1. Unit 3, Week 2 My Brother Martin O’Neal Elementary 4 th Grade

2. Vocabulary unfair: not fair or just unfair: not fair or just unsuspecting: trusting unsuspecting: trusting ancestors: people in the past from whom one comes ancestors: people in the past from whom one comes injustice: unfairness injustice: unfairness avoided: stayed away from avoided: stayed away from segregation: the practice of setting one racial group apart from another segregation: the practice of setting one racial group apart from another numerous: forming a large number; many numerous: forming a large number; many Vocabulary Activity Round One Vocabulary Activity Round One Vocabulary Activity Round Two Vocabulary Activity Round Two

3. Vocabulary Words in Context You can learn from your _____. Your grandfather or grandmother may remember a time in America when African Americans weren’t allowed to sit in the same parts of a bus as white people. It was a time of _____, when laws weren’t always fair. You can learn from your _____. Your grandfather or grandmother may remember a time in America when African Americans weren’t allowed to sit in the same parts of a bus as white people. It was a time of _____, when laws weren’t always fair. It wasn’t that way in every place in America. In many areas, children of all races played together, unaware of _____. It wasn’t that way in every place in America. In many areas, children of all races played together, unaware of _____. Not everyone agreed with the way things were done. Not everyone agreed with the way things were done.

4. Vocabulary Story Words waning: becoming smaller or fewer in number waning: becoming smaller or fewer in number streetcar: a vehicle that holds many passengers and runs on rails through city streets streetcar: a vehicle that holds many passengers and runs on rails through city streets indignity: something that insults a person’s self-respect indignity: something that insults a person’s self-respect bigotry: hatred or intolerance toward an entire group of people; prejudice bigotry: hatred or intolerance toward an entire group of people; prejudice

5. Vocabulary/Comprehension Prefixes A prefix is added to the beginning of a base word or root. A prefix is added to the beginning of a base word or root. Prefixes change the meaning of the words to which they are attached. Prefixes change the meaning of the words to which they are attached. un means “not” What do you think unfair means? Not every word that begins with un- is a base with a prefix, for example, union and universe. Race to Ramses! Race to Ramses!

6. Phonics Decode Words with Silent Letters Some words have silent consonants, or letters that are not pronounced. knife write If you say the word knife. You hear the beginning sound is /n/. The letter k is silent. In write, the beginning sound is /r/. The w is silent. The Amazing Silent Letters The Amazing Silent Letters

7. Fluency Repeated Reading: Punctuation “Why do white people treat colored people so mean?” M.L. asked Mother Dear afterward. And with me and M.L. and A.D. standing in front of her trying our best to understand. Mother Dear gave the reason behind it all. “Why do white people treat colored people so mean?” M.L. asked Mother Dear afterward. And with me and M.L. and A.D. standing in front of her trying our best to understand. Mother Dear gave the reason behind it all. Her words explained the streetcars our family avoided and the WHITES ONLY sign that kept us off the elevator at City Hall. Her words told why there were parks and museums that black people could not visit and why some restaurants refused to serve us and why hotels wouldn’t give us rooms and why theaters would only allow us to watch their picture shows from the balcony. Her words explained the streetcars our family avoided and the WHITES ONLY sign that kept us off the elevator at City Hall. Her words told why there were parks and museums that black people could not visit and why some restaurants refused to serve us and why hotels wouldn’t give us rooms and why theaters would only allow us to watch their picture shows from the balcony. But her words also gave us hope. But her words also gave us hope.

8. Comprehension Make Inferences Make Inferences to understand things the author does not directly state in the story. Make Inferences to understand things the author does not directly state in the story. To make inferences, readers can use information from the text, illustrations, and things they already know to help them make connections. To make inferences, readers can use information from the text, illustrations, and things they already know to help them make connections. Inferences about Plot Inferences about Plot Practice Inferences Practice Inferences

9. Comprehension Letters Letters are written messages that people send to each other. Letters are written messages that people send to each other. Letters can be hand written or typed. Letters can be hand written or typed. Letters may appear in different forms, such as a friendly letter or a business letter. Letters may appear in different forms, such as a friendly letter or a business letter.

10. Comprehension Salutation and Body A salutation is the line in the letter in which the writer greets the person to whom she or he is writing. A salutation is the line in the letter in which the writer greets the person to whom she or he is writing. A salutation usually uses the word Dear to greet the person. A salutation usually uses the word Dear to greet the person. The body of a letter is the main part of the letter containing the message. The body of a letter is the main part of the letter containing the message. The body is divided into one or more paragraphs. The body is divided into one or more paragraphs.

11. Review Reading Strategies In what ways did evaluating the author’s purpose help you to understand the biography? In what ways did evaluating the author’s purpose help you to understand the biography? Do you understand the strategy of visualizing events as you read? When might you use this strategy again? Do you understand the strategy of visualizing events as you read? When might you use this strategy again? What strategies did you use when you came to difficult words? What strategies did you use when you came to difficult words?

12. Reflection: Day 1

13. Reflection: Day 2

14. Reflection: Day 3

15. Reflection: Day 4

16. Reflection: Day 5

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