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Sewed Up His Heart

• From Sure Hands, Strong Heart
• The Life of Daniel Hale Williams
• by Lillie Patterson
• illustrated by Leslie Bowman

Fourth Grade, Open Court Unit 3 From Mystery to
Medicine
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Word Knowledge
immaculate doctor victim shock onlookers

• These words have different spellings for the /k/
  sound.
• What are the three spellings? ___, ___, ___
• c
• k
• _ck

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Word Knowledgecautious patient
complication examination

• These words contain the letters ti .
• How is ti pronounced in the words? _____
• /sh/

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Word Knowledgecartilage artery
sternum pericardium
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• These words name parts of the human body.

cartilage
artery
sternum
pericardium
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Word KnowledgeMore words with the /k/ sound!

• cart condition tracks
  sidewalks
• How is the /k/ sound spelled in cart?
• C
• How is the /k/ sound spelled in condition?
• C
• How is the /k/ sound spelled in tracks?
• _ck
• How is the /k/ sound spelled in sidewalks?
• K

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Word Knowledge

• Look for the two pronouns in this sentence.
• Making his rounds, he looked as immaculate as
  always despite the heat.
• he is a subject pronoun (the who in the
  sentence)
• his is a possessive pronoun (belonging to)

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Word Knowledge

• What is the possessive pronoun in this sentence?
• Dr. Dan began his examination.
• his
• His is referred to whom?
• Dr. Dan

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Word Knowledge

• Identify the verbs in this sentence.
• He made another cut to separate the rib cartilage
  from the sternum.
• made
• separate
• (Cut can be used as a verb but in this sentence
  it is a noun.)

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Word Knowledge

• What words contain the /k/ sound in this
  sentence?
• We can keep our bodies in good condition by
  exercising.
• can
• keep
• condition

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Selection Vocabulary

• fatal
• suture
• colleagues
• condemnation
• anesthesia
• incision

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Selection Vocabulary fatalUse context clues,
word structure, and/or apposition to determine
the meaning.

• Heart wounds were usually considered fatal. (pg.
  229)
• The accident was not fatal. The driver survived.
• fatal (adjective)something that causes a person
  or animal to die

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Selection Vocabulary sutureUse context clues,
word structure, and/or apposition to determine
the meaning.

• Any surgeon who would attempt to suture a wound
  of the heart, the surgeon wrote, is not worthy
  of the serious consideration of his colleagues.
  (pg. 229)
• It took six stitches to suture the cut on
  Marissas leg.
• suture (verb)stitch together a wound

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Selection Vocabulary colleaguesUse context
clues, word structure, and/or apposition to
determine the meaning.

• Any surgeon who would attempt to suture a wound
  of the heart, the surgeon wrote, is not worthy
  of the serious consideration of his colleagues.
  (pg. 229)
• Grandmas colleagues came to the party to
  celebrate her retirement from nursing.
• colleagues (noun)people who work together in
• the same profession

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Selection Vocabulary condemnationUse context
clues, word structure, and/or apposition to
determine the meaning.

• If he opened the chest and Cornish died anyway,
  there would be certain condemnation from medical
  groups. (pg. 230)
• Hannahs condemnation made Lena regret her unkind
  words.
• condemnation (noun)strong disapproval

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Selection Vocabulary anesthesia Use context
clues, word structure, and/or apposition to
determine the meaning.

• He walked over and looked down at Cornish, now
  under the effects of anesthesia. (pg. 231)
• The patient was given anesthesia so she would not
  feel anything during surgery.
• anesthesia (noun)something that causes people
• or animals not to feel pain during an operation

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Selection Vocabulary incisionUse context
clues, word structure, and/or apposition to
determine the meaning.

• Quickly, Dr. Dan made the incision, lengthening
  the stab wound to the right. (pg. 232)
• The doctor stitched the small incision above the
  childs eye.
• incision (noun)cut

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Background

• biography of a famous historical figure
• Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1856 -1931)
• ?famous for performing the first successful heart
  surgery.
• ?founder of Provident Hospital in Chicago (1891)
• --first interracial hospital and training
  center for African-Americans
• ?Dr. Williams performed a heart surgery that
  saved his patient, James Cornish. His courage to
  perform an operation that had never been
  performed before saved the lives of untold
  numbers of patients.

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