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Lesson 5_October 6

Lesson 5_October 6

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English

4th Grade

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CCSS
6.NS.B.3, RI.4.1, RL.3.9

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Altoya Bazile-Robertson

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12 Slides • 7 Questions

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Amplify Read Write

Contemporary Fiction

Grade 4 | Unit 3 | Lesson 5

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TEKS 4.6. F Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding

Learning Objective:

SWBAT make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.

Knowledge Objective:

SWBAT analyze the genre of contemporary fiction and its literary

elements.

Demonstration of Learning:

Given a text, SW correctly make inferences and use evidence to

support understanding in at least 4 of 5 questions.

Contemporary Fiction

Identifying Sensory Language

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Introducing Vocabulary for “Identifying Sensory Language ”

hilarious

very funny

mariquitas

Cuban dish made

with green
plantains

nostalgia

wishing for a
past period of

time

novela

Spanish

television soap

opera show,

short for

“telenovela”

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Introducing Vocabulary for “Identifying Sensory Language”

que bueno

how wonderful

suspects

believes to be

true

plantains

a tropical green
fruit that looks

similar to a

banana

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Image by Marta Cuesta from Pixabay

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Review Inference

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Dropdown

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To make an inference, the reader must use ​
and ​
to understand what the author does not say in the text.

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Multiple Choice

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Which two characters' relationships in this text involves a strong connection to food and cooking?

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Grandma and Mami

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Celeste and Lisa

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Celeste and Grandma

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Celeste and Dona Esperanza

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Multiple Choice

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Why are food and cooking so important to Celeste?

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Food and cooking is important to Celeste because it helps her make friends with Sylvia and Karen.

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Food and cooking is important to Celeste because Mami doesn't know how to cook.

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Food and cooking helps Celeste build a relationship with Mami.

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Food cooking helps Celeste remember her grandma.

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​Partner Read Excerpt 5 pg. 21


What does Celeste think about Mami’s actions regarding her grandmother? 

Highlight your text evidence.



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​Partner Read Excerpt 5 pg. 21

What can you infer about Mami and Dona Esperanza behavior towards Celeste? Why are they not bothered by her cooking Grandma's recipes?



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Sensory Language

Language that appeals or refers to the five

senses:

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Infer Using Sensory Language


Identify the sensory language in the text

Analyze Context - What is happening in the scene?
Make a Connection to the broader text.

Based on your analysis, make an inferenceabout what the
sensory detail reveals about character, setting or situation

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​Partner Read Excerpt 5 pg. 24-25


Thinking Question

What happens to plantains when they go from yellow to black?

Highlight the sensory language.

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Draw

Highlight the text evidence.

What happens to plantains when they go from yellow to black?

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Labelling

Use descriptive language to label the type of plantains.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

crunchy and eaten with salt.

very ripe

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Draw

Highlight TWO sentences that indicate Grandma doesn't understand what Karen and Silvia are saying.

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Multiple Choice

Read the passage below:

Based on the text evidence, I can infer that...

"When I translated to grandma what was going on, she laughed so hard she had to leave the kitchen to catch her breath. When she returned, she asked me to translate for her: “When plantains are fried green, they turn crunchy and are eaten with salt,” she said. “Like mariquitas—which happens to mean ‘ladybugs’ —and the tostones, that are just like mariquitas, but bigger. When plantains go from yellow to black, it’s because they are very ripe. That means they will be very sweet when you fry them.”

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Grandma doesn't like Celestes friends, Karen and Sylvia.

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Grandma does not speak the same language as Karen and Sylvia.

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Karen and Sylvia do not like Celeste cooking.

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Demonstration of Learning

Given a text, SW correctly make

inferences and use evidence to support

understanding in at least 4 of 5

questions.

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LSAE

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Amplify Read Write

Contemporary Fiction

Grade 4 | Unit 3 | Lesson 5

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