1. Vocabulary Poster Think, Pair, Share Focus Question: How do we create opportunities for our dreams to come true?

2. Vocabulary Words to Know absurd absurd dean dean hovers behalf behalf delirious obedient candidate diploma reject Focus Question: How do we create opportunities for our dreams to come true?

3. Poster Talk Through Think, Pair, Share This boy want to be a veterinarian. He needs to earn high school diploma so he can go to college, but he wanted to know how else to help make his dream come true. He wrote to the dean of a veterinary college. The dean suggested that he volunteer at an animal shelter. The boy can work on behalf of animals that people have rejected, or given away. The people at the shelter thought the boy was a good candidate for the job. At first, the job seemed absurd. The boy cleaned out cages and chased after animals. But then he met a special, obedient dog. The boy hovered protectively over his little friend when it was sick. Now, whenever the boy is around, the dog seems delirious with joy. The boy is glad to work at the shelter.

4. absurd plainly not true, ridiculous

5. dean head of a division or school in a college or university

6. hovers waits nearby

7. behalf side, interest or favor

8. diploma a printed paper given by a school, which states that someone has graduated from a certain courses of study

9. Reject to refuse to take, to turn down

10. delirious wildly excited

11. obedient doing what you are told

12. candidate person who seeks some position

13. Comprehension Skill Draw Conclusions When you draw a conclusions, you decide what to think about something. You form an opinion that makes sense. Conclusions should be based on facts. What you read should support your conclusion. You can also use what you know about real life to help you draw conclusions.