1. Use context clues to write a definition for either word.
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Read the sentence below. Choose one of the activities below to complete for the underlined words.
It was inevitable that the fortitude of the soldiers would carry them to victory.
Use the rules for breaking words into their parts to determine how to say either word.
Use context clues to write a definition for either word.
Write an antonym for either word.
Begin working on: Interactive Reading

2. Zombies, zombies everywhere
Zombies, zombies everywhere. The wind howled, knocking trees to the ground, causing more zombies to spring up. Hallie tucked her chin in determination, lowered her Zombie Exterminator 2000 and walked toward them with fortitude.
1. Which of the following phrases is a context clue for the meaning of the word fortitude?
Zombies, zombies everywhere
The wind howled, knocking trees to the ground
causing more zombies to spring up
Hallie tucked her chin in determination

6. Agenda Time (min.’s) Unit: Conflict
Essential Question: Does conflict ever make things better? 10
Interactive Reading 5
Vocabulary (inevitable, fortitude) 15
Read Aloud We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March (Summarizing/Questioning with focus on Cause and Effect)
(Last part of chapter 3 and first half of chapter 4)
Classroom Conversation
Whole Group (Analyze Word Choice) 35
Work Time (3.1 Read Closely and Ask Questions, 3.2 Author’s Purpose, 3.3 Make Cause and Effect Connections)
Wrap-Up

7. 3.4
Inevitable: Unavoidable. Not preventable.
Many felt it was inevitable that Tom would eventually ___________ Jerry.
Fortitude: Courage or strength shown by someone dealing with great difficulties.
It took incredible fortitude for the Marines to _______________ at Iwo Jima.

8. 3.1
Segregation: the act of separating people of different races, especially in schools, housing and other parts of society
Our country has ___________________ the
consequences of segregation for many decades.
Integration: the act of bringing together people of different races, especially in schools, housing and other parts of society
Integration of the races has been a battle that has brought much ________________.
3.2
Prosecuted: officially charged with a crime in a court of law
Swiper could easily be prosecuted for ____________.
Vindictive: trying to hurt someone because one believes they have been harmed by that person; getting revenge
The Coyote was so vindictive toward Road Runner because he __________________.
3.3
Confront: to deal with a problem or difficult situation
Some people prefer to confront problems head on while others avoid ______________.
Activism: a belief that people must take part in events to achieve political or social change.
The activism of Charlie Brown and Snoopy caused ________________.
3.4
Inevitable: Unavoidable. Not preventable.
Many felt that it was inevitable that Tom would eventually ___________ Jerry.
Fortitude: Courage or strength shown by someone dealing with great difficulties.
It took incredible fortitude for the Marines to _______________ at Iwo Jima.

9. We’ve Got a Job
1, 2, 3, 4
CHAPTER 3 and 4

10. We’ve Got a Job 1, CHAPTER 2 and 3
(S) Cause and effect: It was hard for Wash to get into protesting because he thought the police were too violent.

11. Occasionally, he would get a special treat
Occasionally, he would get a special treat. “If you were really, really good at church on Sunday,” Wash recalled, “and Momma had some extra money, and after you took your church clothes off, and if everything was just right, we would walk down to Ragland’s (Drug Store) sometime and get a scoop of hand-packed ice cream. That was the high point of my life.
Part A
Which statement best expresses why this paragraph was written?
to show how their poverty affected their appreciation for little things
to show what his favorite kind of desert was
to show how important it was to be good in church
to show the differences between good behavior and bad behavior
Part B
Which two statements from the paragraph best support the answer to Part A?
That was the high point of my life.
Occasionally, he would get a special treat.
if everything was just right, we would walk down to Ragland’s
“If you were really, really good at church on Sunday,” Wash recalled

12. As a little boy, Wash spotted flashes of other worlds- neighborhoods where middle-class blacks like Audrey lived, and even fancier ones “over the mountain” in Mountain Brook, where his mother worked as a maid for a wealthy white family. “There would be times when we would go riding with somebody we knew that had a car… We would ride through Titusville or over to Mountain Brook… So, we knew that there was something better than the house that we lived in.” But anything better than what he had seemed unattainable.
Part A
Which statement best expresses why this paragraph was written?
to show how taking a ride made them happy
to show that they felt bad for poorer people than them
to show that their lives seemed somewhat hopeless
to show that were very thankful for what they had
Part B
Which statement from the paragraph best support the answer to Part A?
As a little boy, Wash spotted flashes of other worlds-
There would be times when we would go riding with somebody we knew that had a car.
But anything better than what he had seemed unattainable.
So, we knew that there was something better than the house that we lived in.

13. Work Time:
3.1 Read Closely and Ask Questions, 3.2 Author’s Purpose, 3.3 Make Cause and Effect Connections
Interactive Reading
Unit 3 Grammar Study Plan
Independent Reading

14. Wrap Up
Would the behavior depicted in this picture be difficult for you to do?