Unit 1

What is Courage?

Before reading the story, use the Predicting reading strategy for clues of what the story is about.

Read the questions in the small box in the upper left corner of page 10 in Literacy in Action 4A with the heading Predict. What are your predictions? You can find more information about the story that can help you to make predictions from the pictures on pages 10 & 11 of the boy, his dad, and the farm machinery called a combine.

Think about the title and details in the pictures and make some predictions about events in the story. Write your predictions on the Reader's Notebook: Trapped in Big Beaver.

Look at the headings dividing the story into three parts: The Accident, James to the Rescue, and A Hero is Born. The headings also help you make predictions. Do you need to make any changes in the predictions on the Reader's Notebook: Trapped in Big Beaver? If so, make them now.

Document: Reader’s Notebook: Trapped in Big Beaver
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Name your Reader’s Notebook: Trapped in Big Beaver file in this format: jsmith_trappedinbigbeaver and save the file to your Documents folder.

This Formative Assessment worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
However, your teacher may ask you to submit this worksheet to check on your progress so be sure to save it in your Documents folder.