1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Read the following sentence. Then, complete one of the activities for one of the underlined words.
The squirrel meticulously chose his words for the speech because he had very moderate opinions about the mockingbird’s activities and did not want to start another tree fight.
Use the rules for breaking words into their parts to determine how to say either word.
Use context clues to write a definition for either word.
Write an antonym for either word.
Begin working on: Interactive Reading

5. Agenda Time (min.’s) Unit: Conflict
Essential Question: Does conflict ever make things better? 10
Interactive Reading 5
Vocabulary (moderate, meticulous) 15
Read Aloud We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March (Restating to Clarify Understanding)
(Last part of chapter 5 and first half of chapter 6)
Classroom Conversation
Whole Group (Understanding Related Words) 35
Work Time (3.6 Identify Related Words)
Wrap-Up

6. 3.6
Moderate: Having opinions, especially related to politics, that are not extreme.
Compared to _________________, Shrek’s views on the castle’s new design were very moderate.
Meticulously: Describes something
that is done very carefully, paying
close attention to details.
It was very difficult for Donkey to meticulously __________________, because he had hooves for hands.

7. 3.1
Segregation: the act of separating people of different races, especially in schools, housing and other parts of society
Our country has ___________________ the
consequences of segregation for many decades.
Integration: the act of bringing together people of different races, especially in schools, housing and other parts of society
Integration of the races has been a battle that has brought much ________________.
3.2
Prosecuted: officially charged with a crime in a court of law
Swiper could easily be prosecuted for ____________.
Vindictive: trying to hurt someone because one believes they have been harmed by that person; getting revenge
The Coyote was so vindictive toward Road Runner because he __________________.
3.3
Confront: to deal with a problem or difficult situation
Some people prefer to confront problems head on while others avoid ______________.
Activism: a belief that people must take part in events to achieve political or social change.
The activism of Charlie Brown and Snoopy caused ________________.
3.4
Inevitable: Unavoidable. Not preventable.
Many felt that it was inevitable that Tom would eventually ___________ Jerry.
Fortitude: Courage or strength shown by someone dealing with great difficulties.
It took incredible fortitude for the Marines to _______________ at Iwo Jima.

8. 3.6
Moderate: Having opinions, especially related to politics, that are not extreme.
Compared to _________________, Shrek’s views on the castle’s new design were very moderate.
Meticulously: Describes something that is done very carefully, paying close attention to details.
It was very difficult for Donkey to meticulously __________________, because he had hooves for hands.

9. We’ve Got a Job 4, 5, 6 CHAPTERs 5 and 6 Restating to Clarify
Inferring
Summarizing
Questioning
CHAPTERs 5 and 6

10. Occasionally, he would get a special treat
Occasionally, he would get a special treat. “If you were really, really good at church on Sunday,” Wash recalled, “and Momma had some extra money, and after you took your church clothes off, and if everything was just right, we would walk down to Ragland’s (Drug Store) sometime and get a scoop of hand-packed ice cream. That was the high point of my life.
Part A
Which statement best expresses why this paragraph was written?
to show how their poverty affected their appreciation for little things
to show what his favorite kind of desert was
to show how important it was to be good in church
to show the differences between good behavior and bad behavior
Part B
Which two statements from the paragraph best support the answer to Part A?
That was the high point of my life.
Occasionally, he would get a special treat.
if everything was just right, we would walk down to Ragland’s
“If you were really, really good at church on Sunday,” Wash recalled

11. As a little boy, Wash spotted flashes of other worlds- neighborhoods where middle-class blacks like Audrey lived, and even fancier ones “over the mountain” in Mountain Brook, where his mother worked as a maid for a wealthy white family. “There would be times when we would go riding with somebody we knew that had a car… We would ride through Titusville or over to Mountain Brook… So, we knew that there was something better than the house that we lived in.” But anything better than what he had seemed unattainable.
Part A
Which statement best expresses why this paragraph was written?
to show how taking a ride made them happy
to show that they felt bad for poorer people than them
to show that their lives seemed somewhat hopeless
to show that were very thankful for what they had
Part B
Which statement from the paragraph best support the answer to Part A?
As a little boy, Wash spotted flashes of other worlds-
There would be times when we would go riding with somebody we knew that had a car.
But anything better than what he had seemed unattainable.
So, we knew that there was something better than the house that we lived in.

12. Work Time:
3.1 Read Closely and Ask Questions, 3.2 Author’s Purpose, 3.3 Make Cause and Effect Connections, 3.6 Identify Related Words
Interactive Reading
Unit 3 Grammar Study Plan
Independent Reading

13. Wrap Up
Would you rather people remember you for having fortitude or vindictiveness?