Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
Narrative Nonfiction
Big Idea
- History is made by individuals.
Essential Question
- How did people's opinions lead to a revolution?
Target Vocabulary
- benefit - something helpful and useful
- repeal - to formally cancel something
- advantages - skills or situations that favor you
- temporary - only meant to serve for a short time
- contrary - goes against the majority; stubborn
- prohibit - to ban or forbid something
- previously - before something else
- midst - in the middle of something
- objected - expressed an opinion against something
- rebellious - acting against the authorities
Comprehension
Target Skill
- Fact and Opinion - a statement that can be proven true or false and a statement that tells a thought, feeling, or belief. Identifying facts and opinions is important to understanding information texts. Readers can verify facts by checking a reference. Opinions cannot be verified.
Target Strategy
- Question - to ask yourself questions about a selection before, during and after you read. Asking questions while reading can help readers determine whether something is a fact or an opinion.
Fluency
- Rate - a reader's rate, or how fast or slow a reader reads, must be appropriate for the text. Readers might need to read at a slower rate to understand difficult text. If they are reading for enjoyment, they can read faster.
Decoding
- Open and Closed Syllables: VCV Pattern - the first syllable in human is an open syllable and has a long vowel sound. The second syllable is unstressed and has the schwa vowel sound. The first syllable in credit is a closed syllable and has a short vowel sound. The second syllable is unstressed and has the schwa sound.
Vocabulary Strategies
- Using Context - involves using words and sentences around an unknown word to determine its meaning. There are many types of context clues. Sometimes an author provides a direct definition of an unfamiliar word right in the sentence. A multiple-meaning word has more than one meaning. In the dictionary, a boldfaced number precedes each meaning of a multiple-meaning word. The sentence context should determine the correct dictionary definition for a multiple-meaning word.
Grammar
- Verb Tenses - include present, past and future. The present tense tells what is happening now or over and over. The past tense tells what happened in the past. The future tense tells what will happen in the future. Future-tense verbs use the helping verb will before the action word.
Writing
Write to Persuade
- Focus Trait: Organization - a problem-solution composition identifies a problem and tells how the writer thinks that a problem can best be solved. An effective problem-solution paragraph will include well-organized facts and details as supporting evidence or reasons. Transitions make the organization of ideas in a piece of writing easy to follow. However, therefore and because are transition words.