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DURING READING
Guiding Comprehension
5 Simile • Literal
Find the simile on p. 122. What
two animals are being compared?
The eagle walks, talks, eats, and thinks like a chicken; an eagle and a chicken.
6 Target Skill Vocabulary • Context Clues
Use context clues to figure out
the meaning of the word
convinced on p. 122.
Clues: But the friend was not convinced; "I will show you that it
is an eagle." Meaning: persuaded; felt sure of.
Monitor Progress
then… use the vocabulary instruction on
p. 123.
If… students have difficulty using context clues,
Target Skill Context Clues
VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Context Clues
TEACH
  • Tell students that when we
    come across a word we don't know, we can use context clues to help us figure it out.
  • Context clues are the words and sentences around the word.
  • Model using context clues to
    figure out the meaning of
    convinced     on p. 122.
Think Aloud MODEL When I come across
the word convinced, I stop to
look at the words and
sentences around the word. The farmer tells the friend that the eagle is a chicken, but the friend says he will show the farmer that it is really an eagle. I know the friend still doesn't believe the farmer, even though the farmer tries to persuade the friend. Convinced must mean "persuaded."
PRACTICE AND ASSESS
Have students use context clues to
define the word fairly on p. 123. (rather) To assess, have them use the word in a sentence of their own.
Fly, Eagle, Fly! An African Tale

"Fly, Eagle, Fly! An African Tale"
retold by Christopher Gregorowski

Student Edition
Unit 4, pp. 116–129

This is a folk tale, a story or legend from another land that is handed down from one generation to the next.

One day a farmer went to search for a lost calf. He looked and called by the river and in the reeds. He searched the hillside, the valley, and the forest. Finally he began to climb the mountain. His voice echoed. Nothing. He looked in a gully to see if the calf was hiding there. Instead, on a rocky ledge, he saw something very strange. It was the day-old chick of an eagle, the king of birds. The farmer gently picked up the frightened baby bird. He would take it home. "We shall train it to be a chicken," he said.
The baby bird got along with the chickens. It learned to scratch in the dirt for food. But it began to look different as it grew older. One day a friend came by. He saw the bird with the chickens and said that it was an eagle. The farmer smiled. It was a chicken, he insisted.
The friend asked to show he was right. He caught the bird. Holding it high above his head, he told the bird it was an eagle. "You belong not to the earth but to the sky. Fly, eagle, fly!" he said. The bird stretched out its wings. Then it looked down and saw the chickens scratching. It jumped to the ground. The farmer laughed.
The next day the friend came back to try again. He asked for a ladder and took the bird with him to the top of the tallest hut. Again the friend told the eagle, "Fly, eagle, fly!" Again the bird scrambled back to the chickens. The farmer laughed even harder.
Very early the next day, before it was light, the friend woke the farmer. This time, he begged, they would go to the mountain. They would let the eagle see the sunrise. The farmer finally agreed. The two friends walked until the path grew narrow. They began to climb. The friend found a ledge and carefully set down the bird. He talked to the bird about the sun. "When it rises, rise with it," he said. Sunlight began to fill the sky. "Fly, eagle, fly!" he called one last time.
The bird slowly stretched its neck. It straightened its wings. It leaned forward, and its claws clutched the rock. Then, as the wind rose, the eagle leaned forward even more and was carried up into the sky. It disappeared, never to live with the chickens again.

From Fly, Eagle, Fly! Text copyright © 2000 by Christopher Gregorowski. Reprinted with permission of Margaret K. McElderry Books, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division. All rights reserved.

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Understanding Idioms Have students read the first sentence on p. 122. Explain that the word drop usually means to fall or to let fall, but to drop in means to visit someone. Discuss other idioms for the word visit, such as to stop by or to pop in. Then have students talk about a time when they dropped in on someone.