U4W1+Goin+Someplace+Special

=Goin' Someplace Special (add materials from Maya Lin)= skill - character and setting strategy - story structure word skill - homophones word strategy - homophones Focus on **theme**

http://activities.macmillanmh.com/reading/treasures/stories/story_lessonlist/51040144.html

I Have a Dream Speech - mp3 and document http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Civil Rights speeches - links to documents, TV and radio addresses http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/civilrightsstruggle1/tp/Major-Civil-Rights-Speeches-And-Writings.htm

Our comp strategy is setting and character traits. I have my students create a 6-box setting timeline chart of what they think were the six most important scenes in the story and what they reveal about the characters involved. We first read the story and put sticky notes whenever the setting changed and a little note on what happened at that place. It then made the process of summarizing and choosing the six that much easier.

I own a copy of the Ruby Bridges book Through My Eyes which has great photos.

Vocabulary drop - matching game
http://rtoa.us/wp/2010/01/treasures-grade-5-unit-4-vocabulary-online-games/