searching for context clues to unfamiliar words.
On the first page of the story, we learned that Reba Jo’s “favorite pastime of all was roping. She lassoed cacti…” What context clue led you to the meaning of the word lassoed? Is the clue a synonym or an antonym?
What context clue helps you understand the word drowsy on p.126?
What is funny about the dialogue in this book? What do you think the author’s purpose was in writing with humor?
What lesson from the story could you apply to your own life?
Creative Thinking
As the story develops, which character do you like the best, Reba Jo, her father, or the toad? Why? What do you think the author would thin of your response?
Unit 1 Week 4 Day 3
A Activity
Reading Street Book: pp. 134-135
Before Reading
Read The Fox and the Tiger on pp. 134-135.
Discuss the concept of tricksters.
Use the text features to set a purpose for reading.
Why do you think there are pictures of animals, but no people?
What unusual feature do you see at the end of the story?
During Reading
How is this fable similar to The Horned Toad Prince?
How are they different?
After Reading
Share your reactions to the fable. Then write a short paragraph about how you’d apply this moral to your own lives.
Unit 1 Week 4 Day 4
A Activity
Leveled Reader: The Dine`
Reread for Fluency
Silently reread passages from The Dine`
Then reread them aloud with a partner or individually.
Retell
Use graphic features and illustrations as a guide to retell The Dine`.
Need help?
Just pick a section and answer:
What happens in the section?
What did you learn from reading this section?
How would you describe this book to someone who has not read it yet?
Unit 1 Week 4 Day 5