1. Ghost Towns of the American West Reading Goal: Cause and Effect Team Cooperation Goal: Completing Tasks Genre: Expository Day : 3

2. 1.On what page does Chapter 7 begin? 2.What is the title of Ch. 16? 3.How many parts are contained in this table of contents?

3. Review Vocabulary independently – 5 minutes Can you pronounce it Can you give the definition Can you use it in a sentence

4. Vocabulary Vault

5. Listening Comprehension Trail of Tears What is the Cause and Effect? By Joseph Burchak

6. Building Background Why did people go west to start new lives?

7. Ghost Towns of the American West

8. Partner Read- 15 minutes Survey the pages  Pictures, subtitles, headings  Make predictions Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you Read and restate pages 616-617 Clarify as you read Do RT

9. Team Discussion-15minutes Discuss answers to team talk questions Write answers to questions 1 and 3

10. Class Discussion Describe the typical western town. You can conclude from the text that railroads were Why did Garland City, Colorado, move thirty miles west? How many more men were there than women in the western towns

11. Writing Adventures- 15 min Look at the picture of Cabezon, new Mexico, on page 619. Imagine you area newspaper reporter writing a story on the ghost town

12. Vocabulary Practice-10 min Divide your words with partner. Choose a word from your list to use in a meaningful sentence.

13. Fluency – 5 min Page 617