1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Read the list of words and definitions. Pair each word up with another word that is somewhat related to it. (You will have three pairs of words.)
Wistful: sad
Gazed: stared
Beckon: call
Inconvenience: something that causes discomfort
Obliged: required to
Plight: bad conditions or circumstances

2. Agenda Warm-Up: Review words Mini-Lesson: Word study (bestow)
Chapter 15 (RATA)
Chapter 15 students answer level 3 and 4 questions independently
Closing: Summarize Chapter 15

3. Read the following passage.
The four travelers passed a sleepless night, each thinking of the gift Oz had promised to bestow on him. Dorothy fell asleep only once, and then she dreamed she was in Kansas, where Aunt Em was telling her how glad she was to have her little girl at home again.
Which of the following phrases most closely defines the word bestow?
Withdraw from
Give to
Create from nothing
Surround with

4. Wistful: sad
Gazed: stared
Beckon: call
Inconvenience: something that causes discomfort
Obliged: required to
Plight: bad conditions or circumstances
Which word (above) is BESTOW most closely similar to?
Bestow: give to

5. Chapter 15: The Discovery of Oz the Terrible
Why does the Wizard of Oz tell the Scarecrow he does not need brains?
What does the Wizard of Oz tell the Scarecrow is necessary to bring knowledge?
What does the Wizard’s theory teach us about reading?
What does the Wizard of Oz tell the Lion that “true courage” is?
The Lion tells Oz that he wants the type of courage that helps you forget that you are afraid. What would happen to people if they “forget that they were afraid?”
According to the Wizard of Oz, why should the Tinman not want a heart?
What would life without UNHAPPINESS look like? How would you ever know what HAPPINESS is?

6. The Great and Terrible Oz

7. Good vs. Evil
How does the following text remind you that you should act among all of your fellow classmates? How can we prove that the Power of Good is stronger than the Power of Evil? Simply by saying humanity is STILL here! We have survived terrible things. So, we can say that the Power of Good is stronger than the Power of Evil simply because it HAS to be! What kind of “control” will you hold over people? You have no choice other than to use the Power of Good when dealing with others. The Power of Evil will only leave you defeated life ALL of the rest.

8. Achieve 3000

9. Closing
Plight?