People Who Changed the World

Lesson 22
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ELA

Alternate Unit 4

2nd Grade

Lesson 22 of 32

Objective


Describe Sonia Sotomayor’s career as a judge by describing the connection between a series of events.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: National Geographic Readers: Sonia Sotomayor by Barbara Kramer  pp. 24 – 31

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

Describe Sonia Sotomayor’s career as a judge.

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Key Questions


  • Describe Sonia’s life as a lawyer.

  • In 1991, Sonia was nominated to be a federal judge. Why was her nomination important?

  • How do the text features on pages 29 and 34 help you better understand the federal courts?

  • Why did Barack Obama nominate Sonia Sotomayor to be on the Supreme Court?

  • Look at the photograph on page 38. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

  • The author says, “she has shown that to be successful, you need to dream big and work hard.” Explain.

Vocabulary


nominate

v.

to choose for an office or position

federal

adj.

related to the central government

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.2.3 — Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
  • RF.2.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • RF.2.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Supporting Standards

RI.2.1
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RI.2.7
RI.2.10
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