a person, place, or thing

Nouns

• Common noun = regular things -> student, store, book

• Proper noun = specific

  things -> Maria, Target, Thunder Rolling In The Mountains

**Common nouns are only capitalized when they are at the beginning of a sentence.

Pronouns

• I

• you

• he

• she
  

• it

• we

• they

The girl walked to the gym.

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\/

She walked to the gym.

Model

• The family traveled to another state.

• They traveled to another state.

• They traveled to California.

• The woman went to the restaurant.

• She went to Olive Garden.

Wit & Wisdom Module 1

Essential Question: How do cultural beliefs and values guide people?

How does the conflict between the Nez Perce and the U.S. government reveal differing cultural beliefs and values?

Focus Question:

Content Framing Question:

What do I notice and wonder in chapter 1 of Thunder Rolling in the Mountains?

Lesson Objectives

I can infer the significance of my observations and questions about the character and conflict in Chapter 1 of Thunder Rolling in the Mountains.

I can discuss Chapter 1 and identify character traits in Chapter 1 of the text by participating in a gallery walk.

Content Objective:






Language Objective:

• Based on a true story

  • Some facts are real but some are fiction

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All conflicts are problems but there are different types of conflicts

4 Types of Conflict

A character's feelings, actions, words, and thoughts can either be positive (+) or negative (-)

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• Outside trait = physical; what you can see

• Inside trait = personality; how they feel or act; FAST

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• Using what you read and connecting it to what you know to make a guess about a character or event

​Inferring

​Chapter 1 Discussion

• Who are the characters in this chapter?

• What is the setting?

• What is the conflict?

• What are the main events? (BME)

• Was the conflict resolved?

Gallery Walk

For each character, answer the following questions on the chart paper:

• How can you best describe the character? Include outside and inside traits (use evidence from the text).

• Did they face a conflict? (use evidence from the text)