People Who Changed the World

Describe what steps Honda took toward making his dream come true and why by identifying and explaining details an author uses to support an idea.

Describe how Honda changed the world by identifying and explaining details an author uses to support an idea.

Explain why Temple did not like hugs and what solution she invented and its impact by describing the connection between a series of events.

Describe why Julio devoted his medical skills to the study of the Indigenous history of Peru by explaining details an author uses to support an idea.

Explain what “and now Peruvians tell their own stories” means by describing how specific reasons support specific points an author makes.

Use subordinating conjunctions to write more interesting and complex sentences.

Explain why a classmate called Charles “indefatigable” by identifying and explaining details an author uses to support an idea.

Explain how Charles Henry Turner filled the world with “questions, questions, questions” and why it is important.

Explain how Wu Chien Shiung lived up to her name by identifying and explaining details the author uses to support an idea.

Explain why Wu Chien Shiung was called the “Queen of Physics” and defend whether others thought so or not by describing the connection between a series of events.

Write an informational report describing how a person made the world a better place by stating a claim and including supporting details from the text.

Explain how Wangari changed the country by identifying and describing the connection between a series of events.

Explain why the author describes Jane as a brave woman who was not afraid to do something that had never been done before by describing how specific reasons support specific points an author makes.

Describe Mario’s nagging question and why it was important by describing the connection between a series of events.

Explain what Mario means when he says, “We saved our planet once. We can do it again” and why it is important.

Use subordinating conjunctions to write more interesting and complex sentences.

Explain how Will Allen can “see what others can’t see” by describing how specific reasons support a specific point an author makes.

Write an informational report describing how a person made the world a better place by stating a claim and including supporting details from the text.

Describe Sonia’s childhood by identifying and describing the connection between a series of events.

Explain what the author means by “You never know what can happen—especially when you water a flower” by describing how specific reasons support specific points an author makes.

Describe how Sonia learned the lesson “You have to get up and try again. That is something really hard to do…” by describing the connection between a series of events.

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

Compare and contrast Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx with Sonia Sotomayor by identifying and explaining points presented by two texts on the same topic.

Explain how Hope helped Barack Obama make his dreams come true by describing how specific reasons support a specific point an author makes.

Describe two times that Obama “got up and did something” by describing the connection between a series of events.       

Compare and contrast Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope and Barack Obama by identifying and explaining points presented by two texts on the same topic.

Explain why Malala is a warrior with words by describing how specific reasons support specific points an author makes.

Describe Malala using two examples from the text.

Compare and contrast Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words and Malala Yousafzai: Champion for Education by identifying and explaining points presented by two texts on the same topic.

Write an informational report describing how a person made the world a better place by stating a claim and including supporting details from the text.

Research a local changemaker and describe how they changed your community.