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Unit / Week Title: The Hot and Cold Summer Suggested Time: 5 days (45 minutes per day) Common Core ELA Standards: RL.4.1, RL4.2, RL.4.4; RF.4.3, RF.4.4; W.4.2, W.4.4, W.4.9; SL.4.1, SL.4.2; SL.4.6; L.4.1, L.4.2, L.4.3, L.4.4 Teacher Instructions Refer to the Introduction for further details. Before Teaching Read the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis. Please do not read this to the students. This is a description for teachers, about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away after completing this task. Big Ideas and Key Understandings This is a story about making assumptions. Synopsis Before they ever met her, Rory and Derek made a pact not to speak to Bolivia, the new girl in town. Despite their parents’ and Bolivia’s efforts, the boys try their best to exclude her from hanging out with them. After Bolivia orchestrates a neighborhood-wide search for her pet parrot, Lucette, the boys become very excited about the parrot and break their vow of silence. Read entire main selection text, keeping in mind the Big Ideas and Key Understandings. Re-read the main selection text while noting the stopping points for the Text Dependent Questions and teaching Vocabulary. During Teaching Students read the entire main selection text independently. Teacher reads the main selection text aloud with students following along. (Depending on how complex the text is and the amount of support needed by students, the teacher may choose to reverse the order of steps 1 and 2.) Students and teacher re-read the text while stopping to respond to and discuss the questions and returning to the text. A variety of methods can be used to structure the reading and discussion (e.g., whole class discussion, think-pair-share, independent written response, group work, etc.) Text Dependent Questions Text Dependent Questions Answers To avoid someone means to keep away from them so that you don’t have to see them and they don’t have to see you. How did the boy