1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Look at the picture to the right.
On your paper, write down at least four details/ observations that you make about it.

2. Pop Quiz
1. What was the “problem” the house was encountering? 2. What kind of “land” was below the house? 3. How many floors does the house appear to have? 4. How many houses appear to be in the picture?

3. RATA: Wizard of Oz: Introduction and Chapter 1
Agenda
Warm-Up: Details
Word Study: Cyclone
RATA: Wizard of Oz: Introduction and Chapter 1
LAFS.RL.1.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
LAFS.RL.1.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Pds 2 and 6: Achieve 3000

4. Wizard of Oz
Introduction
Chapter 1… What is wrong/ not wrong with this picture?

5. What details does this picture include from the book?

7. Closing:
Can you get more out of a story by paying more attention to the details?
Which of the 17 vocabulary words most closely matches what we have read from Wizard of Oz so far?