Unit 2
Module A
ReadyGen Unit 2 Module A
The anchor text we are reading in Unit 2 Module A is The Road to Freedom. We will also be reading two supporting texts, Operation Clean Sweep and Cesar Chavez.
Current Text: Operation Clean Sweep
Unit 2 Module A consists of 18 lessons. We are currently on our second text of Module A, Operation Clean Sweep
Current Lesson: Lesson 12 & 13
Vocabulary Words:
Students can access tools to review the vocabulary words using Quizlet through the Google Classroom or by following this link: https://quizlet.com/206132320/readygen-g5-u2ma-flash-cards/.
How can your child study vocabulary words?
1. Make flashcards using the definitions they have in their Vocabulary journal.
2. Practice using online flashcards and games:
https://quizlet.com/206132320/readygen-g5-u2ma-flash-cards/
How can parents help practice the skills we are learning in class?
It is important that your child reads at least 20 minutes each day. Once they have completed their reading, there are questions you can ask him/her to help them practice the skills we are learning with each lesson. You should ask your child to provide text evidence to back up the answer they have provided and explain why that text evidence supports their answer. Where appropriate, I will also include links to websites where your child can practice these skills.
Below is a breakdown of the standards and skills we will be learning in Unit 2 Module A for the text Operation Clean Sweep.
Standards
- Determine a theme of a story from details in the text, including how characters in a story respond to challenges; summarize the text. (RL.5.2)
- Ask Me: What is the theme of your story? Can you summarize what you read today?
- Practice: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/determine-the-themes-of-short-stories
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. (RL.5.4)
- Ask Me: What is a word you did not know in your story? How can you determine the meaning of the word by reading the text?
- Practice: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/use-context-to-identify-the-meaning-of-a-word
- Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story, drawing on specific details in the text. (RL.5.3)
- Ask Me: What are some similarities between the main character in the book you are currently reading and the last book you read? What are some differences? Use evidence in the text to explain.
- Practice: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/compare-and-contrast-characters
Unit 2 Module A Vocabulary
Text: Operation Clean Sweep
Politics (p. 69) - art and practice of government
Synonyms: government
Antonyms:
Morphological Links: political, politician
Semantic Links: election, political party
Rampant (p. 71) - running wild
Synonyms: uncontrolled
Antonyms: restrained
Morphological Links:
Semantic Links: wild, unrestrained
Tallied (p. 76) - counted
Synonyms: added, recorded
Antonyms: estimate
Morphological Links: tally
Semantic Links: counted, added
Underestimate (p. 77) - to think that something is smaller or less important than it is
Synonyms: undervalue
Antonyms: overestimate
Morphological Links: estimate, estimation
Semantic Links: underrate
Below is a breakdown of the standards and skills we will be learning in Unit 2 Module A for the text The Road to Freedom.
Standards
- Describe how a narrator's point of view influences how events are described. (RL.5.6)
- Ask Me: What point of view is your story told from? Can you give me examples from the text to show me how you know?
- Practice: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/identify-the-narrative-point-of-view
- Determine a theme of a story from details in the text, including how characters in a story respond to challenges; summarize the text. (RL.5.2)
- Ask Me: What is the theme of your story? Can you summarize what you read today?
- Practice: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/determine-the-themes-of-short-stories
- Analyze how visual elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text. (RL.5.7)
- Ask Me: How do the pictures in your text help you understand what is happening in the text?
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. (RL.5.4)
- Ask Me: What is a word you did not know in your story? How can you determine the meaning of the word by reading the text?
- Practice: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/use-context-to-identify-the-meaning-of-a-word
Unit 2 Module A Vocabulary
Text: The Road to Freedom (Lesson 1 & 2)
Debts (p. 4) - money owed
Synonyms: owing money. overdrawn
Antonyms: profit
Morphological Links: debtor, indebted
Semantic Links: payment, owe
Auction (p. 4) - the public sale of something to the highest bidder
Synonyms: sale, sell-off
Antonyms: purchase
Morphological Links: auctioneer
Semantic Links: sale
Master (p. 4) - someone who has control or power over others
Synonyms: boss, manager
Antonyms: slave, servant, employee
Morphological Links: mastery
Semantic Links: owner, employer, servant
Stumble (p. 10) - tripped or walked in a clumsy way
Synonyms: fall
Antonyms: straighten, continue
Morphological Links:
Semantic Links: trip, fall
Plantation (p. 11) - a large farm
Synonyms: ranch, estate
Antonyms:
Morphological Links: plant, planter
Semantic Links: crop, colony
Patrolled (p. 14) - go around a place to make sure everything is okay
Synonyms: policed, safeguarded
Antonyms: ignored
Morphological Links: patroller
Semantic Links: watch, police
Curled (p. 17) - made into a rounded shape
Synonyms: rolled up
Antonyms: straighten
Morphological Links: curly, curler
Semantic Links: twisted, coiled
Screech (p. 19) - a loud and very high cry that usually expresses extreme pain, anger, or fear
Synonyms: scream
Antonyms: whisper
Morphological Links: screeching
Semantic Links: scream, cry
Grumbled (p. 20) - complained in a low voice
Synonyms: growled, complained,
Antonyms: yelled
Morphological Links: grumble, grumbler
Semantic Links: muttered, complained
Shivering (p. 21) - muscles begin to shake in small movements
Synonyms: shaking
Antonyms: still
Morphological Links: shivery, shivers
Semantic Links: cold, shaking
Scent (p. 21) - a smell
Synonyms: odor
Antonyms: unscented
Morphological Links: scented, unscented
Semantic Links: odor, smell
Quilt (p. 26) - a decorative cover for a bed, made of two layers with soft material between them
Synonyms: blanket
Antonyms:
Morphological Links: quilted, quilter
Semantic Links: blanket, cover
Conductor (p. 28) - a person who leads others
Synonyms: leader
Antonyms: follower
Morphological Links: conduct
Semantic Links: train, railroad
Slavery (p. 28) - a human being owned by another human being for the purpose of labor
Synonyms: serve
Antonyms: employ
Morphological Links: slave, enslave
Semantic Links: master, plantation
Shuffling (p. 30) - walking very slowly and noisily, without lifting one’s feet off the ground
Synonyms: dragging
Antonyms: marching
Morphological Links: shuffle, shuffler
Semantic Links: sliding, dragging
Tumbled (p. 33) - lose your balance and fall
Synonyms: fell, rolled
Antonyms: balanced
Morphological Links: tumble, tumbler
Semantic Links: rolled
Whinnied (p. 34) - to make a noise like a horse
Synonyms: neigh
Antonyms:
Morphological Links: whinny
Semantic Links: horse
Stuttered (p. 34) - to stumble on one’s speech
Synonyms: stammered
Antonyms:
Morphological Links: stutter
Semantic Links: stammered
Drifted (p. 38) - floated
Synonyms: flow, be carried
Antonyms: stay
Morphological Links: drift, drifter
Semantic Links: floated
Lantern (p. 40) - lamp
Synonyms: flashlight, torch
Antonyms:
Morphological Links:
Semantic Links: light, flame
Scattered (p. 42) - separated
Synonyms: distributed
Antonyms: together, united
Morphological Links: scatter
Semantic Links: dispersed
Hunched (p. 46) - bent over
Synonyms: squat, huddle
Antonyms: straighten, stand
Morphological Links: hunch
Semantic Links: stooped
Blisters (p. 46) - bubble-like swelling of the skin
Synonyms: sore, welt
Antonyms:
Morphological Links: blister, blistered
Semantic Links: sores
Carriage (p. 50) - a vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses
Synonyms: buggy, wagon
Antonyms:
Morphological Links:
Semantic Links: horses, travel
Surrounded (p. 51) - to enclose on all sides; encompass
Synonyms: free
Morphological Links: surround
Semantic Links:, around
Pillars (p. 52) - tall vertical structures of stone used to support a building
Synonyms: beams, supports
Antonyms:
Morphological Links: pillared
Semantic Links: beams, support
Territory (p. 52) - a particular area of land
Synonyms: area, colony, place on earth
Antonyms: sky
Morphological Links:
Semantic Links: area, land
Historical (p. 55) - set in the past and based on real people and/or events
Synonyms: from the past
Antonyms: current
Morphological Links: history, historically
Semantic Links: past
Abolish (p. 55) - to put an end to
Synonyms: stop, wipe out, terminate
Antonyms: begin, create, permit
Morphological Links: abolished, abolitionist
Semantic Links: destroy
Tremendous (p. 55) - enormous
Synonyms: large, huge, overwhelming
Antonyms: insignificant, small
Morphological Links: tremendously
Semantic Links: great, notable, large