Objectives: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text. RL.4.4 Identify key ideas and details in a story. RL.4.2 Unit: 2 Lesson: 5 Module: B Today we will be doing a Close Reading of chapter 9. Essential Questions: How do readers compare and contrast topics? How does a writer use evidence to support ideas of compare and contrast in an essay? Reading

First Read Let’s explore the text! Chapters 7 and 8 focused on preparing for the winter and the beginning of the winter, so you should anticipate reading about how those preparations were valuable for the winter. Biboon means “winter.”

Shared Reading Routine Focus: What is the “gist” of the text? I will begin reading The Birchbark House while you follow along in your book. Then, you will continue reading to the end of chapter 9, silently on your own. You should be looking for a general understanding of what the text is mainly about. Be prepared to discuss the following questions when you are done with the reading: How is the family’s life different in the winter? What new things about some characters do we learn? What questions do you have?

When you reread The Birchbark House, focus on key details related to the activity of people in the community during winter. Be prepared to discuss the following questions when you are done with the reading: 1. Why is Omakayas glad about the boring time spent during the summer pressing clay into places where dried mud had crumbled? Why were the preparations made for winter important to community members who visited? 2. What important issues did the grownups discuss at Omakayas’s home? 3. What is the meaning of donned on page 124? What context clues tell you the meaning? 4. The text describes Fishtail as wearing a fashionable bandolier bag. A bandolier is a broad band worn over one shoulder and across the chest. How might a bandolier bag be worn? Second Read

Focused Reading Text-Based Vocabulary intentions, p. 123 solemnly, p. 123 exacting, p. 130 inevitable, p. 138 Vocabulary Routine: 1. Read the sentence containing the word. 2. Identify context clues about its meaning within the passage. 3. Look up the word in a dictionary and read the definition. 4. Use the word in other ways. *After we review these words, write your sentences on p. 124 in your Reader’s and Writer’s Journal.*

Focused Reading Text-Based Conversation In Chapter 9, I see that others in the community depend on Omakayas’s family for food and shelter from time to time. I wonder if this is fair to her family. After all, her family spent a great deal of time and energy to prepare for the winter. Why should others in the community be able to share what Omakayas’s family prepared? I think others in the community helped them prepare, and I’ve seen that others in the community help in other ways. And maybe they will also be sharing what they have with Omakayas’s family. Think about relationships within the community.

Focused Reading Team Talk Routine Do you think it is okay for the settlers to try to force the Anishinabe from their lands? Use details from the text to support your answer.

Language Analysis Craft and Structure A statement can sometimes mean something more or different than its words alone. For example, if someone says it is raining cats and dogs, cats and dogs are not actually falling from the sky. This is a way of saying that it is raining very hard. You must think about clues in nearby words and phrases and must use your own knowledge to figure out the meaning of figurative language.

Language Analysis Cite Text Evidence Focus on this sentence from p. 122: That thin whine sent a shiver down her back. What is the author referring to with the phrase thin whine? Is the wind really whining, as a person does? Does the wind actually send a shiver? Why is this an example of figurative language? Why does an author use figurative language?

Independent Reading Language Analysis Work independently to identify and explain the figurative language in this sentence from p. 121: Cold crept along the floor. Writing in Response to Reading Turn to page 125 in your Reader’s and Writer’s Journal and read the prompt: A huge space opened up in her head, black and rushing as a freezing winter stream. Then explain whether this language is more or less effective than a more literal explanation. Support your ideas with text details.

Small Groups It’s time to get into our groups! Please see me if you don’t know what group you belong in.

Writing Opinion Writing Objectives: Introduce a topic when writing an opinion. Correctly punctuate dialogue.

Writing Opinion Writing Opinion writing should feature an introduction telling readers the topic of the text. A writer might choose to “hook” the reader with a striking sentence or question to catch the reader’s interest. If the subjects are two different texts, then each should be named. There should be a clear statement of opinion that corresponds to the topic. It is important to spell out this information so that the reader understands the purpose and content of the details that follow.

Writing Analyze the Text Let’s take a look at how a writer might introduce a topic and clearly state an opinion about it.

Writing Conventions Focus: Punctuating Dialogue Use quotation marks when punctuating dialogue. Put punctuation marks such as commas, question marks, and exclamation points inside the quotation marks.

Writing Independent Writing Use your Reader’s and Writer’s Journal, p. 130, to write an opinion about which item described in the chapter you would prefer to have, Old Tallow’s coat or the bag that Ten Snow makes for Fishtail. Be sure to: reread pp. 124–126 and reflect on the two items. introduce the topic by clearly stating and describing which item you prefer. be clear in introducing the topic, stating an opinion, and providing supporting evidence.