Lesson 5: Look Both Ways, Vignette 1, Water Booger Bears, Part 2

Turn and Talk

Directions: Turn and talk to a partner. Revisit the words you used to describe Jasmine and TJ in the Lesson 4 Launch. Explain to your partner if you want to keep, modify, or replace each word.

• Based on what the class discussed in the previous lesson, do you want to change the words you used to describe TJ and Jasmine? Why or why not?

Introduce New Words Using Morphology

Target Words: explicit, implicit

The words implicit and explicit are important when discussing literary texts. Both words have the ending -plicit. Look at the prefix of each word: im- and ex-. Knowing what each word part means can help us understand the words.

The prefixes im- and ex- both indicate direction. The prefix im- means “in” or “into.” The prefix ex- means “out” or “away from.”

• Can you think of other words that use these prefixes in the same way?

• Using what we have learned about the word parts, what does each word seem to literally mean?

Consult Reference Materials: implicit

Dictionary

• Why might a reader consult a dictionary even after using context clues or morphology?

Glossary

• A glossary usually gives a shorter, topic-specific definition, while a dictionary provides more detailed language information.

Thesaurus

• How can a thesaurus help readers and writers?

Directions: Use a print or digital reference source to confirm the pronunciation, meaning, and part of speech for the word explicit. Record your findings in your Personal Dictionary.

Part A: Identify How Cause and Effect Reveal Character Interactions

Give One, Get One

Directions: Closely reread the rest of the section to find other cause-and-effect relationships that reveal information about the characters.

• For each relationship you identify, which is the cause, and which is the effect?

Part B:  Close Read to Identify Implicit Details

Retell and Paraphrase Partner Check

Directions: Answer the following questions with a partner. For each question answered, you should orally paraphrase a section of “Water Booger Bears” that supports your answer. You may wish to use frames such as:

• “In this paragraph, this is what happens: ___”

• “[Character name] says/does ___; in other words, they ___.”

• Why has each character been out of school? How has this absence affected the other character?

• What is each character’s family like? Are they close to their family? How do you know?

• How does each character acknowledge the challenges of the other?

Quick Write

Directions: Identify one time Jasmine’s or TJ's point of view revealed something about a minor character in the vignette. Include text evidence in your answer.