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Week 14

RESOURCES

Read-aloud

? Twenty-two Cents: Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank by Paula Yoo, illustrated by Jamel Akib

More Strategy Practice

? "Discuss Other Words with the Latin Root mot"

Assessment Resource Book

? Week 14 vocabulary assessment

Online Resources

Visit the CCC Learning Hub () to find your online resources for this week. Whiteboard Activities ? WA1?WA10 Assessment Form ? "Class Vocabulary Assessment Record" sheet (CA1) Reproducibles ? Week 14 family letter (BLM1) ? (Optional) "Week 14 Word Cards" (BLM2) ? (Optional) "Week 14 Crossword Puzzle" (BLM3)

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OVERVIEW

Words Taught

altruistic passionate turmoil trudge initiative promote

Words Reviewed

clump composed dismal frantic resigned

Word-learning Strategies

? Recognizing synonyms (review) ? Recognizing antonyms (review) ? Recognizing shades of meaning (review) ? Recognizing Latin roots (review)

Vocabulary Focus

? Students learn and use six words from or about the book. ? Students review synonyms and antonyms. ? Students review shades of meaning. ? Students review using Latin roots to determine word meanings. ? Students review words learned earlier. ? Students build their speaking and listening skills.

Social Development Focus

? Students develop the skill of using prompts to extend a conversation. ? Students analyze the effect of their behavior on others.

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DO AHEAD

(Optional) Prior to Day 3, review the more strategy practice activity "Discuss Other Words with the Latin Root mot" on page 328.

Prior to Day 4, visit the CCC Learning Hub () to access and print this week's family letter (BLM1). Make enough copies to send one letter home with each student.

Prior to Day 5, make a copy of the "Class Vocabulary Assessment Record" sheet (CA1); see page 191 of the Assessment Resource Book.

(Optional) Visit the CCC Learning Hub () to access and print the following materials: "Week 14 Word Cards" (BLM2) and "Week 14 Crossword Puzzle" (BLM3). These materials can be used to provide your students with more opportunities to review the words.

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Day 1 Introduce Altruistic, Passionate, and Turmoil

In this lesson, the students:

? Learn and use the words altruistic, passionate, and turmoil ? Review synonyms ? Review antonyms ? Use prompts to extend a conversation

Words Taught

altruistic Someone who is altruistic puts the well-being of others first. An altruistic person is unselfish and compassionate.

passionate (p. 9) If you are passionate about something, you feel very strongly about it.

turmoil (p. 14) Turmoil means "great confusion or noisy disorder."

INT RO DU CE AND USE A LT RUIST I C

1 Introduce and Define Altruistic and Review

Synonyms and Antonyms

Show pages 4?5 of Twenty-two Cents. Remind the students that Muhammad Yunus learns at an early age how important it is to help others who are less fortunate as he sees his mother often give away food, clothes, and money to those in need. Tell the students that Muhammad's mother is altruistic and that altruistic is the first word the students will learn today. Explain that someone who is altruistic puts the well-being of others first; an altruistic person is unselfish and compassionate. Tell the students that altruistic and unselfish are synonyms, and that altruistic and selfish are antonyms.

Display word card 79 ( WA1) and have the students say the word altruistic.

Materials

? Twenty-two Cents ? Word card 79 (WA1) ? Word card 80 (WA2) ? Word card 81 (WA3)

Teacher Note

If you started a synonym chart, add the words altruistic and unselfish to the chart. If you started an antonym chart, add the words altruistic and selfish to the chart.

E ELL Note

The Spanish cognate of altruistic is altruista.

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2 Discuss Being Altruistic

Give a few examples of times when someone you know has been altruistic.

You might say: "My grandmother made an effort to be altruistic throughout her life. She regularly donated money to charity and she volunteered at a local soup kitchen every weekend. I had a professor in college who was altruistic when she wrote a book about the effort to fight malaria in Tanzania and then donated all of the money from her book's sales to the cause of fighting the disease."

Discuss as a class: Q When have you or someone you know been altruistic? MCMli3cek_V1TGo_Gn6w_Wo1r4d_WcaAr1d_1737901(_WanAno1A).ptdof reveal the first prompt. Have one or two volunteers use the prompt to share their thinking with the class.

WA1

altruistic 1

PROMPT 1:

was altruistic when . . .

1 2 3

PROMPT 1: "[My aunt] was altruistic when . . ." Then ask: Q Do you think it is important to be altruistic? Why? [Click 2 on WA1 to

reveal the prompt.] Turn to your partner. PROMPT 2: "I think it [is/is not] important to be altruistic because . . ." After partners have talked, have one or two volunteers use the prompt to share their thinking with the class.

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3 Play "Altruistic or Not Altruistic?"

Tell the students that partners will play a game called "Altruistic or Not Altruistic?" You will describe someone's actions or behavior, and partners will discuss whether what you describe is altruistic or not altruistic and explain why they think so.

Begin by reading the following scenario aloud twice:

? A volunteer firefighter risks her life to help and protect others.

Ask: Q Is the volunteer firefighter altruistic? Why? [Click 3 to reveal the

prompt.] Turn to your partner.

PROMPT 3: "I think the [firefighter] [is/is not] altruistic because . . ."

After partners have talked, have one or two volunteers use the prompt to share their thinking with the class.

Using the same procedure, discuss the following scenarios:

? The lottery winner uses his winnings to buy himself two houses, three cars, and a boat.

Q Is the lottery winner altruistic? Why? [Point to the prompt.] Turn to your partner.

? A group of high-school students spends their vacation building houses for people who have lost their homes in a hurricane.

Q Is the group of students altruistic? Why? [Point to the prompt.] Turn to your partner.

Point to the word altruistic and review the pronunciation and meaning of the word.

INTRODUCE AND USE PASSIONATE

4 Introduce and Define Passionate

Show pages 8?9 of Twenty-two Cents and review that education was extremely important to Muhammad's parents. Read the first paragraph aloud, emphasizing the word passionate. Tell the students that passionate is the next word they will learn today, and explain that if you are passionate about something, you feel very strongly about it. Point out that Muhammad's parents are passionate, or feel very strongly, about the importance of their children's education.

Display word card 80 ( WA2) and have the students say the word passionate.

E ELL Note

The Spanish cognate of passionate is apasionado/a.

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5 Discuss Being Passionate About Something

Explain that people can be passionate, or feel very strongly, about something that they love or enjoy or something that they hate or that angers them. Give one or two examples of things you or someone you know is passionate about.

You might say: "My brother is passionate about nature and the need to protect it. Whenever he can, he visits national parks and wilderness areas, and he donates money to organizations that protect the environment. He is also passionate in his opposition of cruelty to animals. He often speaks out about the right of every creature to be treated humanely, and he refuses to buy any products made by companies that treat animals cruelly."

Use "Think, Pair, Share" to discuss: Q What is something that you are passionate about? Why are you passionate

about it? [Pause; click 1 on WA2 to reveal the first prompt.] Turn to your partner.

PROMPT 1: "I am passionate about [cooking] because . . ." After partners have talked, click 2 on word card 80 (WA2) to reveal the next prompt. Have a few volunteers use the prompt to share their partners' thinking with the class.

PROMPT 2: "My partner said that she is passionate about [cooking] because . . ."

Discuss as a class: Q If someone were passionate about staying healthy and fit, what might

that person do to show that she was passionate? Click 3 to reveal the prompt and have a few volunteers use the prompt to share their thinking with the class.

PROMPT 3: "If someone were passionate about staying healthy and fit, that person might . . ."

Point to the word passionate and review the pronunciation and meaning of the word.

INTRODUCE AND USE TURMOIL

6 Introduce and Define Turmoil

Show pages 14?15 of Twenty-two Cents and review that Muhammad becomes increasingly concerned about the unrest and mounting tension in Bangladesh. Read the first paragraph on page 14 aloud, emphasizing

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