National Pride

Revolutionaries from the Past Part 1

I can identify the difference in first and third person

narrations.

The Flag Poems• Read the first Flag poem as a class.

Discuss by stanza the meaning of the poem.

• Turn and talk to your elbow partner to discuss who the narrator of the poem is.

• As a class, discuss who the narrator is and PROVE how you know- Cite examples from the poem.

The Flag Poems• With your nine o’clock partner, read

the second ‘The Flag’ poem. • After reading it through once, discuss

who is narrating this poem. Underline details in the poem to prove who the narrator is.

• If time allows, read through the poem a second time.

The Flag Poems• Discuss as a class who the narrator

of the second poem is. Be ready to prove your answer!

Bobcat JournalWhich poem did you like better? What

made you like this poem so much?

• I can describe overall structure (chronology and

cause and effect) of events, ideas, concepts, and

information in a text.

Star Spangled BannerStar Spangled Banner lyrics and video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gZ6VYXIW2A

Introduce story structure – Chronological (sequence- putting events in order

Read article Star Spangled Story with your 2 o’clock partner. Fill out sequence map with events from the article with your partner.

Yankee Doodle • Listen to song/video on Yankee

Doodlehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwHvyqNDUvE

• Review chronological text structure• Introduce cause and effect text

structure• Read What’s a Yankee Doodle with a

partner and fill out cause and effect map.

I can summarize the text

including main idea.

Boston Tea Party• Video Clip to build background

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt8MmmLLHJY

Read through readers’ theater silently.

Bobcat Journal: Summarize the readers theater about the Boston Tea Party. Be sure to include the main idea.

I can describe the overall structure

of events and information in a

text.

Boston Tea Party• Schoolhouse Rock video on Boston

Tea Party. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-9pDZMRCpQ

• PowerPoint on types of text structure• Reread readers theater- what text

structure has the author used? • Journal: What type of text structure is

The Boston Tea Party?

I can describe differences in the information provided in a first hand account and a secondhand account.

Who is Patrick Henry?Patrick Henry passage: secondhand account

Patrick Henry Speech Listen to speech and think about how it

is different from the secondhand account that was read aloud.

Journal: Discuss how the speech and the passage were different.

patrick henry.mp3

I can determine the meaning of unknown

words in a text.

Patrick Henry• Vocabulary Activity– You will get two vocabulary words from the

speech that you must find the meaning to. – Fill out the Frayer Model sheet explaining

the meaning of your vocabulary words. – Present your word to the class explaining

what it means. –Watch reenactment of speech. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEOets_L7vg

I can refer to details when explicitly

explaining what the text says.

Patrick HenryReread speech.

Answer questions about Henry’s speech with a partner.

Go over questions as a class.

•Learning Check!!!!