Finding Your Power: Freddie Ramos

Lesson 4
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ELA

Unit 5

2nd Grade

Lesson 4 of 21

Objective


Explain why the chapter is titled, “A Pretty Regular Night for a Superhero” by using details to retell key events and how characters respond to major events and challenges.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off by Jacqueline Jules  — Chapter 4

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

Why is Chapter 4 titled, "A Pretty Regular Night for a Superhero?”

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Key Questions


  • Why does Mom think education is important?

  • What does Freddie do with his sneakers? Why?

  • Why does Freddie say his “whole life was about to change?”

  • What happened to Freddie’s dad?

  • Freddie's imagination takes over while he is reading with his mom. Describe.

  • Model fluent reading: Readers change their voice when reading different characters. Watch how I change my voice to show how the different characters are feeling. What did you notice?

  • Freddie said it was time to confess. Did he actually confess? Why or why not?

Vocabulary


confess

v.

to admit as true

concentrate

v.

to focus your attention or thought on something

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.2.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
  • RL.2.5 — Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
  • 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.2.5.a
RF.2.3
RL.2.1
RL.2.7
RL.2.10
SL.2.1
SL.2.2
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