► Build Background
► Language & Grammar
Engage in Discussion
Use Compound Sentences
► Prepare to Read
Learn Key Vocabulary
Learn a Reading Strategy
Make Inferences
► Read and Write
Focus on Genre
Historical Fiction
Apply the Reading Strategy
Make Inferences
Critical Thinking
Reading Fluency
Read with Intonation
Vocabulary Review
Write About the Guiding Question
► Connect Across the Curriculum
Literary Analysis
Evaluate Historical Fiction
Vocabulary Study
Use Idioms
Research/Writing
Report on Lithuania
Writing/Speaking
Deliver an Oral Response to Literature
Language and Grammar
Engage in Discussion
Writing and Grammar
Write About a Heroic Action
How do people overcome a conflict that affects thousands of people? Meet Chiune Sugihara of Japan who faced a life and death conflict in 1940.
Brainstorm Make a list of people who have risked their lives to save others. Think of movies you have seen, books you have read, or other sources. Describe what one person on your list did to save others.
View the video.
Chiune Sugihara (top left) and his family helped thousands of Jews escape the Nazis during World War II.