4.2 Reading- Day 3

Weekly Concept: Overcoming Challenges
Essential Question: How do people meet personal challenges?
Objective: You will be able cite textual evidence and use evidence to help you make inferences. 
Vocabulary Words: this week for each vocabulary word, we will define the word, draw a picture representation, find synonyms and use it in our own sentence. 
Today, review definitions for vocabulary. Use each new word in a sentence. 
  • summit
  • assess
  • compensate
  • deteriorated
  • devastating
  • implement
  • peripheral
  • potential

Read: In the large Wonders book (or online), find the story, "Seeing Things his own way" on page 277. 

  • We will be reading about choices a young blind man has made. 
  • Predict how the selection will help them answer the Essential Question. 
  • As you listen to the story, think of details that would help you find what the author's point of view is.