1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet. (Pds 6 and 7)
You may “decompress” for a few minutes…
Before we begin the warm-up, you may do any of the following just to give your brain a SHORT break:
-Read a book from the iLit library.
-Play games on FUNBRAIN.COM.
-Work on any make-up work you have in Intensive Reading or another class.
-Some other “educationally-based” activity that allows you to “decompress” for a moment.
-If you have earbuds with you and you want to listen to music, you may put them in, BUT when it is time to start class, you MUST put them away where I can’t see them.

2. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Read the following sentence. Then, complete one of the activities for one of the underlined words on the back of the sheet.
-After many people prepared for the storm, there was a deficiency of items on the store’s shelves.
-The huge guard dog was a fearsome animal that no one would ever go near.
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.
Draw a symbol or picture for either word.
When finished: Continue working on Interactive Reading.

6. Agenda Time (min.’s) Unit: Learning
Essential Question: How does learning change the way we see ourselves? 10
Interactive Reading 5
Vocabulary (Deficiency, Fearsome) 15
Read Aloud Freak the Mighty, Chapter 6; Clarify by Retelling
Classroom Conversation
Whole Group (Analyzing Character Dialogue) 35
Work Time (4.4 Plan an Explanatory Paragraph)
Wrap-Up

7. 4.4
Deficiency: A lack or a shortage of something that is needed.
Cookie Monster had a deficiency of _______, so he ______.
Fearsome: Causing dread or terror; frightening.
Sesame Street was terrorized by the fearsome Oscar the Grouch when he _________________.

8. Vocabulary Review
Who is more invincible? Popeye or Big Foot? What is the demeanor of Big Foot?

9. 4.1
Unvanquished: a word describing something that hasn’t been defeated
The alien was set to face off against his unvanquished foe in a game of ______________.
Consequences: the effect of something that happened earlier
The robot told the alien to _________________, or suffer the consequences.
4.2
Demeanor: someone’s appearance and behavior
The Tasmanian Devil’s demeanor is very ____________.
Invincible: impossible to defeat or overcome
When Popeye ate _________, he knew he was invincible.
4.3
Intruding: entering a place without being invited
Garfield _________ Odie for intruding on his nap.
Impression: an idea or feeling about someone or something
The hunter’s first impression of Big Foot was that he was ________.
4.4
Deficiency: A lack or a shortage of something that is needed.
Cookie Monster had a deficiency of _______, so he ______.
Fearsome: Causing dread or terror; frightening.
Sesame Street was terrorized by the fearsome Oscar the Grouch when he _________________.

11. Name: __________________
Freak the Mighty
Chapter 6

12. 4. What effect does Max’s strength have on Freak?
LAFS.K12.R.1.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
4. What effect does Max’s strength have on Freak?
It makes him believe that he can mouth off to Tony D.
It causes him to demand that Freak carry him on his shoulders.
It makes him feel insecure about his own weakness.
It makes him call him names such as Frankenstein and Andre the Giant.

13. Wrap Up
Who would you believe is more fearsome, Tony D. or Max?