1. If my wings are broken, I’ll learn to fly a different way. 2. If I feel it in my heart, I can say to this mountain, “MOVE!” and it will move. 3. The bad day fears my smile, my heart, and my soul. Warm-Up: Choose your slogan. Write it on the ¼ sheet. Place any late homework on your desk.

Objective: Today’s objectives are: -to complete the DAR testing; - to practice word study and fluency; -and, to use the reading strategies to comprehend Chapter 5 of On the Record. What is your MEASURABLE goal?

Agenda: Slogan Complete the DAR Testing Word Study Multiple Choice Question: Context Clues Fluency Check Chapter 5: Adding Inference and answering the Essential Question: Central Idea. Closing: Did you meet your goal? What word did you learn?

Complete DAR Test 1.Complete DAR Test 1.Work on sheet titled Billy Weadle, Word Study

Word Study 1. Conjure 2. Envisioning 3. Accident 4. Miserable

Word Study The thought kept him up some nights, envisioning babies with wings running around with his detached arm. The sights he could conjure were not pretty, and he was left to deal with them on his own, A. Circle the words in the excerpt above that help you determine what the word CONJURE means. B. Write your own definition for the word CONJURE based on the way it is used in the excerpt: Definition:

1. Part A. Reread the following excerpt from part one: The thought kept him up some nights, envisioning babies with wings running around with his detached arm. The sights he could conjure were not pretty, and he was left to deal with them on his own, Which of the following definitions most closely matches conjure based on the way it is used in the passage: A. bring to mind B. argue with C. give up D. push aside

1.Part B: The thought kept him up some nights, envisioning babies with wings running around with his detached arm. The sights he could conjure were not pretty, and he was left to deal with them on his own, Which of the following words DOES NOT serve as a clue for the meaning of the word conjure in Part A? A. thought B. envisioning C. sights D. pretty

Even then, he could see how the angels would need his mother, but he could never quite understand what they would do with his arm. The thought kept him up some nights, envisioning babies with wings running around with his detached arm. The sights he could conjure were not pretty A. Circle the words in the excerpt above that help you determine what the word ENVISIONING means. B. Write your own definition for the word ENVISIONING based on the way it is used in the excerpt: Definition:

It was not easy for someone of Billy’s build, much less when one was missing an arm as Billy was. He’d lost it in a car accident when he was young. A. Circle the words in the excerpt above that help you determine what the word ACCIDENT means. B. Write your own definition for the word ACCIDENT based on the way it is used in the excerpt: Definition:

He’d never gotten the full story from his father, only that they had been in a wreck and the guardrail or a tree, or something like that had come through the window. Billy had just never questioned it, only accepted the fact that he only had one arm, one parent and one miserable life. A. Circle the words in the excerpt above that help you determine what the word MISERABLE means. B. Write your own definition for the word MISERABLE based on the way it is used in the excerpt: Definition:

Fluency Billy Weadle pulled his cap down over his ears and stumbled through the kitchen door. It wouldn’t be long before his dad got home, and he knew he’d better have the drive shoveled by then. Problem was, the snow continued to pour. Huge flakes. Huge, heavy, wet flakes, making his job even tougher. It was not easy for someone of Billy’s build, much less when one was missing an arm as Billy was. He’d lost it in a car accident when he was young. Worse than his arm, he’d lost his mother. He’d never gotten the full story from his father, only that they had been in a wreck and the guardrail or a tree, or something like that had come through the window. Billy had just never questioned it, only accepted the fact that he only had one arm, one parent and one miserable life. When he was young, his grandmother had filled him full of stories about how the angels needed his mother and his arm in Heaven, but at fourteen years of age, he was much too wise to believe them now. Even then, he could see how the angels would need his mother, but he could never quite understand what they would do with his arm. The thought kept him up some nights, envisioning babies with wings running around with his detached arm. The sights he could conjure were not pretty, and he was left to deal with them on his own, because his father could have cared less about how having only three limbs made him feel.

Inferring Reread the excerpt and determine answers to the following questions. 1. What mood is established by the excerpt so far? 2. Who are the main characters established in the excerpt? 3. What are the boy’s feelings towards his father? (This is an inference.) 4. What are the father’s feelings towards the boy? (This is an inference.)

Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 6. What does the author imply about the relationship between the boy and father? A. The father might be fairly demanding of the boy. B. The father looked out for the boy’s feelings. C. The boy and his father were close due to the tragedy they’d been through together. D. The boy worked hard at strengthening the relationship between him and his father.

Chapter 5 Read chapter 5 of your On the Record book. Fill in the pink “Cornell Notes Sheet” as you read the chapter. TRY, TRY, TRY to make at least one inference as you read.

Closing Did you meet your goal? What is at least one word that you learned today?