Passage to Freedom by Ken Mochizuki Team Cooperation
Passage to Freedom by Ken Mochizuki
Team Cooperation Goal Help and Encourage Others
Title: Passage to Freedom Reading Goal: Problem and Solution Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Others Genre: Narrative Author: Ken Mochizuki
Passage to Freedom • This week we will read Passage to Freedom by Ken Mochizuki. As we read, we will identify the central problem of the story and the actions the main character takes to solve the problems. Good readers identify the problems that drives the story so they can see how events connect and how the problem is resolved.
Review Vocabulary independently üCan you say it? üCan you define it? üCan you say it in a sentence?
Active Instruction Set the Stage Rate and review the vocabulary words independently clung exhausted peering entire issue encouraged
clung: gripped Jean clung on a pole, he gripped on to it because there were hungry alligators under him.
peering: staring Jesse’s dog was peering at the cat, he was staring at his next meal.
issue: give Javier issued his dog a bowl, he gave him food.
exhausted: tired Andy’s mom was exhausted, she felt tired after working 15 hours a day.
entire : whole Richard ate the entire pizza, he ate the whole darn thing!
encouraged : urged Mr. Mena encouraged me to keep trying, he urged me to never give up.
Vocabulary Vault
Building Background Pretend you are a kid lost in a department store. What would you do to find your parents?
Building Background • Marla was tossing and turning. She couldn’t sleep. She had a huge basketball game the next day of the season. She knew she couldn’t be tired for the game, yet she couldn’t sleep because she was thinking about it. Then she remembered a trick her mother had taught her. Marla imagined walking through a field with a flock of sheep in it. She imagined counting the sheep one by one. Soon Marla’s eyelids began to close.
Building Background • What was the main problem in the passage?
What examples of Problem and Solution do we see in West African Trickster Tales?
Passage to Freedom
Partner Read- 15 minutes ü Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you ü Read and restate pages 168 ü Read page 169 silently ü Discuss with team words you clarified ü find vocabulary words
Team Discussion-15 minutes • Discuss answers to team talk questions • Write answers to question 1 and 4
Team Talk 1. How did Mr. Sugihara respond to the young Jewish boy? What does this shoe about Mr. Sugihara? (write) {CH} 2. How did the narrator’s life change? {CC} 3. The refugees wanted help from 1. Mrs. Sugihara 2. The narrator 3. Mr. Sugihara 4. The government 4. What was Mr. Sugihara’s problem in the story? (write) {PS}
Class Discussion • What words did your group clarify?
Writing Adventures- 15 min Think about a time in your life when something changed. What happened? Did you start school? Did you make a new friend? Did you move to a new house? Include at least two details about this event.
Scoring Guide You answer the question Your answer explains or describes with at least two details Your answer makes sense and has Part of the question in it Your answer is written in complete, correct sentences Your writing has correct capitalization and punctuation 25 points 20 points 10 points
Vocabulary Practice-10 min • Divide your words with partner. Choose a word from your list to use in a meaningful sentence.
Fluency – 5 min • Page 169
Fluency Rubric 100 points 90 points 80 points 70 points Expressiveness Smoothness Rate and correctness Correctness
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