6 th GRADE Unit # 3 How does helping others help us all?

Unit # 3 How does helping others help us all?

Statement of Inquiry

THE IB learner profile

“Helping others foster the connection between the meaning of cooperation and the purpose of leadership.”

Today we are going to be Open Minded and Reflective !

Related concept

Key concept

Purpose Meaning

Connection

Literary words

Academic words

These words are called LITERACY words because in a discussion of literature, they have unique meaning.

Appropriate

Communicate

Dialect: The way people speak in a specific region

Period

mood: the atmosphere or feeling of the literarywork

Precise

suspense: a feeling of excitement or anxiety that comes from not knowing what will happen next

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Run Away Home

Reading Summary

This reading is about a family who helps an Apache boy in Alabama in 1888.

Purpose for reading:

Read to learn why a girl and her mother help a sick boy.

We are open minded !

Answer ?

1.Who do you think Mr.Wratten is?

2.Have you ever 'spoken out of place" about something you felt strongly about ?

3. According to Mr.Wratten, why did Sky run away ?

Answer ?

We are Reflective !

4.What does Mama say to convince Papa to help Sky?

5.Why do you think the author has Papa speak in DIALECT?How does his way of speaking reveal his character?

6. What does Sarah mean when she calls Sky an Un -person?