My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris Unit 2: Story 1 My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris Oral Language Day 1 Focus Question: Why is it important for all people to have the same rights? Build Background pg 136 Read Aloud: I Have a Dream pg 137A – 137B Day 2 Focus Question: What does Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s sister want you to know about him? Day 3 Focus Question: Compare the experiences of Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. How did segregation affect both men? Summarize pg 155 Day 4 Focus Question: Think about what you learned from My Brother Martin about Martin Luther King, Jr. How are he and Barbara Jordan alike? Day 5- REVIEW Focus Question: If you wanted to describe an injustice you saw or heard about, how would you write about it? As an essay? A play? A short story? A letter? Explain your answer. Word Study Day 1: Spelling: Spelling Strategy Prefixes 161E Pretest – Spelling PB pg 31 Practice Spelling PB pg 32 Vocabulary: Introduce Words (Text pg 138 - 139 and TE 161C ) PB pg 47 Strategy Prefixes and Suffixes Text pg 138 Day 3 Day 4 Day 2 Day 5- REVIEW Spelling: Post Test 161F Phonics/Spelling PB 36 Morphology: Prefixes 137C – 137D PB pg 46 Spelling: Word Meanings 161F Phonics/Spelling PB pg 34 Spelling: Proofread 161F Phonics/Spelling Book 35 Spelling: Word Sorts 161E Phonics/Spelling PB pg 33 Vocabulary: Assess Words Connect to Writing 161D Vocabulary: Review Words Prefixes and Suffixes Pg 1140, 161C PB pg 53 Vocabulary: Review Words Related Words 161D Vocabulary: Content Vocabulary – 156 Review Words Morphology 161D

My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris Unit 2: Story 1 My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris Reading Day 1 Read It Took Courage Text pgs 138-139 Comprehension Strategy: Monitor Comprehension 139A- 139B Skill – Author’s Purpose PB pg 48 Fluency Model Fluency 137B Day 2 Read My Brother Martin Text pgs 140 – 153 Comprehension Strategy: Monitor Comprehension pg 140 - 153 Skill: Author’s Purpose PB pg 49 Fluency Repeated Reading: Intonation/Expression 155A Day 3 Read Continue - My Brother Martin pg 140 - 153 Comprehension Check pg 155 Skill: Sequence 155B PB pg 51 Fluency Repeated Reading: Intonation/Expression 155A PB pg 50 Day 4 Read “Barbara Jordan” pg 156 - 159 Comprehension Social Studies: Expository Text Feature Time Lines pg 156 PB pg 52 Fluency Repeated Reading: Intonation/Expression 155A Day 5-REVIEW Read Self-Selected Reading 136K PB pg 54 Comprehension Connect and Compare 159 Fluency Practice 136K Writing Day 1 Daily Writing: Think of someone who has made a difference in your life. Write an e-mail to that person to tell how your life has been changed by him or her. Trait: Ideas Showing 159A – 159B Grammar: DLA: 161G Common/Proper Nouns 161G Gram. PB pg 26 Day 2 Daily Writing: What are some examples of things you would like to change in the world? Write a paragraph describing them. Reading/Writing Connection 160 - 161 Grammar: DLA: 161G Common/Proper Nouns 161G Gram. PB pg 27 Day 3 Daily Writing: Write a short news article describing how volunteers can help in other parts of the world. Trait: Ideas Showing, 161A Grammar: DLA: 161G Mechanics and Usage 161H Gram. PB pg 28 Day 4 Day 5- REVIEW Daily Writing: Write a diary entry about a time when you made a difference in someone else’s life. Trait: Word Choice Describe Words and Phrases, 161A Grammar: DLA: 161G Common/Proper Noun 161H Gram. PB pg 29 Daily Writing: Write a paragraph about a character from a book or movie who made a difference in some way. Conferencing: 161B Grammar: DLA: 161G Common/Proper Nouns 161H Gram. PB pg 30