2. INDEPENDENT READING
Get an SSR book and read for 15 minutes.
On page 11 of your workbooks write 1 inference
that you have about a character in your SSR
book.
Be sure to include all parts (Date, Title, etc.)
Record your reading on page 33 of your workbook
3. WORD STUDY
Adopt
(Adoption, Adopting)
(verb) legally take another’s child and bring it up as one’s own
4. WORD STUDY
Resentment
(Resent)
(noun) the feeling of displeasure at a remark,
action or person
5. READ-ALOUD/THINK-ALOUD
Recap:
What happened yesterday?
What is different about Frances Mary?
Strategy: Inferring
RA/TA: Pages 58-66 of A Family Apart
Stopping Points:
Page 58, last paragraph
What can we infer about Mrs. Katherine Banks?
Page 62, paragraph 2
6. CLASSROOM CONVERSATION
What do we think of the children on
the journey?
Who seems interesting? Suspicious?
Why?
Create a “Children on the Journey” chart
on page 88
9. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
PRIMARY SOURCE
A primary source is a document or physical object
which was written or created during the time
under study. These sources were present during
an experience or time period and offer an inside
view of a particular event. Some types of primary
sources include:
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news
film footage, autobiographies, official records
CREATIVE WORKS
Poetry, drama, novels, music, art
RELICS OR ARTIFACTS
Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings
10. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
SECONDARY SOURCE
A secondary source interprets and analyzes
primary sources. These sources are one or more
steps removed from the event. Secondary sources
may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary
sources in them.
Some types of secondary sources include:
PUBLICATIONS
Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms,
commentaries, encyclopedias
11. INDIVIDUAL/SMALL GROUP WORK
Turn to “A History of the Orphan Trains (Part II)
in your workbooks, page 187
Work in pairs to read and talk about the article
Complete the Activity Sheet on Pages 190-191