Lesson Four

Considering a Character’s Relationship with Others: Contrasting Ha and Her Brothers

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LESSON 4 AGENDA1. Opening A. Engaging the Reader: We Learn More about Ha by How She Speaks about the Papaya Tree, and about Her Brothers (5 minutes) B. Review Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Rereading the Text and Answering Text- Dependent Questions: “Papaya Tree” (12 minutes) B. Discuss QuickWrite 1 and Create Small-Group Anchor Chart: “Who Is Ha?” (13 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Debrief 5 minutes) B. Preview Unit 1 Recommended Texts List (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Read pages 10–21 and complete QuickWrite 2

• I can explain how the specific word choices in the poem “Papaya Tree” create tone and help reveal meaning.


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Lesson Four Learning Targets:

B. Review Learning Targets (5 minutes)

What are some synonyms for the word “meaning?”

What is Ha referring to?


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“It grew from a seedI flicked intothe back garden.”How does her description of the tree

help us to learn about her and her war-torn country?


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“Things Close Readers Do”What do we have so far?

A. Rereading the Text and Answering Text- Dependent Questions: “Papaya Tree” (12 minutes)

Silently read “Papaya Tree” on pages 8 and 9 for the gist (What is it mostly about?).Follow along in the text as I read the poem.

What new or important details struck you after hearing the poem read aloud again?


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Why might the author have chosen this particular tree to focus on?

• Grows in Vietnam

• Bears sweet fruit for Ha to enjoy.


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“Papaya Tree” Text-dependent Questions• Tape quarter sheet into

Starbook1. How did the papaya tree begin to grow? Was the planting of the tree intentional or a careless act? Why did the author choose the word flicked versus planted? How do these words differ in meaning and tone? (5’s)2. From youngest to oldest, Ha describes what each brother sees on the tree. What is the pattern she describes? (2’s)

• Numbered Heads Together!


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3. Ha vows to be the first to witness or observe the ripening of the papaya fruit. What does the word vows mean in this context? Where else did we read that Ha wanted to be the first at something? (3’s)

4. What can you infer or conclude about Ha’s character based on these two poems or critical incidents? (4’s)


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B. Discuss QuickWrite 1 and Create Small-Group Anchor Chart: “Who Is Ha?” (13 minutes) • One crayon per person (everyone

chooses a different color)• One piece of chart paper per group

• Sign your name on the bottom of the chart in your chosen color.


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• As a group, use your notes to re-create the “Who is Ha?” Anchor Chart from Lesson 2.

• Use notes from Lesson 2 and 3, Quick Write 1, and today’s lesson to build the chart.Detail/Evidence Page Inference/Reasoning

“Now I am ten.” 2 She is on the edge of growing up.


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A. Debrief 5 minutes)

What can you add to “Things Close Readers Do” based on today’s lesson?

Add to your chart:

*Notice details

*Answer questions based on the text


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• In the next lesson you will have an opportunity to “show what you know” about analyzing Ha’s character.

• There are no tricks to this assessment; it is very much like the thinking you have been practicing in lessons 1-4

• Tape Quick Write 2 in your Starbooks for tonight’s homework.


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