Hold the Flag HighBy Catherine Clinton

Week 2.2

Day 1 – Question – What are the risks in helping others?Video – Why is one hiker helping the other? What is the Coast Guard trying to do in that picture? What about the soldier with the American flag?

Concept Map Read Aloud: Number the StarsAmazing Words: poses, officers, unwavering

Number the stars tells about the risks a family takes to save a Jewish girl during WWII.

In “Number the Stars,” the soldier stares at Ellen for a long unwavering moment, Which words are the context clues?

Discuss with a partner:Would an olympic swimmer be unwavering in pursuit of the finish line?

A Flag UnfurledRead A Flay

Unfurled aloud with your partner.

Comprehension Skill: Sequencing Comprehension Strategy: Inferring

A Flag Unfurled

Vocabulary Using your vocabulary chart look up the first four words

for this week on www.Dictionary.com. Put the definition in your own words and come up with

another word it reminds you of.

canteen confederacy

glory quarrel

Vocabulary

Spelling – Take your pretest on SpellingCity

Conventions – Start WS 7 in small group then finish at your seat.

Handwriting- Work on the next two pages in your cursive packet.

Day 2 – Content KnowledgeOral VocabularyWhat are the risks in helping others?video - “On September 29, 1943, Jewish people in Denmark were

rounded up by Nazi soldier and then sent to death camps. in this passage, a Jewish girl named Ellen Rosen poses as the sister of her best friend Annemarie Johansen, as the Nazi soldiers search for Jews.” – Number the Stars

What does poses mean? What does the author mean when she write that Ellen poses

as the sister of her best friend?How do you think Ellen feels? Why does she need to do this?

Concept Map Amazing Words: cooperation, maneuver

Look at the photographs on page 202 and 203. Discuss with a partner:How do the activities in the photographs require cooperation?

How did the Johansen family show cooperation in “Number the Stars”?

Vocabulary

rebellion stallion union

Using your vocabulary chart look up the first four words for this week on www.Dictionary.com.

Put the definition in your own words and come up with another word it reminds you of.

Vocabulary

Word Analysis – French Word OriginsSome English words come from older French words. These words contain French roots, or word parts.

Create a chart in your reading spiral and look for common roots to match French words with English words in the chart below.

Literary Terms - ForeshadowingHints or clues about future events in a story that

advance the story are called foreshadowing. Foreshadowing can help create curiosity or

suspense. Let think about the Read Aloud, “Number the Stars.”

When Annemarie and Ellen woke up, they were trembling. Then an office barked at them. How do these words foreshadow that will happen next?

What words about the mom and dad in the phrases below foreshadow what will happen?

Vocabulary Skill – Unknown Words After you have read

“Civil War Drummers” imagine you are a war drummer. Write a paragraph describing your experience using the words from our Words to Know list.

Words to Know:canteen, glory,

stallion, confederacy, quarrel, rebellion, union

Genre: Literary nonfiction books tell a story of a true event and includes elements that are usually found in fiction, such as dialogue, illustrations, descriptions, and character thought.

Preview the story and make a prediction.

Read pages 208 – 213

Spelling – Practice your spelling words with a game on SpellingCity

Conventions – WS 123

Vocabulary – WS 122

Day 3 – Content KnowledgeOral Vocabulary

What are the risks in helping others?

Video -

“The southern states wanted to create a new nation, a confederacy, independent of the United States. The federal government sought to put down the rebellion and restore the country as one union.” –Hold the Flag High p. 210

How are the meanings of the words union and confederacy similar?

What clues tell you that the southern states thought they could become a new country?

Concept Map Amazing Words: nationtrembling

During the Civil War, Union soldiers fought to keep their nation together.

What does nation mean?

Discuss with a partner: What might the people of a nation have in common?

What is the nation to our north?

Which nation is to the south?

Why was the battle of Fort Wagner an important one for these African American soldiers?

Who was Robert Gould Shaw? How do you know he gave an inspiring speech to the troops?

Read pages 214 – 221

Think Critically – Answer the think critically questions on page 220 in your spiral.

Conventions – WS 76

Type to Learn – practice your typing for 15 minutes

Day 4 – Content KnowledgeOral Vocabulary

What are the risks in helping others?video – “Ned solemnly drummed on the beat – footfalls

and drumsticks in syncopation.” – Hold the Flag High p. 214

What does solemnly mean? Why would Ned by drumming solemnly? What does the author mean when she says,

“footfalls and drumsticks in syncopation”?

Concept Map Amazing Words: sacrificeaudacitybrazen

“Carney made a sacrifice when he carried the flag through great pain to encourage his soldiers.”

What does sacrifice mean in this quote?

Discuss with a partner:

How you ever made a sacrifice so things could be better? What was it?

Vocab, Listening and SpeakingVocabulary – unknown words

When you can’t determine the meaning of a word from context clues, look up the word in a dictionary or glossary. Dictionaries provide definitions as well as other important information about words.

Look through Hold the Flag High. Choose at least three words whose meanings you are unsure of. Use a dictionary, or online dictionary to look up the words. Make sure to include the word, the definition, and the part of speech,

Speaking and listening – Informational Speech

In a speech a speaker gives a formal talk to an audience for a specific purpose. The purpose of an informational speech is to provide listeners with facts about a topic.

Prepare and informational speech about a Civil War battle. Research the battle, find noteworthy facts and details and rehearse your speech. Then record your speech on Seesaw.

http://mrnussbaum.com/civil-war/battles/

Informational Speech – Research and create script

Conventions – WS 130

Coding – Practice coding for 10 minutes

Day 5 – Content KnowledgeWhat are the risks in helping others?

Amazing words: poses, officers, unwavering, maneuver, cooperation, nation, trembling, sacrifice, audacity, brazen

Use the concept map and what you have learned from this week’s discussions and reading selections to form and AMAZING IDEA – a realization or big idea about meeting challenges.

In your spiral write down a few sentences about your AMAZING IDEA beginning with, “This week I learned…”

Review Comprehension Skill - SequenceSequence is the order of events in a story. Hold the Flag High events: The Fifty-fourth Regiment is picked to lead a charge

against Fort Wagner. Sergeant Carney tells Ned to follow the flag if he feels

afraid. The soldier carrying the flag is shotCarney takes the flag and raises it over the ramparts,

even as he suffers from bullet wounds. How does the earlier events foreshadow or give rise to

later events in this sequence?

Review Vocabulary Skill- Unknown WordsIt is important to use a print of electronic

dictionary or glossary to understand the meanings of unknown words.

Let’s look up the word glory together. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/glory?s=tWhich is the correct definition for glory in this

sentence: The commander’s actions at battle earned him fame and glory.

Create your own sentence for four of your vocabulary words.

Review Word Analysis – French Word OriginsThe old French word for stallion is estalon, which means “a

horse kept in a stall” or “a male horse.” Using the French meaning, what do you think stallion means? We can use French roots to help us read English words. In the word union, the unio root comes from the word unio,

which means oneness or being united. What do you think united means? Understanding the meaning of unio can help you understand

that union means “something that is united or made into one.”

Review Literary Terms - Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing gives clues about future events in a story.

Create a T-chart labeled Clues and Events.Reread the first half of Hold the Flag High on page

210 – 213. Focus on the last paragraph on 210. How does this

paragraph provide hints and clues that provide suspense about future events?

Week 2.2 Spelling and Weekly Test