Unit 2 Week 3

Scene Two
By: Don Abramson & Robert Kausal

Weekly Concept:
What teams can
accomplish
Think-Pair-Share
How many situations can
you think of where people
work in teams to
accomplish something?

Sports

Work

Hobbies/Fun

Amazing Words
caf

menu

strategy

teamwork

examine

founders

forebears

cuisine

practice

customers

Skill: Drawing
Conclusions

Remember

Questioning
Good Readers
question
BEFORE
DURING
&
AFTER
Reading.

Word Skill
Prefixes: a word part from the Latin language

added to the BEGINNING of a word that

changes the words meaning.

Dis (opposite of or not)

dislike- not like

Re (again)

reread- read again

Non (not)

nonfiction (not fiction)

Selection Vocabulary
Know the following terms and be able to use them in
context.

Advice
Argument
Arrangements
Descendants
Dishonest
Script
Snag

advice
suggestion or recommendation
about an action or decision

argument
A debate or verbal disagreement

arrangements
plans

descendants
A person descended from an
ancestor

dishonest
Not truthful

script
The written text of a play

snag
A hurdle or problem

Answering open-ended
questions.
M--Me The first sentence of the response should
reword the question and state a personal opinion
or direct response to the question.
A--Author The first "A" prompts the student to
look at what the author said and to include a detail
from the text to support his answer. Here are some
suggested sentence starters: In the text...The text
states...According to the passage...One example
from the text...The author states...
A--Author The second "A" reminds the student
that a constructed response requires multiple
supporting details from the author. In the text...
The text also states...According to the passage...A
second example from the text...The author also
states...
M--Me The response ends with the student (me)
explaining or interpreting the significance of the
evidence. One of these sentence starters might
help: This shows...This demonstrates...I believe...