Lesson: Citing Textual Evidence Lesson Topic: Cite textual evidence to support a claim

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1 Lesson: Citing Textual Evidence Lesson Topic: Cite textual evidence to support a claim Read the following passage, which continues the story about Sara. A Little Princess By Frances Hodgson Burnett If Sara had been older or less punctilious about being quite polite to people, she could have explained herself in very few words. But, as it was, she felt a flush rising on her cheeks. Miss Minchin was a very severe and imposing person, and she seemed so absolutely sure that Sara knew nothing whatever of French that she felt as if it would be almost rude to correct her. The truth was that Sara could not remember the time when she had not seemed to know French. Her father had often spoken it to her when she had been a baby. Her mother had been a French woman, and Captain Crewe had loved her language, so it happened that Sara had always heard and been familiar with it. "I I have never really learned French, but but " she began, trying shyly to make herself clear. One of Miss Minchin's chief secret annoyances was that she did not speak French herself and was desirous of concealing this irritating fact. She, therefore, had no intention of discussing the matter and laying herself open to innocent questioning by a new little pupil. "That is enough," she said with polite tartness. "If you have not learned, you must begin at once. The French master, Monsieur Dufarge, will be here in a few minutes. Take this book and look at it until he arrives." Sara's cheeks felt warm. She went back to her seat and opened the book. She looked at the first page with a grave face. She knew it would be rude to smile, and she was very determined not to be rude. But it was very odd to find herself expected to study a page which told her that "le pere" meant "the father," and "la mere" meant "the mother." Miss Minchin glanced toward her scrutinizingly. "You look rather cross, Sara," she said. "I am sorry you do not like the idea of learning French." "I am very fond of it," answered Sara, thinking she would try again; "but " "You must not say 'but' when you are told to do things," said Miss Minchin. "Look at your book again." And Sara did so, and did not smile, even when she found that "le fils" meant "the son," and "le frere" meant "the brother." "When Monsieur Dufarge comes," she thought, "I can make him understand." Monsieur Dufarge arrived very shortly afterward. He was a very nice, intelligent, middle-aged Frenchman, and he looked interested when his eyes fell upon Sara trying politely to seem absorbed in her little book of phrases. "Is this a new pupil for me, madame?" he said to Miss Minchin. "I hope that is my good fortune."

2 "Her papa Captain Crewe is very anxious that she should begin the French language. But I am afraid she has a childish prejudice against it. She does not seem to wish to learn," said Miss Minchin. "I am sorry of that, mademoiselle," he said kindly to Sara. "Perhaps, when we begin to study together, I may show you that it is a charming tongue." Little Sara rose in her seat. She was beginning to feel rather desperate, as if she were almost in disgrace. She looked up into Monsieur Dufarge's face with her big, green-gray eyes, and they were quite innocently appealing. She knew that he would understand as soon as she spoke. She began to explain quite simply in pretty and fluent French. Madame had not understood. She had not learned French exactly not out of books but her papa and other people had always spoken it to her, and she had read it and written it as she had read and written English. Her papa loved it, and she loved it because he did. Her dear mamma, who had died when she was born, had been French. She would be glad to learn anything monsieur would teach her, but what she had tried to explain to madame was that she already knew the words in this book and she held out the little book of phrases. When she began to speak Miss Minchin started quite violently and sat staring at her over her eyeglasses, almost indignantly, until she had finished. Monsieur Dufarge began to smile, and his smile was one of great pleasure. To hear this pretty childish voice speaking his own language so simply and charmingly made him feel almost as if he were in his native land which in dark, foggy days in London sometimes seemed worlds away. When she had finished, he took the phrase book from her, with a look almost affectionate. But he spoke to Miss Minchin. "Ah, madame," he said, "there is not much I can teach her. She has not learned French; she is French. Her accent is exquisite." Why does Miss Minchin avoid the topic of French? Use evidence from the text to support your claim. She simply "had always heard and been familiar" with the French language. She will only miss her native land if she talks about it, and it already seems "worlds away." She feels personally insulted that Sara "has a childish prejudice" against the language. She did not speak French herself and was desirous of concealing this irritating fact. How do you know that the French book that Miss Minchin gives Sara is much too easy for her? Use evidence from the text to support your claim. Sara explains to Miss Minchin "that she already knew the words in this book." Miss Minchin notices that Sara looks "rather cross" while studying it.

3 Sara looks at the first page "with a grave face." It translates very simple words like "mother" and "father." Which evidence from the text explains why Sara says that she did not learn French? "When she began to speak Miss Minchin started quite violently and sat staring at her over her eyeglasses, almost indignantly, until she had finished." "Her papa loved it, and she loved it because he did. Her dear mamma, who had died when she was born, had been French." "Sara could not remember a time when she had not seemed to know French." "Sara knew nothing whatever of French." What kind of evidence would best fit the answer to the following question: What does Monsieur Dufarge think of Sara? a quote a paraphrase a summary

4 Lesson Topic: Distinguish between explicit and implicit information Read the following passage. Is the information that King Pelias wants to kill the youth named Jason explicit or implicit? King Pelias looked to his guards. He would have given them a sign to destroy the youth's life with their spears, but behind his guards he saw a threatening multitude the dwellers of the city of Iolcus; they gathered around, and Pelias knew that he had become more and more hated by them. And from the multitude a cry went up, "Æson, Æson! May Æson come back to us! Jason, son of Æson! May nothing evil befall thee, brave youth!" -Adapted from The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum explicit implicit Review the following passage. Is the information that King Pelias fears the people of Iolcus explicit or implicit? King Pelias looked to his guards. He would have given them a sign to destroy the youth's life with their spears, but behind his guards he saw a threatening multitude the dwellers of the city of Iolcus; they gathered around, and Pelias knew that he had become more and more hated by them. And from the multitude a cry went up, "Æson, Æson! May Æson come back to us! Jason, son of Æson! May nothing evil befall thee, brave youth!" -Adapted from The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum explicit implicit Review the following passage. Is the information that King Pelias is a bad ruler explicit or implicit? King Pelias looked to his guards. He would have given them a sign to destroy the youth's life with their spears, but behind his guards he saw a threatening multitude the dwellers of the city of Iolcus; they gathered around, and Pelias knew that he had become more and more hated by them. And from the

5 multitude a cry went up, "Æson, Æson! May Æson come back to us! Jason, son of Æson! May nothing evil befall thee, brave youth!" -Adapted from The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum explicit implicit Read the following passage. Is the information that King Pelias will send for Æson explicit or implicit? Then Pelias knew that the youth might not be slain. He bent his head while he plotted against him in his heart. Then he raised his eyes, and looking upon Jason he said, "O goodly youth, it well may be that you are the son of Æson, my brother. I am well pleased to see you here. I have had hopes that I might be friends with Æson, and your coming here may be the means to the renewal of our friendship. We two brothers may come together again. I will send for your father now, and he will be brought to meet you in my royal palace. Go with my guards and with this rejoicing people, and in a little while you and I and your father Æson will sit at a feast of friends." -Adapted from The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum explicit implicit Review the following passage. Is the information that King Pelias is lying when he speaks of friendship to Jason explicit or implicit? Then Pelias knew that the youth might not be slain. He bent his head while he plotted against him in his heart. Then he raised his eyes, and looking upon Jason he said, "O goodly youth, it well may be that you are the son of Æson, my brother. I am well pleased to see you here. I have had hopes that I might be friends with Æson, and your coming here may be the means to the renewal of our friendship. We two brothers may come together again. I will send for your father now, and he will be brought to meet you in my royal palace. Go with my guards and with this rejoicing people, and in a little while you and I and your father Æson will sit at a feast of friends."

6 -Adapted from The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum explicit implicit

7 Lesson Topic: Provide multiple pieces of evidence to support analysis Read the following excerpt, which continues the story from the lesson. The Great Quest By Charles Boardman Hawes Perceiving that the entire village was quiet from a distance, I was frankly puzzled; and as I approached, I cast about with lively curiosity to see what could cause so strange a state of affairs. It was only when I had gone past the smithy, that I saw the smith and his customers and his habitual guests gathered on the other side of the building, where I had not been able to see them before. They were staring at the old village tavern, which stood some distance away on a gentle rise of land. My curiosity so prevailed over my sense of duty that I turned from the road through the tall grass, temporarily abandoning my errand, and picked my way among some old wheels and scrap iron to join the men. Their talk only aggravated my wonder. Clearing his throat, the smith gruffly muttered, "It does act like him, and yet I can't believe it'll be him." "Why shouldn't he come back?" one of the farmers asked in a louder voice. "Things done twenty years ago will never be dragged up to face him, and he'd know that." The smith grunted. "Where would Neil Gleazen find the money to buy a suit of good clothes and a beaver hat?" "That's easy answered," a third speaker put in. And they all exchanged significant glances. In the silence that followed I made bold to put a question for myself. "Of whom are you talking?" I asked. They looked closely at me and again exchanged glances. "There's someone up yonder at the inn, Joe," the smith said kindly; "and Ben, here, getting sight of him last night and again this morning, has took a notion that it's a fellow who used to live here years ago and who left town well, in a hurry. As to that, I can't be sure, but I'd not be surprised if it was Neil Gleazen after all." Which evidence supports the inference that the villagers are normally very regular in their habits? Check all that are true. The smith is the one who answers Joe's question. Joe indicates that it would take "a strange state of affairs" to change the activity in the village. The smith has "habitual guests" who visit him.

8 Joe is "puzzled" when the village is not as noisy as usual. Joe says, "My curiosity prevailed over my sense of duty." Which evidence supports the inference that Neil Gleazen did something bad twenty years ago? Check all that are true. The smith says that he "left town well, in a hurry." One of the farmers says, "Things done twenty years ago will never be dragged up to face him." Joe picks his way "among some old wheels and scrap iron to join the men." The villagers "all exchanged significant glances" instead of explaining where he would get his money. None of the villagers seem happy to see him, nor do they greet him directly. Which evidence supports the inference that Neil Gleazen is of interest to the villagers? Check all that are true. The old village tavern stood "some distance away on a gentle rise of land." Ben notices him "last night and again this morning," and he brings this fact to the others' attention. Joe has to ask, "Of whom are you talking?" The villagers change their routine to stand around and talk about him. Which evidence supports the inference that the smith is willing to change his opinion after considering what others have to say? Check all that are true. "Ben, here, getting sight of him last night and again this morning, has took a notion that it's a fellow who used to live here years ago." "It does act like him, and yet I can't believe it'll be him."

9 "As to that, I can't be sure, but I'd not be surprised if it was Neil Gleazen after all." "Where would Neil Gleazen find the money to buy a suit of good clothes and a beaver hat?"

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A Little Princess. By Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess. By Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess By Frances Hodgson Burnett Chapter 17: It is the Child! The next afternoon three members of the Large Family sat in the Indian gentleman s library, doing their best to cheer him up. They