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Lesson 4: Hidden Figures, Prologue–Chapter 1
California CCSS: Focus Standards
California CCSS: Supporting Standards
ELD Standards
In this lesson
Today you will
Determine a central idea in the Prologue and Chapter 1 of Hidden Figures and explain how specific details support and expand that idea.
Explain a central idea using evidence frames, transitions, and paraphrased details from the text. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
Write complete complex sentences with subordinating conjunctions to connect claims and evidence.
Essential Question
How do curiosity, evidence, and collaboration lead to discovery?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Hidden Figures (Young Readers' Edition)
Margot Lee Shetterly
Lesson Sequence
Turn and Talk
Directions: Turn and talk to discuss your response to the following question.
What possibilities emerge when an individual’s curiosity is recognized and nurtured by their community?
Introduce New Words Using Morphology
Target Words: aeronautics, regulations
Directions: Today we’re learning about the domain specific vocabulary aeronautics and regulations. Let’s explore these words more closely.
Introduce the Word: Learn the word aeronautics and how to pronounce it.
Have you seen the word aeronautics before? Where?
Identify the Root: Underline the root aero in aeronautics and learn that aero comes from Greek and means “air.”
Do you know any other words with the root aero?
Identify Affixes: Circle naut and -ics in aeronautics and learn that naut means “sailor” or “navigator,” and -ics refers to a field of study or science.
What do you think naut might mean based on words you know, like astronaut?
Determine Meaning:
Using what we know about aero, naut, and -ics, what do you think aeronautics means?
Introduce the Word: Learn the word regulations and how to pronounce it.
Have you seen the word regulations before? Where?
Identify the Root: Underline the root reg in regulations and learn that reg comes from Latin regere, meaning “to rule” or “to guide.”
Do you know any other words with the root reg? (regulate, regular, region)
Identify Affixes: Circle -ulate and -ions in regulations and learn that -ulate means “to control or make,” and -ions shows it is a noun meaning “the act or result.”
What do you think -ions might tell us about the word?
Determine Meaning:
Using what we know about reg, -ulate, and -ions, what do you think regulations means?
Check for Understanding |
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List the words aeronautics and regulations in your Personal Dictionary. Underline the base or root word in each and circle each prefix and suffix. After each word, 1) record notes about the meanings of each word part, and 2) write the definition of the word. |
Part A: Track the Big Idea
Close Read & Annotation Protocol
Directions: Access the Prologue and Chapter 1 and label your 3-column chart as indicated below.
Column 1: Key details about curiosity
Column 2: Key details about community
Column 3: Central ideas
Use the three‑column chart to record key details from the Prologue and Chapter 1 that relate to (1) curiosity (2) community. Then identify a central idea that these details help develop. After listing the details in the first two columns, use your own words in the third column to explain what each detail shows.
Pulse Check |
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Which statement best captures a central idea developed across the prologue and Chapter 1?
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Part B: Explain the Big Idea
Quick Write
Directions: Use your notes to write a 3–4 sentence paragraph that explains a central idea from the prologue and Chapter 1 of Hidden Figures.
Begin your paragraph with “One central idea from the text is…” and use key details to support your explanation. Incorporate sentence stems such as “This detail shows…” or “This evidence conveys…” to connect your evidence to the central idea.
When possible, include domain-specific language from the text to strengthen your explanation.
Reflection |
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Confidence Continuum: Reflect on how confident you are in determining the central idea from key details in a text? Choose a number between 1 and 5, with 1 being the least confident and 5 being the most confident, to rate your confidence level. Then write a sentence or two describing how confident you are with identifying the central idea and key details in a text. |
Reflection
In the research performance task, you will need to explain important ideas clearly and support them with evidence from more than one source. Today, you practiced the same process by finding a central idea in Hidden Figures and showing how details support it. The more clearly you can link evidence to a bigger idea, the stronger your future research writing will be.
Directions: Complete paragraph by filling in the blanks:
One central idea in the Prologue and Chapter 1 of Hidden Figures is ___. A key detail that supports this idea is___. This detail connects to the idea of ____because it shows____.