ACTIVITY 1.7

Springboard

Review

What are the strategies of definition?

Essential question: What defines a hero?

Anticipation guide

Complete the anticipation guide on page 17Place an “A” on the line if you agree the

statement or “D” if you disagree (3 min)

Challenges

class brainstorming,think of situations in which ordinary people

are challenged to act heroically and record these at the top of page 18 Examples: coping with death, dealing with a bully,

having a child, deciding to donate a loved one’s organs, etc. Remember to use past events to help you (9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Joplin tornado)

With your elbow buddy come up with three additional situations where someone might be challenged to act heroically

Does a hero always have to be an adult? Explain

Quickwrite (p. 18)

Write about an event that involved someone actingheroically. This may be an event from your brainstormed list, an event that you saw personally, or one that you have heard or read about.Perhaps it is an event that you saw on the news or depicted in a movie.Write about the most important aspects of the event. (What was the event? Whom did it involve? When did it happen? Where did it occur?Why is it an important event? How did it involve heroism?)

Hmm…what am I going to do while reading?

As you read the following article, take notes in the My Notes sectionon the 5 Ws and an H questions: Who, What, Where, When, Why, andHow.

Paraphrase the facts of the article, rather than quoting passagesverbatim. Your How? note should answer the question “How can the boy be considered a hero?”

Remember, paraphrasing a text requires care. When you paraphrase,you must use different language and sentence structure. If a paraphrase is a word-for-word match to the original text or so close that it is difficult to tell the difference, it could be called plagiarism.

A Sneak Peek

Look at the title and tell me what type of writing is this? What is it going to be about?

As you watch the video look for everyday heroes mentioned…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9269453/ns/us_news-katrina_the_long_road_back/

Finally…

Read this article and take notes on the 5 Wsand H in the “my notes” section of your book.

You are to paraphrase the facts of thearticle, not quote passages.

summarize the main points of the article in three or four sentences, using your paraphrasednotes on the 5 Ws.

Grammar Extension

Prepositional phrases - add detail in sentences byshowing relationships of time, direction, or location.Prepositional phrases function as adjectivesor adverbs.

Preposition - words that show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4jIC5HLBdM