Transcript Jim Thorpe ’s Bright Path

JIM THORPE’S BRIGHT PATH
by Joseph Bruchac
illustrated by
S. D. Nelson
Day 1
Day 4
Day 2
Day 5
Day 3
Vocabulary Definitions
Vocabulary Sentences
Additional Resources
STUDY SKILLS
• Genre:
Biography
Fact and Opinion
Comprehension Strategy: Text Structure
Comprehension Review Skill: Graphic
Sources
Vocabulary: Dictionary and Glossary
• Comprehension Skill:
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY
A biography is a story
of a real person’s life as told by
someone else. As you read this
biography, think about why the
author chose to write about this
athlete.
SUMMARY
It wasn’t easy for Jim Thorpe to become
a famous and respected athlete. As an
American Indian, he was discriminated
against and separated from his family.
His twin brother died when they were
only nine years old. His mother and
father also died when he was still in
school. But he learned to move forward
with his life because he was so inspired
by his family and his people.
COMPREHENSION SKILL
REVIEW GRAPHIC RESOURCES
A graphic source shows or explains
information from the text.
Pictures, maps, charts, time lines,
and diagrams are all examples of
graphic sources.
Graphic sources can help you draw
conclusions about what you are
reading.
DAY 1 - QUESTION OF THE WEEK
•How can our
abilities
influence our
dreams and
goals?
VOCABULARY - SAY IT
• society
• dormitory
•endurance
manual
reservation
boarding
school
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
inconsolable
recruiter
confident
hurdle
rival
prove
COMPREHENSION STRATEGY
TEXT STRUCTURE
• Good readers use text structure, or the
way text is organized, to help them
understand why they read.
• For example, a non fiction article may
compare and contrast two things, put
events in sequence, or be a series of clear
main ideas.
• When you preview, look for text feature
such as titles, heads, and underlined
words to help you know what to expect.
LISTEN TO THE STORY
COMPREHENSION SKILL TESTEDFACT OR OPINION
• A fact is a statement that
can be proven either true
or false.
• An opinion is a statement
based on someone’s
judgment, belief, or way of
thinking about something.
PRACTICE FACT AND OPINION
Statement
How to Check
Fact
Is Opinion Valid
or Faulty?
Jim led a
professional football
team called Oorang
Indians.
1. Look up Jim
Thorpe in
encyclopedia
Unfortunately, the
team was owned by a
selfish man named
Walter Lingo.
2. no
support
3. faulty
Frankly, they were not
very good.
4. They won
only a few
games.
5. valid
1. As a young man, Jim thorpe
experienced many
missfortunes.
2.His twin brothers death broke
his heart, his mother and his
father died soon afterwards.
CAPITAL LETTERS
• All sentences begin with
capital letters.
We enjoyed reading the book.
Those girls finished cleaning the
counter.
CAPITAL LETTERS
• Proper nouns begin with
capital letters.
Mrs. Clark asked if Amy would
help.
Uncle Rob took us to Texas.
CAPITAL LETTERS
• The pronoun I is always
capitalized.
I don’t need your help.
My aunt and I picked up the
papers.
CAPITAL LETTERS
• A capital letter begins the first, last,
and any important word in the title of
a book, magazine, song, movie, poem,
or other work.
Read the last chapter of Tom Sawyer.
She saw Snow White when she was
five years old.
SPELLING WORDS
PREFIXES MIS-, NON-, RE-
• misplace
• nonsense
• reread
• repack
• misfortune
remove
mishandle
nonstop
recover
reseal
SPELLING WORDS
PREFIXES MIS-, NON -, RE-
• misbehavior
• reunion
• nonfiction
• rebound
• nonprofit
mistreat
readjust
misprint
nonstick
misquote
CHALLENGE
• misinterpret
• mispronounce
• noncommittal
• reconstruct
• reorganize
DAY 2 - QUESTION OF THE DAY
• Why was Jim so
unhappy at school?
VOCABULARY STRATEGY
DICTIONARY / GLOSSARY
• Some words have more than
one meaning.
• Sometimes readers need to
check a dictionary or glossary
to find the meaning that makes
sense for the sentence.
VOCABULARY STRATEGY
DICTIONARY / GLOSSARY
• The dark, or bold, words
defined are called entry
words.
• The entry word may not
match the word in the
selection exactly.
• Entry words are often are
words without endings,
prefixes, or suffixes.
SOCIETY
the people of any
particular time or
place
DORMITORY
a building with many rooms
for sleeping in. Many colleges
have dormitories for students
whose home are elsewhere.
ENDURANCE
power to last and to
withstand hard wear
MANUAL
done with the hands
RESERVATION
land set aside by the
government for a special
purpose
BOARDING SCHOOL
school with
buildings where the
pupils live during the
school term
INCONSOLABLE
not able to be
comforted
RECRUITER
a person who gets
new members, who
gets people to join or
come
CONFIDENT
having a firm belief
in yourself
HURDLE
1. a barrier for people
or horses to jump over
in a race. 2. something
that stands in the way ;
an obstacle, difficulty
RIVAL
1. person who wants and
tries to get the same thing as
another or who tries to equal
or do better than another. 2.
wanting the same things as
another ; trying to equal or
outdo another; competing
PROVE
to show that a thing is
true and right
WEEKLY FLUENCY CHECK STRESS EMPHASIS
● Read aloud “The highest Hurdle
on p. 660m.
● Explain that you will emphasize
important words with more
strength. stressing important
words helps convey emotion and
meaning.
3. Jim’s father was bitten by a
poisonous snake or did not
recuver.
4. Jim began to play football
serious at school in Carlisle,
Pa.
GRAMMAR SKILL :CAPITALIZATION
• Capitalize both letters in a state postal
abbreviation.
Tulsa, OK Dandridge, TN
• Capitalize days of the week, months, and
holidays
Saturday, June, Labor Day
• Capitalize titles that are used before
people’s names.
Mr. Warner Dr. Smith
GRAMMAR SKILL –
CAPITALIZATION
• Capitalize the first word and
every important word in a
proper noun.
He went to Carlisle Indian
School in Pennsylvania.
• Capitalize the first letter of an
abbreviation
14 Columbus St.
GROUP WORK
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Readers & WB 254
Language Day 2
Spelling Day 2
Tri-Fold Section 2
SmartBoard- Fact and Opinion
DAY 3 - QUESTION OF THE
DAY
• What can you learn
about reaching goals
from Jim Thorpe’s
experiences?
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What is the main ideas of this story?
2. How was Jim different from Charlie?
3. Why did the recruiter from Carlisle
like to Jim?
4. Why did the teachers hit him with a
ruler when he spoke Sac?
5. What kind of students were at the
Agency Boarding School and the
Haskell Institute?
REVIEW QUESTIONS
6. What was Jim’s main reason for
participating in sports?
7. What is the purpose of the timeline?
8.What might have happened to Jim if
he had stayed home and not attended
Carlisle?
9.What did the name “Wa-tho-huck”
mean? Was it a good name for Jim?
Why or why not?
He was so fast
and had so much
endurance that
he could run
down a rabbit on
foot.
He was so fast and
had so much
endurance that he
could run down a
rabbit on foot.
The Indian Agency
that oversaw the
reservation said the
children had to go to
the Agency Boarding
School at age six.
The Indian Agency that
oversaw the reservation
said the children had to
go to the Agency
Boarding School at age
six.
The school kept Jim
inside all day and
locked up in a cold
dormitory at night.
The school kept Jim
inside all day and
locked up in a cold
dormitory at night.
Manual training
was mixed with
classroom studies
to teach them a
trade.
Manual training
was mixed with
classroom studies
to teach them a
trade.
Learning these
trades would
make them useful
to white society.
Learning these
trades would make
them useful to
white society.
Jim’s mother tried
to comfort her son
after his brother
died, but he was
inconsolable.
Jim’s mother tried
to comfort her son
after his brother
died, but he was
inconsolable.
The recruiter had
heard of Jim’s
success as a
runner at Haskell.
The recruiter had
heard of Jim’s
success as a
runner at Haskell .
Sometimes the
biggest hurdle we
have to overcome is
ourselves.
Sometimes the
biggest hurdle we
have to overcome is
ourselves.
The athlete was
called a “quitter’
by the rival track
athletes.
The athlete was
called a “quitter’
by the rival track
athletes.
Sometimes we
have to prove to
others how much
we can do.
Sometimes we
have to prove to
others how much
we can do.
It was strange how
all of a sudden he
felt relaxed and
confident.
It was strange how
all of a sudden he
felt relaxed and
confident.
5. Jim Thorpe became one of the
better football players of all
time?
6. He form the Oorang indians in
1922.
GROUP WORK
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Partner read & WB 267-268
Spelling Day 3
Language Day 3
Tri-Fold Section 3
SmartBoard- Vocabulary
DAY 4 - QUESTION OF THE DAY REVIEW
How important is a
positive attitude when
facing
challenges?
7. If Jim Thorpe played football
today hed’ be a big star.
8. He was fast, strongly,
talented, but smart.
GROUP WORK
• Reading Computer Test
• Essay Questions
• Language Day 4
• Tri-Fold Section 4
ESSAY QUESTIONS
1. What is the purpose of the
timeline?
2. How might Jim’s life have been
different if he had stayed at home
instead of attending Carlisle?
3. Why was the name “Wa-thohuck” a good one for Jim?
DAY 5 - QUESTION OF THE WEEK
•How can our
abilities
influence our
dreams and
goals?
RESEARCH SKILL
MAGAZINES/PERIODICALS
1. A periodical is a publication issued
regularly, usually weekly or
monthly.
2. A magazine is a type of periodical.
The title of a magazine usually
identifies the kind of information it
contains.
3. Magazines contain a variety of
articles, such as news stories,
fiction stories, interviews, and
editorials or opinion columns. They
also include graphic sources and,
usually, advertisements.
RESEARCH SKILL
MAGAZINES/PERIODICALS
1. Many articles follow the 5 Ws and H
format, answering the questions:
Who? What? When? Why? and How?
2. A table of contents lists the
titles of articles and the
page on which each article
begins.
9. Jim Thorpe was proud that
was part indian.
10. A town in Pennsylvania were
named after Jim Thorpe, it
used to be called Mauch
Chunk.
GROUP WORK
• Reading WB 269-270
• Language Arts Day 5
• Writing Assignment
• Tri-Fold Section 5
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
TIMELINE
• Make a Vertical Timeline of Jim Thorpe’s
life from pages 678 and 679.
• Use more than one sheet of paper, and tape
them together in sequential order when
completed.
• You may illustrate the timeline when
completed.
FUN STUFF AND PRACTICE
Famous Native Americans
Timeline on Jim Thorpe
Vocabulary Review
Vocabulary Fill in the Blank
Fact and Opinion Lesson
Brainpop- Capitalization
Brainpop- Paraphrasing
BBC Prefix/Suffix Game
Quia: Fact or Opinion
Figurative Language