Students explore the lives of individuals who have taken life on in unique and powerful ways in this theme. Through selections from the books A Kind of Grace, Under the Royal Palms, and Chuck Close, Up Close, students work with the skills of identifying propaganda, problem solving, compare and contrast, and the strategy of predict/infer. The strengthening of higher level thinking skills and nonfiction text reading continues.
Students are responsible for knowing the following vocabulary at the end of this theme:
Key Vocabulary: Doers and Dreamers
unconventional: out of the ordinary
endurance: ability to keep going without giving into stress or fatigue
console: comfort
oppressive: uncomfortable, difficult to bear
meticulous: extremely careful
certify: officially recognize as qualified to do something
relegate: put into a less important place
accessible: easy to get
humble: marked by modesty in behavior and attitude; not conceited
obstacles: things that stand in the way of a goal
exhibition: a show of someone’s work
rehabilitation: restoration of health or ability
dimension: aspect element, a range of meaning
abstract: does not try to realistically represent a person or object
propaganda: information presented in a way to influence how people think or act
compare: to show how two things are alike
contrast: to show how two things are different