Finding Your Power: Freddie Ramos

Lesson 13
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ELA

Unit 5

2nd Grade

Lesson 13 of 21

Objective


Explain how Freddie’s feelings about his shoes have changed and why by using details to describe characters and how characters respond to major events and challenges.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Springs Into Action by Jacqueline Jules  — Chapters 2-3

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

How have Freddie’s feelings about the shoes changed? Why?

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Key Questions


  • Read the following sentences from page 15. "I was faster than a rocket! But still too young to leave the house without telling my mother." Explain what this means.

  • Describe Mom and Freddie's relationship.

  • Model fluent reading: Watch as I read the dialogue on these two pages. How does my voice change depending on who is speaking? What does that tell us?

  • Why does Mr. Vaslov give Gio a new ball?

  • What problems were the purple zapatos creating for Freddie?

  • Read the sentence from page 26. "Zapato Power was the best thing on earth when I was alone. But when I was with my friends, it felt a little like cheating." Explain why. Is it cheating?

  • The chapter ends by Mr. Vaslov saying, "Give me a few days to come up with something, Freddie. I'll do the best I can." What is Mr. Vaslov trying to come up with? What problem is he trying to solve?

Vocabulary


developing

v.

to make or bring into being

chuckled

v.

to laugh softly

controls

n.

buttons to turn a device on or off

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.2.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
  • RL.2.6 — Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
  • RF.2.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Supporting Standards

L.2.1.f
L.2.4.a
L.2.6
RF.2.3
RL.2.1
RL.2.10
SL.2.1
SL.2.2

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Explain why the chapter is titled, “Inventions Take Time” by using details to retell key events and how characters respond to major events and challenges.

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