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Transcript

Task

Drawing Conclusions

Vocabulary

shack, trespassing, pickup, coughed

Grammar

Past Perfect
NarrativeFlashback

Reading

Today's Lesson

Level 7 Unit 4 Lesson 3

Interesting Insects

Have you ever accidentally eaten an insect?

Get Thinking!

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Idioms

Knee high to a grasshopperWhen you were youngerI haven't seen that type of car since I was knee high to a grasshopper.

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Reading

Prereading

Have you ever had to escape or run away from someone?
shack
“Fine, fine,” Damon muttered. “So he won’t eat a ladybug. Let’s find something that’s not beneficial at all.”A big, fat, black housefly flew over our heads, and Damon pointed toward it. “You can eat a fly.”“I am not going to eat a fly,” I declared. “They are disgusting, dirty insects. If I ate a fly, I would probably get really sick.”“Damon ate a fly once,” Jenna interrupted. “It was while we were on the bike path by the railroad tracks. We had just passed that old, dirty shack where the crazy lady lives. Don’t you remember?”

Reading

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trespassing
“I remember that lady,” Carrie admitted. She came out of the shack waving that big old shovel and yelled that we were trespassing and that we better get off her property.”“And she had that big, dirty dog that barked and barked,” I added as the memory returned.“Then she let go of the leash, and the dog started chasing us, and we had to go up that steep hill as fast as we could,” Damon smiled at the memory.“I remember feeling like I couldn’t breathe, and I knew the dog was right behind me, but I couldn’t pedal any faster,” Jenna added.

Reading

pickup
“It was a good thing that big pickup came by and scared the dog away,” I said.Carrie nodded. “I remember that it was going so fast, I thought it was going to fly off the road.”“And then we got to the corner, and we were all so out of breath, hot and sweaty, and we didn’t have any water,” Jenna laughed.“And that’s when I swallowed the fly,” Damon shouted. “I was breathing so hard, and it just flew in my mouth, and I couldn’t stop myself from swallowing it.”We all gasped and laughed, remembering the moment.

Reading

cough
“You turned bright red,” I remembered. “And you coughed and coughed, but it wouldn’t come back up.”“That was the most disgusting thing ever,” Damon pretended to throw up, and then he looked me in the eye. “But if I’ve already eaten a fly, I think it’s only fair that you eat one, too.”“I already told you, I’m not going to eat a fly,” I responded. “I bet there isn’t one good thing about that hideous creature.”“Actually,” Jenna said as she opened her phone again.

Reading

What problems did they have on their bike ride?

Where did the characters go?

When did Damon swallow the fly?

Comprehension

pickup
cough
trespassing
shack

Matching

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slid
coughed
invasive
shack
larvae
knowingly
trespassing
pickup

SUSPENSe

Make a Sentence

start

What is the purpose of a flashback?
Can you think of a story you have read that has a flashback?
Why does Carrie begin telling this flashback?

Flashback

Grammar

Past Perfecthad + past participle
Anything that happened to the characters before is told in past perfect tense.

Past Perfect

The story we read today is in past tense.
“Then she let go of the leash and the dog started chasing us and we had to go up that steep hill as fast as we could,” Damon smiled at the memory. “I remember feeling like I couldn’t breathe, and I knew the dog was right behind me, but I couldn’t pedal any faster,” Jenna added. “It was a good thing that that big pickup came by and scared the dog away,” I said. Carrie nodded, “I remember that it was going so fast, I thought it was going to fly off the road.” “And then we got to the corner and we were all so out of breath, and hot and sweaty and we didn’t have any water,” Jenna laughed. “And that’s when I swallowed the fly,” Damon shouted. “I was breathing so hard and it just flew in my mouth and I couldn’t stop from swallowing it.” We all gasped and laughed remembering the moment.

Past Perfect

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Practice

run
get help
???
throw things
fight
What are ways to escape from danger?

Mind Map

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What are the things that speaker A needs to raise butterflies?

Listening

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Listen to the podcast:4:00 - 5:27Be ready to tell how Mina feels about eating the insects.

Extension

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How can a flashback help a story?

Exit Interview

Goodbye!