1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Read the following:
"It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.“
If you could be made of any other material than flesh, what would it be? Why?
What kind of “problems” do you have because you can “think properly?”
“in-” means not. “con-” means together. “-ent” means “causing”. So, in the word “inconvenient,” what do you think the root word “veni” means?

2. "It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.“
“in-” means not. “con-” means together. “-ent” means “causing”. So, in the word “inconvenient,” what do you think the root word “veni” means?
to come
to answer
to show
D. to wonder

3. "It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.“
What does the word “inconvenient” mean from the selection above?
Not with something for a long time
Not coming together to meet one’s needs
Not together for significant periods of time
Not desiring to be made of certain things

4. Agenda
Warm-Up: Drawing conclusions and context clues/ word study
(Pd 3: Complete Chapter 4)
Read Aloud: Chapter 5, character descriptions
Student Work: Chapter 6, character descriptions
Achieve 3000

5. Chapter 4
Explain Scarecrow’s logic, why is it fortunate for Kansas that the people have brains?
What is the overall “feeling” (tone) of this chapter?
Between the three characters, who is “in charge?” Explain.
Scarecrow says, “It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool.” But, if you were a “fool,” what feelings/ problems/ issues might not exist in your life?
Which details are correct in this picture?

6. Chapter 4

10. Closing:
Can you get more out of a story by paying more attention to the details?
Which of the 17 vocabulary words most closely matches what we have read from Wizard of Oz so far?