11 TEACHER’S GUIDE Ben Franklin Goes to Paris · · 2012-08-16Did you know that he helped...

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Ben Franklin Goes to Parisby Eric Oatman

Fountas-Pinnell Level RNonfictionSelection SummaryAs the Revolutionary War began, the Patriots sent Ben Franklin to the French court in Paris to seek help. Franklin won the strong support of the Count of Vergennes, who convinced the French king to send soldiers, money, ships, and guns. That turned the tide. Who knows how the war would have ended had Franklin not gone to Paris!

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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Nonfi ction

Text Structure • Two to four short paragraphs on each page• Events presented in chronological order

Content • American Revolution, from 1775–1783 • Benjamin Franklin’s effort in seeking help from the French • British spies

Themes and Ideas • Benjamin Franklin helped secure America’s independence. • The American Revolution was not won with military power alone.

Language and Literary Features

• Clear presentation, enlivened with quotes, exclamations• Many descriptive details• Figurative language, simile

Sentence Complexity • Introductory phrases, compound and complex sentences• Short, declarative sentences for change of pace or emphasis

Vocabulary • Historical names and terms, such as Revolutionary War, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Count of Vergennes, Louis XVI, King George III

Words • Primarily one- or two-syllable words • Compounds, affi xed words

Illustrations • Portraits and paintings related to the American Revolution• Benjamin Franklin’s signature

Book and Print Features • Thirteen pages of text, twelve with illustrations• Captions

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Target Vocabulary

bracing – placing oneself against a support to keep from being knocked over, p. 12

conduct – behavior, p. 14cramped – small and tightly

packed, p. 5

distracted – to have one’s attention drawn away, p. 11

embark – to set out on an adventure or task, p. 4

pressing – urgent, p. 11representatives – people chosen

to speak for others, p. 2

shattered – broken suddenly into many smaller pieces, p. 9

surveyed – looked over its parts and features, p. 13

viewpoint – a way of thinking about something, p. 9

Ben Franklin Goes to Paris by Eric Oatman

Build BackgroundHelp students use their knowledge of Benjamin Franklin to visualize the selection. Build interest by asking questions such as the following: What do you know about Benjamin Franklin? Did you know that he helped Americans win the Revolutionary War—and that he did it from Paris? Read the title and author and talk about the cover illustration. Explain that it shows Benjamin Franklin charming French society in Paris.

Introduce the TextGuide students through the text, noting important ideas and nonfi ction features. Help with unfamiliar language so they can read the text successfully. Give special attention to target vocabulary. Here are some suggestions:

Pages 2–3: Have students read the chapter heading and captions. Suggested language: In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the representatives from the colonies met. Page 3 shows the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Why did this mean war with Britain?

Pages 4–6: Have students read the chapter heading and captions. The war has just started, yet Franklin is going to Paris. Why? He would embark to France secretly on a cramped ship with little space. As you can see in the picture on page 5, his ship was in danger. What if the British had caught his ship? The British saw Franklin as a traitor.

Pages 12–13: Point out that captions can give clues about information in the text. What do the captions on these pages tell you? Discuss the heading. When he was about to hear the outcome of the battle of Saratoga, Franklin had to brace, or support, himself. Bad news would shatter his hopes of persuading the French king that the Americans could win the war. He needed an American victory to change the king’s viewpoint.

Now turn back to the beginning and read to fi nd out why Ben Franklin went to Paris and why Americans should be glad that he did.

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ReadHave students read silently while you listen to individual students read aloud. Support their understanding of the text as needed.

Remind students to use the Visualize Strategy and to picture in their minds the people and events described in the text.

Discuss and Revisit the TextPersonal ResponseInvite students to share their personal responses to the text.Suggested language: What information about Benjamin Franklin did you fi nd most surprising? What do you admire most about Benjamin Franklin?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, help students understand these points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Franklin went to Paris to seek help for the Patriots.

• The colonies needed France to send soldiers, money, guns, and gunpowder.

• The American victory at Saratoga convinced the French king that he should support them.

• Franklin knew how to win people over and gain their support.

• Americans may not have been able to win the Revolution without the help sent by France.

• Franklin was in danger of being tried as a traitor if the British caught him.

• Captions help to explain the illustrations.

• The illustrations contain a lot of visual information.

• Most of the illustrations are of paintings from the Revolutionary period.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for Further Support• Fluency Invite students to choose a passage from the text to read aloud. Suggest that

they read several paragraphs as if they were narrating a documentary or TV special.

• Comprehension Based on your observations of the students’ reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind students to go back to the text to support their ideas.

• Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Remind students that shorter words are sometimes combined to form a new, compound word. Examples from the book include gunpowder, warships, Frenchmen, bareheaded, eyeglasses, alongside, and viewpoint.



Writing about ReadingVocabulary PracticeHave students complete the Vocabulary questions on BLM 11.1.

RespondingHave students use their Reader’s Notebook to complete the vocabulary activities on page 15. Remind them to answer the Word Teaser on page 16. (Answer: shattered)

Reading Nonfi ctionNonfiction Features: Captions and Illustrations Remind students that nonfi ction has many features to help readers fi nd and understand important information. Explain that captions and illustrations are two of these features. Captions tell what the book’s illustrations, photos, or other graphic features are about. They may also supply additional details. Reading the captions in a nonfi ction book is a good way to preview the book before reading it. It is important to not skip over them because they supply necessary information. Have students choose a caption and rewrite it in their own words.

Illustrations are another important source of information. They often add details that are not in the text. Explain that since the events in this book took place over 200 years ago, there are no photographs of them. Instead, the illustrations are photographs of paintings from that period. Ask students to choose an illustration from the book, write its page number, and then write several sentences about interesting details they observe in the illustration.

Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the TextHave students write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they think beyond the text, they use their personal knowledge to reach new understandings.

Assessment Prompts• What is the meaning of representatives on page 2?

• On page 13, which sentences support the idea Ben Franklin was adored in France?

• What is a main idea of the selection?


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Target VocabularyComplete the Web with words that relate to the Target Vocabulary word in the center. Use one of the related words in a sentence with the Target Vocabulary word. Then make Webs and write sentences for five of the other Target Vocabulary words on another sheet of paper.

crampedshatteredrepresentativesconduct

distractedsurveyedembark

viewpointpressingbracing

Vocabulary

Sentence:___________________________________________________________

elevator hot

cramped:crowded

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Target Vocabulary

Grade 5, Unit 3: Revolution!

Name Date

3

airplane small

I felt cramped in the crowded elevator.

Possible responses shown.

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Confirming Pages

English Language DevelopmentReading Support Pair beginning and intermediate readers to read the text softly, or have students listen to the audio or online recordings. Or, have beginning speakers read the captions.

Cultural Support Explain, as necessary, that before the United States was a country, it was ruled by Great Britain. The land was divided into colonies, which later became states. Britain treated the colonies unfairly. The colonists rebelled and started the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin was on the side of the colonists, against Britain. Explain the terms Continental Congress and delegates (p. 2).

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck student comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches your students’ English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the student.

Beginning/Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: Whom did the Patriots send to Paris?

Speaker 2: Benjamin Franklin

Speaker 1: Why did the American army need money from France?

Speaker 2: to pay its soldiers

Speaker 1: Why did Benjamin Franklin go to Paris?

Speaker 2: He went to obtain money, soldiers, ships, and war supplies from the French.

Speaker 1: What was the Treaty of Paris?

Speaker 2: The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War with Britain.

Speaker 1: What happened on July 4, 1776?

Speaker 2: The Congress declared independence from Britain.

Speaker 1: How did the American victory at Saratoga help Franklin’s cause?

Speaker 2: It showed the French king that the Americans could win.



Name Date

Ben Franklin Goes to ParisThinking Beyond the Text

Think about the question below. Then write your answer in one or two paragraphs.

Remember that when you think beyond the text, you use your personal knowledge to reach new understanding.

Think of all the work Franklin did that led to America’s winning its independence, beginning with his trip to London in 1775. What were Benjamin Franklin’s contributions to America? Why do Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Benjamin Franklin?


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Ben Franklin Goesto Paris

Target Vocabulary


Target VocabularyComplete the Web with words that relate to the Target Vocabulary word in the center. Use one of the related words in a sentence with the Target Vocabulary word. Then make Webs and write sentences for five of the other Target Vocabulary words on another sheet of paper.

crampedshatteredrepresentativesconduct

distractedsurveyedembark

viewpointpressingbracing

Vocabulary

Sentence:___________________________________________________________

elevator hot

cramped:crowded

Name Date


1414

143


Student Date Lesson 11

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Running Record Form

Ben Franklin Goes to Paris • LEVEL R

Behavior Code Error

Read word correctly ✓cat 0

Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

®cat

0

Omission —cat 1

Behavior Code Error

Substitution cutcat 1

Self-corrects cut sccat 0

Insertion the

ˆcat 1

Word told Tcat 1

page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

2 In the spring of 1775, Ben Franklin felt like a failure. He

was in London trying to get the British to let its thirteen

American colonies run their own affairs. But the British

wouldn’t listen to him.

Finally, he gave up and sailed home to Philadelphia. There,

some shocking news awaited him. American and British

soldiers were killing each other! The Revolutionary War had

begun.

Franklin joined the Continental Congress the day after he

got home. Meeting in Philadelphia, the Congress was made up

of 61 men, or delegates. They had come to Philadelphia as

representatives for their colonies.

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/99 × 100)

%

Total Self- Corrections

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