► Build Background
► Language & Grammar
Use Appropriate
Language
Use Verbs in the Past
Perfect Tense
► Prepare to Read
Learn Key Vocabulary
Learn a Reading
Strategy
Synthesize
► Read and Write
Focus on Genre
Play
Apply the Reading Strategy
Synthesize
Critical Thinking
Reading Fluency
Read with Expression
Vocabulary Review
Write About the Guiding Question
► Connect Across the Curriculum
Literary Analysis
Analyze Drama
Vocabulary Study
Use Context Clues:
Specialized Language
Listening/Speaking
Readers Theater
Media/Writing
Complete an Application
Language and Grammar
Use Appropriate
Language
Writing and Grammar
Write About a Memory
”The Girl and the Chenoo” is a Native American play in the Abenaki tradition. It takes place in the northeast of what is now the United States. The Chenoo is a legendary monster who appears in the stories of many Native American cultures.
Brainstorm and role-Play How does food connect people? With a group, brainstorm ways that people have found, prepared, and shared food throughout time. Choose one idea to role-play for the class.