EXPLORATION: Around the World Read-Aloud | Whole Class
Threads By Ami Polonsky Summary & Info
Excerpt, chapters 9, 11, and 13 . After an orphan named Yuming is kidnapped and forced to work in a Chinese factory making purses, she plans a daring escape with two boys, Kai and Li. They’re joined by her friend Jing, and they hide in the woods before making their way to town, where they can see in the distance—for the first time—the factory where they’d been held prisoner. Genre : Fiction I GRL : W I Pages : 256
Unit Question of the Day Is it important to support human rights around the world? Explain your answer.
Guide students through the steps outlined here, instructing them to fill in their Student Handbooks along the way. Students can work independently, with partners, or in small groups. Pause after each step to share responses. #1: Form a First Impression Preview: Show the cover. Students will write about the two houses (one has tiles and might be in Asia; the other is made of wood and could be in a western country). #2: Show What You Know Activate prior knowledge: Students write what they know about child labor. (Children are forced to work and not allowed to go to school.) #3: Make a Prediction Students predict whom the characters need to outsmart to escape. Possible answer: They will probably have to escape the factory owners, bosses or managers, and maybe guards. #4: Learn Some Words Here are some words from this book that are connected to main ideas from the unit and book. Read and discuss these words with your students, and then ask them to complete the sentences that follow. (Answers provided here.) Unit Question Remind students that this unit focuses on real and fictional people who travel the globe to find new futures for themselves, reveal hidden histories, or protect others, and asks: How can reading expand our worlds?
VOCABULARY surroundings (noun) a place and everything in it (p. 69) dreary (adj.) sad and depressing-looking in a worn-out and colorless way (p. 78) consequence (noun) a result or effect, often negative, of some action (p. 81) transport (verb) to move someone or something from one place to another (p. 89) SENTENCES a. If you were helping someone escape a dangerous place, you would want to transport them somewhere safe. b. In a new place, you’d probably spend time looking at your surroundings . c. It had been raining all day, and outside the weather was dark and dreary . d. People forced to work in factories would face a terrible consequence if they were caught escaping.
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