1. 3. Seek a valuable lesson in every difficulty.
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet. Read the slogans and answer the two questions.
12/11, 14
1. If you change your thinking,
you change your life.
2. Action is everything.
3. Seek a valuable lesson in
every difficulty.
Answer the following questions:
Which quote do you think applies to you the most?
2. Which character is “acting” the most? (Who is doing the most?)
3. Begin working on Interactive Reading/ iPractices/ Independent Reading.

2. A B
Ravenous
Defy
Flagging
Tinge
Fund C E D

3. Facility Ravenous Defy Versions Flagging Humiliated Tinge Fund
to disobey authority; to resist boldly
a building created to serve a particular function, such as a school, hotel, gym or hospital
a trace of something
very hungry
weakening; giving up
made to feel ashamed, embarrassed, or foolish
two or more stories or descriptions that are in some way different from one another
an amount of money that is set aside for a particular purpose

4. Across 2. protection 4. held 5. charge 6. live Down 1. list.
2. farming
3. wind
4. leave
Across
3. (in)charge
5. years
8. rules
Down
1. win
2. anger
4. gave
6. form
7. not

7. Agenda Time (min.’s) Unit: Survival
Essential Question: What does it take to survive? 5
Slogan Warm-Up 10
Vocabulary: Vocabulary Review; Word Slam 15
Read Aloud Ask Me No Questions, Chapter 12(first part); Synthesize Ideas and Information; Nadira’s and Aisha’s character traits
Classroom Conversation
Whole Group (Borders Packet) 35
Work Time: 4.15 Weekly Reading Check; “Borders” Packet; unfinished iPractices, Interactive Reading, Word Slam (if not finished), Independent Reading
Wrap-Up

8. 4.01
Asylum: protection often given by a government to people who have left another country to escape danger or harm.
Sweden gave asylum to those people escaping the _________ in their own country.
Residency: legal permission to live in a country.
After Giovanni had lived in ___________, he was finally able to establish residency.
4.02
Deported: forced to leave a country.
After the moon people discovered Garfield didn’t _______, they deported him from the moon .
Register: to have one’s name put on an official list.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tried to register themselves as the world’s greatest ________________.
4.03
Detention: the state of being held in prison; the state of being held in a place where people are waiting for trial or action by a court
After Tweety Bird ______________, she was placed in detention.
Authorities: people in charge, especially in government
Captain Caveman had to convince the authorities to _____________.
4.04
Monsoon: a strong wind that occurs every summer in Southern Asia, bringing heavy rain
Superman was so angry at __________ that he created a monsoon with his super breath.
Agriculture: farming; raising crops and farm animals, such as chickens, horses and pigs
After __________________, Spiderman spent the rest of his days working in agriculture as a farmer.

9. 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 Illegal: not allowed by law
Little did the penguin-unicorn know that it was illegal to _________.
Policy: official set of rules and procedures
It is against official Ninja-Penguin policy to ____________ .
4.07
Supervisor: a person in charge of workers
After he ________________, The Josh became supervisor of all of the workers.
Annoyance: a feeling of slight anger; a feeling of being bothered or disturbed by someone or something
Although the ______was an annoyance, it was nothing to Iron Frank.
4.08
Application: a form or document used to make a request for something
The authorities made all of their minions fill out an application in order to ________________.
Competition: a desire or struggle to get or win something that someone else also wants
The farmer made it a competition to see how quickly he could register the chickens for ________________ .
4.09
Generation: the average time in years between the birth of parents and that of their children
The Digital Generation refers to anyone born after These people must really like ________________.
Relented: gave in, stopped resisting.
The child kept begging for ________________ and his mother finally made him happy and relented.

10. 4.11
Flagging: weakening; giving up
After chasing ____________, the Tasmanian Devil could feel his energy flagging.
Fund: an amount of money that is set aside for a particular purpose
John put his ___________ into a fund in hopes that he could buy a real Tasmanian Devil one day.
4.12
Tinge: a trace of something
A roan is a horse with a tinge of two different __________ in its coat.
Defy: to disobey authority; to resist boldly
Tigger chose to defy Eeyore, which caused ______________.
4.13
Facility: a building created to serve a particular function, such as a school, hotel, gym or hospital
When the school became ___________, a new facility was planned.
Ravenous: very hungry
There was never a bear more ravenous for ________ than Winnie the Pooh.
4.14
Versions: two or more stories or descriptions that are in some way different from one another
SpongeBob has many versions of a ___________.
Humiliated: made to feel ashamed, embarrassed, or foolish
SpongeBob was humiliated when __________________.

13. Physical Traits:
Nadira
What she says:
What it says about her:

14. Nadira:
10 Characteristics or Traits of Nadira that are similar to Bangladesh:
10 Characteristics or facts about Bangladesh
1. Nadira is poor when it comes to self esteem. She doesn’t have much of it.
1. It is a poor country. 2.
Or:

15. Chapter 12 Character Traits: Aisha Nadira Name: __________________
Ask Me No Questions
Chapter 12
Character Traits:
Aisha Nadira

17. Wrap Up
Why do Nadira and Aisha disagree about lying? Why does Nadira have such an issue with Aisha’s lies?