UNIT X 186 | UNIT 5 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Provide students with sentence frames to express the central idea and identify the main character. Model how to find information from the story and make notes on the main character and central idea. Support students as they complete the sentence frames. _____ is the main character. The central idea is that _____ must be _____ and help save _____. Amplify Have students describe Parrot’s rain forest before and after Bat arrives. Direct them to include descriptive details giving more information about how the rain forest and animals changed. Direct students to skim the story and jot down notes, then use their notes to write a short descriptive paragraph. Ask students to present their paragraphs to a small group. Instructional Routine: Language Arts p. Txxix Essential Question: How do characters change in some stories? Ask the Essential Question and give students time to discuss their ideas in pairs before sharing with the class. ANSWERS Sample answer: Some characters learn a lesson or they get stronger or weaker. Understand genre Read aloud the definition of a pourquoi tale in the Text Genre box, and have students repeat the pronunciation of the term (pu ·kwa). Say: Pourquoi is a French word that means why and a pourquoi tale explains why. A A Pourquois Tale • Build background knowledge Tell students they are going to read a tale about a rain forest. Point out that rain forest is a compound noun, and draw a vertical line between rain and forest. Ask: What is a rain forest? (a forest that gets heavy rainfall) Explain that rain forests have many plants and animals. Display images of birds, bats, frogs, jaguars, and butterflies and elicit or say the animals’ names. • Use prior knowledge Have students familiar with rain forests describe a rainforest. • Preview and predict Have students preview the title and illustration. Elicit that the tale is about parrots and why they are colorful. Then ask: Why are parrots colorful? What will the story say? Have students make predictions. • Listen Point out that in a pourquoi tale the explanation is the central idea. Then play the audio, asking students to listen for the central idea before looking at the words. • Listen actively Play the audio a second time, this time asking students to read along silently and check their predictions. Have volunteers share whether their predictions were correct. • Listen for relevant details Remind students that relevant details give important information and make a story come to life. Replay the audio, this time asking students to listen for descriptive words and what they describe. • Recognize and analyze genre Ask: How is this tale like a myth? (It explains something in nature and the main character changes. Parrot was white but she gets colors because she acted bravely.) EXPLORE AND LEARN A Pourquoi Tale A Read the pourquoi tale. How Parrot Got Its Long ago, Parrot lived in the rain forest with many colorful animals. Tree Frog had a bright green body with blue and yellow stripes, Jaguar had amazing orange fur with black spots, and Butterfly had gigantic bright blue wings. However, poor Parrot was white with no colors at all. One day, Bat came to the forest and announced, “I am going to destroy the forest and make it rain forever!” The rain fell harder and harder throughout the day, so all of the animals hid, except Parrot. She bravely asked Sun to help. Sun tried to stop the rain by shining light on the land. The rain didn’t stop, but Bat hated the sunshine and disappeared. Then, the rainwater and sunshine created an incredible rainbow that the animals had never seen before. All of the animals came out to see it, even though they were afraid. Parrot was not frightened. She yelled, “Thank you, Sun!” and flew quickly through the rainbow. When Parrot came out on the other side, she was colorful, like the rainbow. Ever since, the rain forest has been greener because of the rain and sunshine. Bats only come out at night, but the colorful parrots fly through the sky all day. Once in a while, when the sun and the rain work together, a wonderful rainbow appears. COLORS How do characters change in some stories? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION TEXT GENRE A Pourquoi Tale A pourquoi tale is similar to a myth because it explains something. In addition, the main character changes in some way. CONNECT TO Language Arts 186 UNIT 5 UNIT 5 / CONNECT TO LANGUAGE ARTS
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