1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Copy the following word on the paper and use the rules for chunking to slash it apart.
Avenger

2. Context Clues
Use context clues to write a definition for “avenge.” The year had been incredibly difficult on Joseph Allen. Following his father’s murder, he took to the streets, looking to avenge his death. His friends were concerned that Joseph’s desire to find and hurt the man guilty of killing his father would end up putting him over the edge.

3. Avenger: A person who causes harm to someone else as payback
Avenger: A person who causes harm to someone else as payback. (A person who gets revenge.)
Avenge: To get revenge on someone else.
-er: one who

4. Avenge
Word Origin and History for vengeance Expand n. c.1300, from Anglo-French vengeaunce, Old French vengeance "revenge," from vengier "take revenge," from Latin vindicare "to set free, claim, avenge" (see vindicate).

5. Agenda:
Warm-Up: Word Study: Liberty
Pass out homework
Mini-Lesson: Central Idea
Work Period: Achieve 3000
Try, Try Again
Caring For Dolphins and More
Save the Rhinos
A Last Look at Amelia Earhart
Closing: What was the central idea of Try, Try Again?

6. 7 Although we can’t carry Captain America’s shield around with us, it is possible to adopt his attitude. We can take on an air of confidence. We can speak up for justice for all. We can look at bullying as a challenge to be overcome. You can change the course of your path if you experience bullying. Remember that Captain America does not fight alone. He is often supported by a group known as the Avengers. Finding the support needed to defeat bullying can make all the difference.
Central Idea: Bullying can be overcome with the help of others and by developing your own confidence.
Which two of the following details do NOT support the central idea of the paragraph?
Changing your life is incredibly important.
Captain America is supported by people known as the Avengers.
Captain America does not fight alone.
Finding the support needed to defeat bullying can help you overcome it.
We can take on an air of confidence in order to overcome bullying.

7. Fluency Check
Part B
Reading 1
Reading 2

8. Achieve 3000
Try, Try Again
Caring For Dolphins and More
Save the Rhinos
A Last Look at Amelia Earhart