Bộ sách Scott Foresman reading street grade 5 advance teaching guides gồm các quyển sau: 5.1.1 This Is the Way We Go to School 5.1.2 Forecasting the Weather (Earth Science) 5.1.3 Harvesting Medicine on the Hill 5.1.4 African American Athletes (Social Studies) 5.1.5 The Land of Opportunity (Social Studies) 5.2.1 When the Disaster Is Over (Social Studies) 5.2.2 A Safe Heaven (Social Studies) 5.2.3 Making Friends in Mali 5.2.4 Saving Endangered Species (Life Science) 5.2.5 The National Guard Modern Minutemen (Social Studies) 5.3.1 The Patent Process (Social Studies) 5.3.2 The Inspiration of Art (Social Studies) 5.3.3 Whats New with Dinosaur Fossils (Life Science) 5.3.4 Music Gets the Blues (Social Studies) 5.3.5 Hollywood Special Effects (Social Studies) 5.4.1 Cheaper, Faster, Better Recent Technological Innovations (Social Studies) 5.4.2 Feel, Think, Move (Life Science) 5.4.3 A Home for Humans in Outer Space Is It Possible? (Space and Technology) 5.4.4 Nathaniel Comes to Town 5.4.5 What Makes Great Athletes? (Social Studies) 5.5.1 The Sandwich Brigade 5.5.2 Inventions from Space Travel (Space and Technology) 5.5.3 Astronauts and Cosmonauts (Space and Technology) 5.5.4 The Shaping of the Continents (Earth Science) 5.5.5 Journey to Statehood (Social Studies) 5.6.1 Oceans of Resources (Social Studies) 5.6.2 MixedUp Vegetables (Life Science) 5.6.3 From Salt to Silk Precious Goods (Social Studies) 5.6.4 Flying into the 21st Century 5.6.5 Unexpected Music (Social Studies)
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on the Hill
SUMMARY This story is about a Native
American boy and his grandfather from the
Chumash tribe They take a journey to gather
healing plants because they are worried that
the new Spanish people settling in the area
will bring sickness to the Native American
tribes
LESSON VOCABULARY
cultivated idly
ominous purify
INTRODUCE THE BOOK
INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss with
students the title and the author of Harvesting
Medicine on the Hill Based on the cover
illustration, ask students to imagine what the
book will be about
BUILD BACKGROUND Discuss what students
know about different plants and their uses
Ask them if they know plants that may harm
them, such as poison ivy You may want to
prompt them with examples of plants that
have healing effects, such as aloe, which is
used to soothe burns
PREVIEW/USE PHOTOGRAPHS As students
preview the book, ask them to look at the
photographs and guess what they think the
book will be about Draw their attention to the
photograph on page 7 Ask them what clues it
gives about the book’s theme
READ THE BOOK
SET PURPOSE Have students set a purpose
for reading Harvesting Medicine on the Hill
Prompt them to think about the important healing effects of plants
STRATEGY SUPPORT: VISUALIZE As students
read, visualizing helps them better understand
what they are reading The descriptions
on page 3 are excellent examples of vivid descriptions that help the reader visualize what is written Have students read page
3 and discuss the images that these descriptions bring to mind
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGE 4 What is the setting? (hills full of
wildflowers, weeds, and various plants)
PAGE 15 What words or phrases on this page
help you visualize the setting? (Beautiful,
twisted oaks make patterns against the yellow grass and blue sky The autumn sun releases the rich smell of the grass.)
PAGE 18 What conclusion can you draw about
Red Hawk’s future responsibilities? (Possible
response: He will teach the others about the healing benefits of plants.)
PAGE 20 What are the healing benefits of
toloache? (It strengthens the body, cleans the
blood, and dull one’s pain.)
PAGE 24 What is the theme? (Answers will
vary but may include: Natural ways of healing have been with us for a long time and may be threatened by modern civilization.)
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SETTING AND THEME
VISUALIZE
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TEACH/REVIEW VOCABULARY
Have students look up each word in a dictionary and write the definitions Then have them write the base word of each word with suffixes Ask them how adding a suffix changes each word’s meaning
Have students write each vocabulary word and its definition on a sheet of paper
Then have students write the words and their definitions in their home language
Ask them if there are similarities between English words and words in their home language
TARGET SKILL AND STRATEGY
SETTING AND THEME Remind students
that setting is the time and place in which a
story occurs As students read, ask them to write down the setting of the story and have them ask themselves if the theme depends
on the setting of the story Remind students
that theme is the underlying meaning of a
story—a “big idea” that stands on its own outside a story As students read, have them answer the following question: What does the author want me to learn from reading this story?
VISUALIZE Remind students that to
visualize is to create a picture in the mind
As students read, prompt them to pay close attention to imagery and sensory details
Using a graphic organizer, have students write words and phrases from the text that
help them visualize what is happening
ADDITIONAL SKILL INSTRUCTION
DRAW CONCLUSIONS Remind students that
drawing a conclusion is making a decision
after thinking about details or facts As they read, have students think about the future of these Native American tribes Ask students what conclusions they can draw about the future of the Native Americans in this book, based on what they read
REVISIT THE BOOK
READER RESPONSE
1 1500s, a hill on the California coast;
answers will vary
2 Possible response: way of life and fears
would be different; relationships would be
the same
3 ‘ap means home because the context says
it is where he and the boy live; from the
grandfather’s urgency, you know idly means
to stand and do nothing
4 Possible response: Many will become sick.
EXTEND UNDERSTANDING Discuss with students
the two main characters in this story, Bent
Oak and Red Hawk Start a discussion
about each of the character’s traits Prompt
students to point to places in the book that
tell about these traits
RESPONSE OPTIONS
WRITING Suggest students imagine what it
would be like to live in a time when there were
no drugstores or hospitals Ask them to write
a list of ways they could stay healthy without
the use of today’s drugs Prompt them to think
of things like eating fruits and vegetables and
exercising
SCIENCE CONNECTION
Students can learn more
about the healing benefits of
plants by researching them on
the Internet or in the library Encourage them
to use a graphic organizer to write a short list
of some of the plants they learn about and to
describe their healing benefits
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Setting and Theme
• Setting is the time and place in which a story occurs
• Theme is the subject or idea that a story is about
Directions Based on your understanding of Harvesting Medicine on the Hill, answer the
questions below
1 What is the setting of the story?
2 What is the story’s theme?
3 Does the theme depend on the setting of the story? Why or why not?
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Vocabulary
Directions Write each vocabulary word next to its definition.
Check the Words You Know
cultivated ominous quell
idly purify urgency
1 to clear from imperfection
2 the state of needing immediate attention
3 loosened the soil around plants
4 to quiet, pacify
5 foreboding
6 inactively
Directions Write four sentences using as many vocabulary words as you can.
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