1. What obstacles do we face in our daily lives?
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What obstacles do we face in our daily lives?
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Discuss times when disorganization has been an obstacle for you.
Are complications inevitable when you work with a group? Why?
What disasters have befallen people and affected their daily lives?

2. Get Ready to Read
Amazing Words
Bewilderment – a feeling of complete confusion or puzzlement.
Why does bewilderment describe how you feel when you can’t find something you just had or saw?
Would you feel bewilderment if you were in sight of your destination and couldn’t get down the street because of traffic?
Why might a person who missed a bus feel bewilderment about how to get to an appointment?
How can bewilderment become an obstacle to achieving a goal?
Catastrophe – a sudden, extraordinary disaster or misfortune
The tsunami that followed the earthquake caused a catastrophe on the islands.
Name and describe an event that is a true catastrophe.

3. The result of being connected
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Suffixes –ion and –less
-ion means the act or process or, the result of or the state or condition of being
-less means without
Base Word
Suffix
New Word
Meaning
Connect
-ion
Connection
The result of being connected
Thought
Locate
Interrupt
Hope
Fear

4. Get Ready to Read
Foreshadowing
Turn to page There is no foreshadowing in this piece. How could we add foreshadowing to hint at its outcome?
Look for foreshadowing when you read Morning Traffic.

5. Rising Action and Climax
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Rising Action and Climax
Rising action – occurs as the main character begins to battle the conflict and achieve the goal or solve the problem
Climax - the turning point, or crisis that forces the main character to take decisive action that brings about the conclusion
What is the rising action in Twice Lost; Twice Won?
What is the climax?

6. Use context clues to figure out what remote means (antonyms).
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Antonyms
Using context clues sometimes involves using antonyms to figure out a word’s meaning.
We wanted to stay near the city, but we could find rooms only in a remote hotel.
Use context clues to figure out what remote means (antonyms).
City skyscrapers often lead to interference on cell phones. However, my cell phone’s reception is good.
What does reception mean? How did you use context clues to figure it out?

7. Read and Comprehend
Read page 453.
Use antonym context clues to show the meaning of resume and other vocabulary words.

8. Read and Comprehend
Fluency Practice
Read paragraphs 1 and 2 of Lost and Found out loud with your group.
Use expression as you read.

9. How can family members interrupt your plans?
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How can family members interrupt your plans?
What is something you tried to accomplish today that turned out to be more difficult than you expected?
A play, or drama, is a story written to be performed for an audience.
Preview the title, text and illustrations of Morning Traffic.
What do you think will happen in the play?

10. We’re going to read Morning Traffic out loud together.
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We’re going to read Morning Traffic out loud together.
As you read pages , think about:
Why does David’s mother say that her husband is a good liar when he says he is looking forward to the concert?
When Karen states that Juan Carlos Manuel is the voice of the century, is she stating a fact or opinion?
What traits best describe David’s mother, Karen? What clues help you figure this out?
In your opinion, is a drama easier or more difficult to read than a story?

11. As you read pages 458-459, think about:
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As you read pages , think about:
What do you learn from the exposition, (the details that provide the reader with important background information) about the setting, the characters, and the situation in which the story opens?
Read the stage directions about Gil on page What do Gil’s actions reveal about the character?
What does David’s dressing up foreshadow about how his guest will be?

12. As you read pages 460-461, think about:
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As you read pages , think about:
If you knew nothing about the game of chess, how could you use antonyms to find the meaning of the word pawns on page 460?
Are the events on these pages part of the rising action or the climax? How do you know?
What does Uncle Gil mean when he says that chess had robbed him of his childhood?
Consider how you feel when you are trying to accomplish something and many small obstacles get in your way. How do you think David feels at this point in the story?

13. Language Arts
Prepositions
A neighbor of David’s flew his airplane over everyone’s head.
What are the prepositions in this sentence?
Underline the preposition and circle the object in these sentences:
David had a book about chess under his arm.
Gil raced around the room with his cell phone in his hand.
The boy say on his uncle’s shoulders.

14. Paper used to write letters
Language Arts
Spelling
Take your spelling list and write the meaning of each of the pairs of words.
Spelling word
Meaning
Stationery
Paper used to write letters
Stationary
Standing still

15. Writing a Personal Narrative
Language Arts
Writing a Personal Narrative
Twice Lost; Twice Won is an example of a Personal Narrative
Look back at the story and find the key features of a Personal Narrative in the selection.
Make a list of possible topics you could write about.
Friends or Family Members
Funny Incidents
Vivid Adjectives
Aunt
Brother
Best friend
My aunt’s dog got muddy as I walked it home
My brother and I made a mess trying to surprise my mom
Spotless, muddy, messy