1. Structure and Purpose of Informational Texts
Flea Patrol
The Black Death from World History
On Preventing Plague
Signs
Before, During, and After Reading Skills

2. Preparing to Read
Identify the five facts about the structure and purpose of a newspaper article.
Identify and define the six parts of a newspaper article.
What is the Writing Focus assignment and what are you asked to look for as you read the beginning of the text?

3. Preventing Plague

4. Flea Patrol

5. The Black Death

6. Signs

7. Quick Write
Illness
Think of a time when you or someone you know was ill.
Think about how it felt to be ill or how it felt to see someone you care about be ill.
How should you respond to any illness?

8. Vocabulary
For each of the terms below, please write the definition, construct an original sentence to demonstrate your understanding of the word, and construct an illustration to prove you understand the term.
TRANSMITTED
APPLICATION
RURAL
ISOLATION (218)
INFECTION (218)
PLAGUE (219)

9. The Black Death from World History
Taking Notes
Choose a particular style of note taking (outline, graphic organizer, personal style) and take well detailed notes on the four articles below.
Flea Patrol
The Black Death from World History
On Preventing Plague
Signs
Be sure to take careful notes as you will be using these for a later activity!!

10. https://www. youtube. com/watch
(Colds and Fl – 24 minutes) (Influenza 1918 – 55 minutes)