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Instructional Packet Week 3

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Week 3

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Across the Lake

Across the Lakeby W.M. Akers

"What do you think's over there?" asked Bart.

"What do you mean?" said Patsy.

"On the other side of the lake. What do you think is over there?"

Patsy and Bart were sister and brother-twelve and eight years old. They were on vacation, but Patsy was bored out of her mind. Ever since Bart was born, their family had been coming to Lake Wenatchee, a crystal blue sheet which stretched as far as the eye could see. Ever since Bart was born, they had stayed in the same cabin, a musty old wreck just steps from where the water met the gritty beach. And ever since Patsy was 10, she had hated coming here.

The mosquitoes got bigger every year. By now they were larger, it seemed, than her fist. The humidity got worse, and the rain became more constant. If this is what people meant by climate change, she thought, she was opposed to it. She spent most of the day reading in bed, stretched out on the scratchy blanket on the rock-hard mattress, wishing she was at home with her friends doing normal summer stuff: going to the mall, watching movies, eating popsicles in the park. She wished she was anywhere but Lake Wenatchee.

But there was nowhere else Bart wanted to be. He didn't mind the humidity, he found the constant rain soothing, and thought the giant mosquitoes were the most amazing animals he had ever seen. He didn't have time for reading on a scratchy blanket because he was in love with the lake. As soon ReadWorks.org · © 2014 ReadWorks®, Inc. All rights reserved.

Across the Lake

as dawn broke, he was on its shore-building gritty sand castles from the gritty sand. He imitated the birds, trying to get their attention. He crept up on geckos, hoping they would want to play. He threw rocks in the water doing everything he could to entertain the fish. Bart loved nature-even if the towering mosquito bites that dotted his arms and legs were proof that nature didn't love him back.

"I bet the other side of the lake is even better than this side," he said.

Trying to act interested, Patsy said, "What makes you say that?"

"It's tough to believe, I know, because this side is so unbelievably super perfect. There are birds and lizards and mosquitoes and fish. But something in my gut tells me that it's even better over there."

The summer before, Patsy and her mother had driven to the other side of the lake to buy shampoo at the drugstore. The other side of the lake was nothing too exciting: strip malls and gas stations, with a shopping mall in the middle. But before she told Bart the truth, she wanted to know what he was imagining. It would be more fun to burst his bubble that way.

"Describe it to me," she said. "Tell me everything that's on the other side of the lake."

"Fish, obviously. But much bigger ones, I bet. The kind we saw at the natural history museum last year-like the super-underwater kind that have the little lamp hanging in front of their eyes. I bet there's a whole bunch of those. And birds, too-obviously-but great big huge ones. Not just seagulls and stuff-falcons, hawks, and snowy owls."

"And bald eagles, too, I bet."

"Tons of them."

"Do you know what they call a group of eagles?"

"I don't know...a flock?"

"A convocation."

"No way."

"It's true! I learned it in science class last year."

"So if I went to the other side of the lake, I'd see a convocation of eagles?"

"And I bet that's not all you'd see. What else?"

"Uh...I don't know." Bart tossed a rock into the lake and watched the ripples drift slowly to the dock. He was appearing to lose interest.

"Come on, Bart! Let your imagination run wild. Anything in the world could be over there. So what do you want to see?"

"Well, uh...an ice cream store."

"What kind of ice cream store? The best one in the world?"

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Across the Lake

"Definitely."

"What makes it the best one in the world?"

"Well, uh-all the ice cream costs 25 cents. And if you ask for a free sample, they give you a whole scoop. And they have all kinds of crazy flavors, like butternut peanut butter walnut, and triple chocolate marshmallow fluff surprise."

"Triple chocolate marshmallow fluff surprise? What's the surprise?"

"More marshmallow."

Patsy felt her stomach give a rumble. "Huh. That actually sounds really good."

"Of course. And next to the ice cream store is a roller coaster park."

"And all the roller coasters are free?"

"Yep. And each one has a double loop-the-loop."

"You'd better ride that before you go to the ice cream store, not after."

"Good point." Bart trailed off again, distracted by a snail. Patsy found herself strangely impatient. She wanted to know what else was on the other side of the lake.

"Is there anything that I will like?"

"You like ice cream."

"Yeah, but what else?"

"Uh, I don't know. I guess there's probably a movie theater and stuff."

"But I can see movies at home. What's over there that's special?"

"There's a clothing store where they give you five free outfits, just for coming in the door. And all the clothes fit you perfectly, and the sales ladies are never mean to us, just because we're kids."

"Oh man, that sounds great."

"Yeah! And..." Bart tried to remember what else his sister liked. "There's a place where you can get free notebooks for school!"

"Really?"

"The really expensive kind, with the heavy paper and colorful covers and stuff. And you can have all the fancy pens you want!"

"That does sound nice..."

"Wait a minute! Didn't you and Mom go over there last year? To buy shampoo or something?"


Across the Lake

"Yeah."

"Well, what was it like?"

Patsy remembered the strip malls and gas stations-a lake of concrete, where the humidity was unbearable and the mosquitoes, somehow, even bigger-and she looked at her brother's hopeful, dreaming face.

"It was exactly like what you said," she said. "Free ice cream and roller coasters and everything. Exactly like that."


How to Say I Ruff You

How to Say I Ruff Youby W.M. Akers

Maria was fixing a second cup of hot chocolate when she heard her brother crying. It was a cold February 14, but the back door was cracked open. Danny was on the stoop in his winter coat, his arm wrapped tightly around Sherlock. Danny was seven years old. Sherlock was two. They were best friends in the world, despite the age difference, because Sherlock was a chocolate Labrador-a dog who looked so much like a dog, Maria was surprised he had never been asked to model for a pet food company.

She cupped her hands around the warm mug and listened through the doorway. It wasn't nice to eavesdrop, she knew, but she couldn't help herself. And who knows? Maybe if she knew why Danny was crying, she would be able to help.

"Everybody has a valentine but me," he said. "Daddy has Mommy. Grandpa has Grandma. All the people on TV are in love. Even Maria traded valentines with her best friend. But I didn't get a card, a lollipop, nothing. Does that seem fair to you?"

Lots of people talk to their dogs. They say things like, "Who's a good boy? You are! You are!" and "Sit!" or "Bad dog!" But Danny went further than that. He and Sherlock had conversations. Each night when he set the dog's food bowl out for him, Danny would wait until Sherlock had had a few bites before asking, just like a waiter in a restaurant, "if everything was to your satisfaction." When he came home from school, and Sherlock would bound up toward him, licking his face and knocking his books to the ground, Danny would say, "Hiya, boy! How's it going? What did you do today?" And each time he took Sherlock for a walk, Danny would ask him, "So-where to?"

Not only would Danny ask the dog questions, he would wait for answers, nodding his head and saying, "Hmmm..." and "uh-huh." Not only did he talk to the dog, he actually took his advice! Once, Maria asked Danny: "Why do you pay such close attention to what the dog has to say? He's barely older than a puppy."

"Yeah," said Danny, "but he's fourteen in dog years. That means he's older than me. Sherlock is very wise."

Maria couldn't argue with that.

Most of the time, Danny and the dog had a good relationship, but like all friends, they had their occasional spats. The summer before, Maria saw Danny storm in from the front yard, fuming, as


How to Say I Ruff You

Sherlock looked on from the door.

"What's the matter?" she said.

"All he wants to talk about is dog stuff!"

Maria couldn't argue with that either. But even when he was fighting with Sherlock, Maria had never seen her brother look so sad. She took a sip of her hot chocolate and heard Danny stand up. To avoid being seen, she ran out of the kitchen as fast as she could without spilling hot chocolate on her hands-this was not very fast-and went back to her room. She had some thinking to do. The valentine she'd gotten from her best friend sat on her bedside table. She cradled it in her hands and read it for what seemed like the thousandth time that week.

To Maria-The Greatest Friend A Girl Could Ever Have. Love, From Your Forever Valentine, Angela.

It was a handmade card, because Angela believed that buying a card at the store meant you didn't really care about the person. She'd drawn a picture of a butterfly on the front-Maria's favorite insect-and inside was a picture of the Eiffel Tower, because they were always dreaming of what it would be like to go to Paris. The letters were written precisely, in turquoise-colored pencil, because everyone knows that turquoise is the best color. And every surface was covered with glitter.

It was the finest valentine in the world. Danny was right. It wasn't fair at all that he didn't have one of his own. She took down her crafts kit-glitter, paper and dozens of glue sticks-and got to work. She would have to write with her left hand.

Danny sat at his desk, staring at his homework. He felt rotten. Valentine's Day was rotten. Homework was rotten. The whole world, he was beginning to suspect, was probably rotten, too. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make himself do his math homework. He needed a snack.

Danny trudged into the kitchen, hungry for pretzels. And there, on the counter, he saw a box of chocolates-just another reminder he was nobody's valentine.

"I'll show them what love is," he said. "I'm going to eat that whole box of chocolates. I don't care who they belong to."

But as he lifted the box, he saw that the chocolates belonged to him. A note, written in turquoise-colored pencil, was taped to the box and said: To Danny. He opened the flap and saw the most beautiful drawing he'd ever seen: a picture of him petting his dog. Above was a message, written in handwriting that was pretty shaky, but still readable.

To Danny-The Greatest Owner A Dog Could Ever Have. Love, Your Forever Valentine-Sherlock.

Danny raced outside and gave Sherlock the biggest hug he'd ever given him.

"Oh, boy!" he said. "I love you, too!"

Maria listened through her bedroom window. She knew it was rude to eavesdrop, but she just couldn't help herself.


Truthfulness and Sibling Relationships - Paired Text QuestionsAcross the Lake · How to Say I Ruff You

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

Use the article "Across the Lake" to answer questions 1 to 2.

1. How does Bart feel about being at Lake Wenatchee?

2. Patsy tells Bart that the other side of the lake is just like how he imagines it even

though she knows that is not the truth. Why might she have told Bart this? Support your

conclusion with details from the story.

Use the article "How to Say I Ruff You" to answer questions 3 to 4.

3. Why is Danny upset at the beginning of the story?


Truthfulness and Sibling Relationships - Paired Text QuestionsAcross the Lake · How to Say I Ruff You

4. Why does Maria write the Valentine's Day message for Danny with her left hand?

Support your inference with evidence from the text.

Use the articles "Across the Lake" and "How to Say I Ruff You" to answer question 5.

5. What is similar about the relationship between Patsy and Bart and the relationship

between Maria and Danny? Support your answer with evidence from both texts.

Use the article "Across the Lake" to answer question 6.

6. In "Across the Lake," Patsy hides the truth from Bart, and in "How to Say I Ruff You,"

Maria hides the truth from Danny. Compare the motivations of Patsy and Maria to hide

the truth. Use evidence from both texts to support your answer.


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Understanding Addition with Negative Integers1 Between the time Iko woke up and lunchtime, the temperature rose by 11°. Then

by the time he went to bed, the temperature dropped by 14 °.

Write an addition expression for the temperature relative to when Iko woke up.

Draw a model using integer chips and circle the zero pairs.

What is the value of the remaining integer chips after the zero pairs are removed?

What is the net change in the temperature relative to when Iko woke up?

2 Complete the number line model to find (25) 1 6.

210 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 102829 27 26 25 24 23 22 21

(25) 1 6 5

How would the number line model be different if you wanted to find (25) 1 (26)?

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.NS.A.1Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram.


Understanding Addition with Negative Integers continued For problems 3–5, consider the sum 4 1 (28).

3 Explain how you can use a number line to find the sum.

4 Explain how you can use chips to determine the sum.

5 Does it matter what order you add the numbers in the problem? Explain how chips and number lines support your answer.

6 Write an addition expression that has a value of 28.


Understanding Subtraction with Negative Integers

1 Mary takes 9 grapes from Rohin and then decides to give 4 back.

Write a subtraction problem to describe how many grapes Rohin has.

Draw a model for the subtraction problem using integer chips.

How many negative integer chips did you cross out?

Write the subtraction as addition.

Draw a model for the addition problem using integer chips.

How do the two integer chip models show that 29 2 (24) is the same as 29 1 4?

What is the change in the number of grapes Rohin has?

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.NS.A.1Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram.


Understanding Subtraction with Negative Integers continued

2 Jin is 3 floors above ground level in a hotel. Leila is on a parking level of the hotel that is 4 floors below ground level. How many floors apart are they? Draw a number line model to show 3 2 (24).

What is 3 2 (24)?

What is the meaning of this answer in the context of the problem?

Rewrite 3 2 (24) as an addition problem.

3 The variables a and b represent positive numbers. When you find the difference a 2 (2b), do you expect the result to be less than or greater than a? What if a is negative and b is positive? Explain.

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