Cycle 2, Day 4
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Reading goal:
 As we read, we will summarize events to compare
two narrative poems.
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Today’s Big Question:
 Why do people want to remember even when it is
painful?
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Team Cooperation Skill:
 Complete all tasks
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When pop or country music performers
describe one of their songs as a ballad, what
do they mean?
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Thinking about the ballads that you have
read or heard, what might be some ideas that
people expect to hear in ballads?
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What examples do you have where a movie
was made from a book?
How might summarizing help you compare
the movie and the book?
How could using summarizing strategies help
you compare big ideas or themes in two
stories or narrative poems like “Beth Gelert”
and “The Highwayman”?
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Stanzas 14-15
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Listen twice and then to my Think Aloud
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What events can we add to our list?
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Using the summaries to compare, how does
Llewelyn’s reaction to losing his child
compare to the highwayman’s response to
losing Bess?
Both characters are faced with terrible loss.
What is different about their reactions?
Does comparing summaries suggest any
themes or big ideas that may be common to
both ballads?
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Using the events you added to your Story Map,
write a summary of the reading today. Compare
your summary of “Beth Gelert” to the summary of
“The Highwayman.” How are Gelert’s and Bess’
actions similar? (write)
Why did Llewelyn go to such great expense for a
dog’s sake?
In stanza 23, what do you think the poet means by
“in fancy’s ear?”
Why do you think Spencer wrote this poem?
What did he want the reader to understand?
Word
Definition
Sentence
Torrent
A violent flow of
something
A torrent of sadness washed over him when he
realized that she was never coming back.
Brandished
To wave around or
display in a
threatening way
The farmer brandished his pitchfork at the
trespassers, demanding that they leave at once.
Peerless
Superb; better than
everyone else
The heavyweight champion was a peerless boxer, he
had never lost a fight.
Chaos
Much disorder or
confusion
The circus elephant escaped and charged through
the small town, causing much panic and chaos.
Guise
Outward appearance Our teacher always maintained a guise of calmness,
that hides an inner
even when he was angry with us.
truth
Rue
To regret a mistake
or wrongdoing
Jane knew she would later rue taking the money,
but she felt she had no choice.
Consecrated
Very special; sacred
Vernon bowed as he walked into the temple
because it was a consecrated place.
Blundered
Made a mistake
Max blundered when he told Josh about the surprise
party the family was planning for him.
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Why did Llewelyn want Gelert to be
remembered?
Why was the memory of Gelert painful for
Llewelyn?
Why do people want to remember experiences or
relationships even when memories are painful?
Vocabulary Review
Homework: read 20 minutes EVERY NIGHT!