UNIT X UNIT 6 | 217 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Have students work in pairs to summarize what they just read. Tell them to act out and use expressions and gestures to retell the story. Amplify Have students write their response to question 3 in the form of a paragraph. Direct them to cite text evidence to support their answers. Provide students with a sentence frame to start the paragraph. Benjamin Franklin was born in ______ in the year _______. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Talk and write: Great Americans Choose one of the people in the reading. Retell the important events in their life. Write a one or two sentence summary of that person’s biography. Reading • Build academic vocabulary Ask: What is a phrasal verb? (two words that put together have a different meaning than the original words) Ask students to look for the phrasal verb in bold type. (spoke out) Ask: What does it mean? (to give an opinion, often in public) Why did Benjamin Franklin speak out against slavery? (He spoke out against slavery because he thought it was wrong.) • Use a resource to determine meanings of new words Have students locate the first word in bold on page 217. (diplomat) Then ask them to identify the resource on the page that can help them understand the word’s meanings. (the glossary) Ask students to use the Internet to find out the name of a diplomat from their own country. • Connect to self Ask students if they have ever spoken out when they disagreed with someone or something. Ask: Have you ever disagreed with a person or an idea? What was it? Did you speak out against the idea you didn’t agree with? How did you do it? If students are reluctant to share, model by describing an experience of your own. • Identify author’s opinion Ask: What do you think is the author’s opinion about the people in this reading? Why? (She thinks the people are great Americans. That’s why she uses the title “Great Americans.” She talks about all the contributions they made.) • Home-School Connection Have students talk with their families about how they can respectfully and safely speak out against injustices they see. • Check In • Ask and answer questions Have students work in pairs to ask and answer the questions. Ask students to take notes on their answers and prepare to share responses in a class discussion. • Use evidence to support understanding Ask volunteers to share their answers with the class. Have one student share the answer to question 1 and another point out text evidence that supports the answer. Then have other pairs share their answers to questions 2 and 3. ANSWERS Sample answers: 1. I learned that Benjamin Franklin also invented a metal stove heater, swim fins, and bifocals. 2. Three primary sources are pamphlets, newspapers, and almanacs. Because Benjamin Franklin printed all of these, we know more about the history of that time. 3. In 1731, he started the first library. In 1756, he was a diplomat who spoke to the British government about what the colonies wanted. In 1776, he helped write and signed the Declaration of Independence. PRACTICE GLOSSARY diplomat a person who represents their government in another country spoke out gave an opinion, often in public Franklin’s work was very important when The Thirteen Colonies started to fight for independence. When he was fifty years old, in 1756, he became a diplomat. He told the British government what the colonies wanted. In 1774, he began to disagree with the British government. He helped write the Declaration of Independence, and he signed it in 1776. After the American Revolutionary War was over, he spoke out against slavery. He died in 1790. He was a printer, writer, inventor, scientist, and fighter for freedom . . . Benjamin Franklin did it all! Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 JLG Ferris 1776 CHECK IN 1. Ask questions Look back at your K-W-L chart. How did the text answer your questions about Benjamin Franklin? 2. Primary sources Identify three primary sources on pages 216–217. How do they help you understand the text? 3. Sequence Sketch a timeline of Benjamin Franklin’s life. 217 UNIT 6 Great Americans UNIT 6 / READING
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