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BEFORE READING
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For a Web site that explores the Spanish words used in the selection, have students use a student-friendly search engine to do an Internet search using the keywords common Spanish words.
ELL
Build Background Use ELL Poster 30 to build background and vocabulary for the lesson concept of being free to follow your dreams.
ELL Poster 30
ELL Poster 30
Lesson Vocabulary
WORDS TO KNOW
Tested Word burro a donkey, used to
carry loads
Tested Word bursts breaks open or opens
suddenly
Tested Word factory a building or group of
buildings where people and machines make things
Tested Word glassblower a person who
shapes glass objects by blowing air from the mouth through a tube into a blob of hot, liquid glass at the other end of the tube
Tested Word puff to swell up
Tested Word reply to answer someone by
words or actions
Tested Word tune a piece of music; melody
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
serenade music played to someone outside at night
shriek to make a loud, sharp, shrill sound
Tested Word= Tested Word
Practice Book
Practice Book 3.2 p. 144
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Build Background
ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
BEGIN A PROBLEM AND SOLUTION CHART about overcoming problems in
order to follow your dreams.
  • Have students think of a time when they wanted to do something but were
    unable to. Invite them to record their problem, including what they wanted to
    achieve and why they could not accomplish it.
  • Next ask students to consider how they solved the problem and achieved
    their goal. If they did not overcome the problem, have them think about
    steps they took or steps they should have taken to overcome the problem.
    Encourage students to add the information to the graphic organizer.
  • Tell students that, as they read, they should consider the problem Elena
    encounters in following her dream. Ask them to note how Elena solves her
    problem.
Graphic Organizer 20
Graphic Organizer 20
BACKGROUND BUILDING AUDIO This week’s audio presents Mexican folk
songs from the selection. After students listen, discuss what they thought
about the songs.
Audio CD Background Building Audio
Introduce Vocabulary
WORD RATING CHART
Create word rating charts using the categories Know, Have Seen, and
Don’t Know.
Read each word to students and have them place a check mark in one of the
three columns: Know (know and can use), Have Seen (have seen or heard the
word; don’t know meaning), Don’t Know (don’t know the word).
Activate Prior Knowledge
Have students share where they may have seen some of these words. Point
out that some of this week’s words have synonyms (tune/melody; bursts/
explodes).
Context Clues • Synonyms
Check charts with students at the end of the week and have them make
changes to their ratings.
Discuss the meanings of some of the vocabulary words with students. Ask the
following questions to clarify word meanings.
  • Why don’t you reply when I ask you a question?
  • What is the name of that tune I’ve heard you humming all day?
  • Did you see the piñata burst and spill all the goodies?
Use the Multisyllabic Word Routine on p. DI•1 to help students read multisyllabic words.