1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Review the vocabulary words and match each word to a picture below. Number your paper 1-5 and write the letter of the picture that matches it next to the number.
1. Unvanquished 2. Consequences 3. Demeanor 4. Intruding 5. Impression
When finished: Continue working on Interactive Reading. D B A C E

5. Agenda Time (min.’s) Unit: Learning
Essential Question: How does learning change the way we see ourselves? 10
Interactive Reading 5
Vocabulary (Vocabulary Review) then, 4.5 Reading Check 15
Read Aloud Freak the Mighty, Chapter 7; Similes
Classroom Conversation
Whole Group (Make Connections to Other Story Types) 35
Work Time (Answer Questions for “Make Connections to Other Story Types,” Word Slam)
Wrap-Up

6. 4.1
Unvanquished: a word describing something that hasn’t been defeated
The alien was set to face off against his unvanquished foe in a game of ______________.
Consequences: the effect of something that happened earlier
The robot told the alien to _________________, or suffer the consequences.
4.2
Demeanor: someone’s appearance and behavior
The Tasmanian Devil’s demeanor is very ____________.
Invincible: impossible to defeat or overcome
When Popeye ate _________, he knew he was invincible.
4.3
Intruding: entering a place without being invited
Garfield _________ Odie for intruding on his nap.
Impression: an idea or feeling about someone or something
The hunter’s first impression of Big Foot was that he was ________.
4.4
Deficiency: A lack or a shortage of something that is needed.
Cookie Monster had a deficiency of _______, so he ______.
Fearsome: Causing dread or terror; frightening.
Sesame Street was terrorized by the fearsome Oscar the Grouch when he _________________.

7. Why do author’s use similes?

8. Name: __________________
Freak the Mighty
Chapter 7 (Similes)

11. What is the main connection you see between these paragraphs and a Western?
What language does the author use to show this connection?
What do we learn about the story by connecting it to a Western?

12. Answer the following questions about EACH excerpt:
What type of story do you connect with this excerpt?
Why? What language tells you so?
How does the connection help you understand something about Freak and Max?

13. 4. What effect does Max’s strength have on Freak?
LAFS.K12.R.1.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
4. What effect does Max’s strength have on Freak?
It makes him believe that he can mouth off to Tony D.
It causes him to demand that Freak carry him on his shoulders.
It makes him feel insecure about his own weakness.
It makes him call him names such as Frankenstein and Andre the Giant.

14. Wrap Up
Who would you believe is more fearsome, Tony D. or Max?