Finish circling the vowel sounds and slashing the words apart. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet. Copy the following two words on your paper. Choose one of the activities below to complete for them. E A S E A L T E R I N G Finish circling the vowel sounds and slashing the words apart. Write a synonym or symbol for each of the words. Use both words in one sentence. Begin working on: Interactive Reading

Vocabulary (ease, altering) 15 Agenda Time (min.’s) Unit: Taking Chances Essential Question: What makes some people push the limits? 10 Interactive Reading 5 Vocabulary (ease, altering) 15 Read Aloud At the Edge (Chapter 3: Smothering Chernobyl) Predictions- (Making and Modifying Predictions) and Cause and Effect Summaries Classroom Conversation Whole Group (Predictions and Cause and Effect) 35 Work Time (3.1 Push the Limits, 3.3 Planning a Narrative Paragraph ) Wrap-Up

Ease: Without difficulty. The Hulk could _____________ with ease. Altering: Changing or making something different. __________ could not become ________ without altering ____________.

3.1 Evacuate: Leave a place in an organized manner. In World War II, the bombing was so bad in London that the children _____________ to evacuate. Valiant: Full of courage. Brave. The British soldiers were valiant when they _____________. 3.2 Piercing: Loud and shrill. ___________ gave a piercing _____ when ________________. Mutiny: Refusal to obey orders given by someone in charge, especially sailors or soldiers against their officers. The ship’s captain was injured when the ________ held a mutiny. 3.3 Ease: Without difficulty. The Hulk could _____________ with ease. Altering: Changing or making something different. __________ could not become ________ without altering ____________.

At the Edge 1, Question (Q): CHAPTER 1 Summary (S): Prediction (P):

SAMPLE: S1: (Cause and Effect) Vincent Coleman stayed to send a message to the train about the burning Mont Blanc, so the people on the train were saved but he died.

Q1: Q2: Smothering Chernobyl P1: P2: S1 (cause and effect):

Work Time: 3.1 Pushing the Limits, 3.3 Plan a Narrative Paragraph. Interactive Reading Unit 3 Grammar Study Plan Independent Reading

Wrap Up What is a major difference between Grischenko’s story and Coleman’s?