UNIT X 184 | UNIT 5 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Provide visuals to help students understand unfamiliar vocabulary, including the words in bold type. You may wish to show photos, illustrations, cartoons, or graphic comics to solidify understanding for Aurora, chariot, warrior, horses, armor and shields, torches, giants, foxes, and sparks. Amplify Provide access to resources, and have students investigate other explanations of the Northern Lights. Direct students to create posters with facts and illustrations that they can share with classmates. Instructional Routine: Grammar p. Txxviii Grammar in Action A • Use illustration to comprehend expressions Say: Northern Lights. What are the Northern Lights? Have students read the title of the article and match the term to the illustration. Explain that the Northern Lights are also called the Aurora Borealis. • Use text features to predict Direct students to preview the text, focusing on the title, the words in bold type, and the photo. Ask: What do you see in the photo? Direct students to describe the image, using descriptions or examples to explain what they do not have language for, such as reflections and streak (ing). Supply missing vocabulary. Say: Think about the title and the photo. What do you predict this text is about? • Understand genre Write informational text on the board. Ask students to share what they know about informational texts. If necessary, clarify that informational texts give facts and information about a topic. • Listen for understanding Play the audio, directing students to listen for general understanding. Play it again, asking students to read silently and pay attention to the words in bold type and how context sometimes reveals their meaning. • Confirm comprehension To check comprehension, have students identify the myths discussed in the article (Greek myth about Aurora, Norse myth about the Valkyries, Mandan myth about torches, Finnish myth about a fox). Discuss unfamiliar or difficult terms. • B Use vocabulary Remind students that the words in bold type in the text are important words. Direct students to discuss the myths before answering the question with their partner. ANSWERS Sample answer: Greek myth: the colorful chariot of Aurora when she raced across the sky to begin a new day; Norse myth: the Valkyries, when light reflected off their armor and shields; Mandan myth: the torches used by giants when they went fishing; Finnish myth: a fox, when it wagged its tail and sparks flew up into the night sky EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE UNIT 5 / CONNECT TO GRAMMAR Grammar in Action A Read the informational text. THE Northern Lights IN MYTHOLOGY In the northern parts of the world, the northern lights, or aurora borealis, dance magically in the night sky. For thousands of years, nobody knew what caused the lights, so people from different cultures made up stories about them. In a Greek myth, Aurora was the sister of the Sun and the Moon. Just before morning, she raced speedily across the sky to tell both the Sun and the Moon that a new day was going to begin. She rode a colorful chariot, which made the northern lights. In a Norse myth, Valkyries caused the northern lights. Valkyries were women warriors who rode horses. They wore armor and carried shields. The light of the Sun reflected off their armor and shields, creating bright colors in the sky. A Mandan myth says the lights were from torches—sticks with fire on them. Friendly giants went fishing at night, and they used the torches to see clearly in the dark. The giants were very tall, so their torches were high in the sky. A Finnish myth says a fox made the lights. The fox wagged its tail quickly across snow and caused sparks. These sparks went up into the night sky. Today, scientists have an explanation for the lights, but it’s fun to read myths about them. B Use the vocabulary What caused the northern lights in each myth? Norse = from what is now Scandinavia Mandan = from what is now North Dakota, USA Finnish = from Finland CONNECT TO Grammar 184 UNIT 5 Tutorial
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