From Miss Ida’s PorchBy Sandra Belton

Illustrated by Meryl Treatner

Spelling List1. modesty

2. honesty

3. lucky

4. messy

5. rainy

6. tasty

7. necessity

8. civility

9. nobility

10. agility

BONUS WORDS: 1. buoyant 2. specificity

11.hostility

12.purity

13. formality

14.vigilant

15.servant

16.assistant

17. immigrant

18.pleasant

19.defiant

20. resistant

From Miss Ida’s PorchBy Sandra Belton

Illustrated by Meryl Treatner

Genre: Realistic FictionA story that contains characters, settings, and

conflicts that can exist in real life.

Comprehension Strategy: Adjusting Reading Speed

Focus Questions:•Who saw Marian Anderson perform in Washington D.C.?•Why was it significant that

Marian Anderson sang at Constitution Hall?

Word Structurelucky messy modesty honesty

specificity normality formality necessity

monument/Lincoln Memorialthat magnificent singer/Marian

Anderson

servant applicant coolant assistant

suffix- is found at the end of a base word.

–y

having the quality of, state, or condition

ex: honesty

–ity

having the quality of, condition of, or state of

ex: necessity

-ant

being in a particular state or one who.

ex: defiant

Levels of Specificity

It narrows done a topic.

insect beetle ladybug

What do you

know about

Civil Rights

Movement in

the United

States?

“You can know where you are going in this world only if

you know where you’ve

been!”

C P WClues Problems Wonderings

• From the 1880s to the 1960s, states and cities throughout the nation practiced segregation. They required separate spaces for white and black Americans. Black Americans could not sit in the same places, drink from the same water fountains, or use the same facilities as white Americans.

• These laws, known as separate-but-equal laws, were anything but equal. The black Americans were treated unfairly and discriminated against in most settings.

• The laws were also called Jim Crow laws after a character in a minstrel show. The civil rights movement worked in opposition to these unfair laws, seeking to gain equality for African Americans.

Setting: Miss Ida’s Porch

Who is sitting on the porch?

What are they doing

on the porch?

How is this connected to the theme heritage?

The dedication of the Lincoln

Memorial.Ms. Anderson sang at the

Lincoln Memorial, because she was

not allowed to sing at

Constitution Hall.

25 years later: Ms. Anderson is singing at

Constitution Hall for a farewell

concert.

This is a frame story. A frame story is a story within a story. The first two pages of this selection is the picture frame, and the setting is the frame for the story within the story.

attitudenoun

A way of acting,

thinking, or feeling

claimverbTo declare as one’s

own

magnificentadj.

Outstanding; excellent

spellboundadj.Fascinated; filled withdelight or wonder

civilizationsnounAn advanced human society inwhich agriculture, trade,government, art, and scienceare highly developed

sectionnounA part of an area

concertnoun

A musical performance

finestadj.Most excellent

forbiddennoun

Off-limits

trolleynounA streetcar that runs on tracksand gets its power from andelectric wire overhead

After completion of test, please file.

Must Do: Complete or correct your “Sentence 4 Square”

Correct your sequencing sheet. Use strategies discussed. 1. Read sequencing choices

2. Read passage completely one time.3. Read a second time, underlining details.4. Sequence at the bottom referring to the key details underlined.

Journal Writing: In reading response section, write a comparing and contrasting paragraph. Compare and Contrast the 4 stories read in our Unit 1.Discuss the ways in which Heritage was passed down in each story.Use key words.

different same alike difference although

similar however as well as on the other

hand more/most both but in contrast to

MAY DO: READ