Transcript Call It Courage - Oakridge Public Schools

Call It Courage(6.2)
Armstrong Sperry
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Overall Purpose:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to the
end of the book
Strategies:
 Set a purpose
 Focus on Key Parts of a story
 Visualize
 Interpreting Graphic Sources of Information
Themes:
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Animals in our Lives
Wilderness Survival/The Power of Nature
Coming of Age
Book Club Meeting 1 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to
the end of the book
TODAY’S READING: Chapter 1
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To find out what decision Mafatu makes in the first
chapter, and why
STRATEGY: Focus on Key Parts of the Story – Character
VOCABULARY:
 reef, current, swells, stout, taut, scanned, lagoon,
outrigger
Book Club Meeting 2 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to
the end of the book
TODAY’S READING: Ch. 2 start – mid (“and thus the
day…”)
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To learn what enemy Mafatu faces in this part of the story
STRATEGY: Focus on Key Parts of the Story – Conflict
VOCABULARY:
 atoll, supernatural, lashed
Book Club Meeting 3 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to
the end of the book
TODAY’S READING: Ch. 2 (“Now the air…”) – Ch. 3 start
(“clothing them in green”)
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To learn where Mafatu’s canoe takes him
STRATEGY: Focus on Key Parts of the Story – Events
VOCABULARY:
 horizon, peak, inhabited, cascade
Book Club Meeting 4 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to
the end of the book
TODAY’S READING: Chapter 3 (middle) (“The boy rose…”
to “here the eaters-of-men…”)
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To FIND OUT WHAT Mafatu discovers and why it scares
him
STRATEGY: Visualize
VOCABULARY:
 plateau, undergrowth, sacred
Book Club Meeting 5 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to
the end of the book
TODAY’S READING: Chapter 3 (“Mafatu stood rooted”)- end
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To learn what Mafatu achieves in this part of the book
STRATEGY: Focus on Key Parts of the Story – Character
VOCABULARY:
 involuntarily, evident, sustenance, plait
Book Club Meeting 6 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to
the end of the book
TODAY’S READING: Chapter 4 start – mid (“and he felt
suddenly…”)
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To find how Mafatu shows his courage in this part of the
story
STRATEGY: Visualize
VOCABULARY:
 buoyant, fashioning, companionship, frantically
Book Club Meeting 7 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to
the end of the book
TODAY’S READING: Chapter 4 mid (“Now the adze was…”
– “(and then-then he would…)”
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To learn what goal Mafatu accomplishes and how he feels
as a result
STRATEGY: Visualize
VOCABULARY:
 impaled, defenseless, headlong, succulent
Book Club Meeting 8 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to
the end of the book
TODAY’S READING: Chapter 4 mid (“The canoe was
finished… - end
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To find out what enemy Mafatu conquers and what enemy
he faces at the end of the chapter
STRATEGY: Focus on Key Parts of the Story – Character
VOCABULARY:
 undisturbed, descend, eternity, insistent
Book Club Meeting 9 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to
the end of the book
TODAY’S READING: Chapter 5 start – (“Maui had hear his
prayer…”)
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To find out if Mafatu escapes from the eaters-of-men
STRATEGY: Visualize
VOCABULARY:
 towering, propel, ebb
Book Club Meeting 10 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the beginning to
the end of the book
TODAY’S READING: Chapter 5 mid (“Day broke over
the…”) – end
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To consider why the people of Hikueru still tell the story of
Mafatu
 Critical Thinking
Book Club Meeting 11 (Call It Courage)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK:
 To understand how Mafatu changes from the
beginning to the end of the book
TODAY’S READING:
 Maps and a table of Hikueru and French Polynesia
TODAY’S PURPOSE:
 To learn more about the island setting of Call It
Courage
STRATEGY:
 Interpreting Graphic Sources of Information