Wednesday 04/05 Reading - Nathan Hale

Purpose: I can use context clues to figure out the meaning of unknown words and phrases.

1. Read and comprehend "Nathan Hale" in the American Revolution War Heroes Packet:
• Record the FIVE most important pieces of information.
• Identify sentences (context clues) that help to determine the meaning of confiscate, espionage, and betrayed.
• Answer three of the comprehension questions.
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Unknown Words" Response is due Friday:
• Identify words/phrases that are unknown to you.
• Record the sentence (with page #) each is found in.
• Identify the decoding strategy you used to determine the meaning.
• Synthesize the meaning of the word/phrase.