UNIT X 130 | UNIT 4 Preview To preview a text, look at the title and the pictures. Look at words in the pictures. 1. Read the title. What is a “show”? 2. Look at the pictures and the words in the pictures. What do they tell you about the story? 3. Predict What do you think the story is about? TEXT GENRE Historical Fiction The story The Show Must Go On! is historical fiction. It is an imaginary story (fiction). It also includes history or real events that happened in the past. In historical fiction there are: • real events from history • a mix of real and imaginary events • real settings • characters that seem real How can a community work together to solve a problem? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION Reading UNIT 4 The Show Must Go On! 130 Reading CON22_3_SE_U04_130-139_RD.indd 130 30/10/2020 13:53 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Gather a small group of students who need additional reading support to work through the text in a guided-reading format. Read through the entire text, then together reread it in chunks, pausing to read closely and analyze sections that develop character and plot. Provide comprehensible input by using gestures and pantomiming to support comprehension. Amplify Support students who demonstrate reading proficiency in building fluency by partnering them with emerging readers. Direct students to read aloud the text with a peer, modeling pronunciation for partners to repeat and practice. Instructional Routine: Reading p. Txxv Text Genre: Historical Fiction • Recognize characteristics of genre Say: This text is historical fiction. What other fiction stories have we read? What do we know about fiction? (It is imaginary or made up.) Ask: What is history? (events in the past) Point out that historical fiction is a mixture of true events from history and make-believe events. Read aloud the remaining descriptors and ensure students are familiar with the terms settings, characters, and seem real. • Discuss author’s purpose Ask students to think about why an author might write historical fiction. Guide students to understand that an author can use this genre to entertain readers and teach them about historical events. Say: Sometimes it is easier to understand historical events if we can read about them in a story. Preview • Learn new expressions Read the title aloud and point out the illustration of the Colonial Theater. Discuss the meaning of show and the expression The show must go on. • Culture note Ask students to share similar expressions in their home languages. • Use illustrations to make a prediction Have students discuss illustrations, paying special attention to words in the illustrations. Ask: What do you think this story is about? ANSWERS 1. when someone performs for an audience; 2. Sample answer: There is a girl and an old theater that is falling down. The girl talks to people in her community. 3. Sample answer: I think the story is about how a girl helps save the theater. Essential question: How can a community work together to solve a problem? • Exchange ideas Ask students to predict the answer to the Essential Question. Say: As you read the story, you will confirm or change your answer. • Activate prior knowledge Have students share how communities can work together to solve problems. Remind students of ways they have worked as a classroom community to solve problems. EXPLORE AND LEARN UNIT 4 / READING
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