The Contender

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The Contender

• 2.3.1 Cause Effect

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Materials Required

• The Contender article
• Pen/pencil
• paper

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Activating Background Knowledge

• Copy this quote into your journal.
• Overcome your boundaries and achieve your
  dreams.

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Activating Background Knowledge

• Copy it again using your other hand!
• Overcome your boundaries and achieve your
  dreams.

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Activating Background Knowledge

• What were some difficulties you had trying to
  complete this task? How did that make you feel?
• Write a paragraph on your paper about individuals
  you know, have read about, or have seen in movies
  who have overcome physical challenges.

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Vocabulary

• Write each of the following vocabulary words that
  you cannot define.

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Contender Vocabulary

• Paragraph One
• Repertoire
• Competent
• Paragraph Six
• Prosthetics

• Paragraph Eleven
• Slogging
• Feeble
• Paragraph Thirteen
• Idly
• demoralizing

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Contender Vocabulary

• Paragraph Fifteen
• Mercilessly
• Paragraph Nineteen
• Fatigue
• Paragraph Twenty
• Bewilderment
• Bestowed

• Paragraph Twenty-one
• Subtle
• Psychology
• Paragraph Twenty-two
• Adversity
• Paragraph Twenty-four
• Irrepressible

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Vocabulary in Context

• Before he started school, he was outfitted with
  prosthetics. Normally agile, Kyle was now
  restricted by false limbs.
• Use the Think Aloud strategy to define
  prosthetics from its context in the sentence.

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Vocabulary in Context

• Highlight the following words in the passage.
• Ultrasound (page 1)
• Prosthetics (page 1)
• Agile (page 1)
• Prevailed (page 2)
• Waiver (page 3)
• Irrepressible (page 3)

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Vocabulary in Context

• 2. Working with a partner, discuss a possible
  meaning for each highlighted word based on its
  context clues.
• 3. The class will share its definitions and agree
  on one.
• 4. Record the best definition next to the
  highlighted word.

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Previewing the Text

• What is a contender?
• What might going a few rounds mean?
• Titles provide clues to the content of a piece of
  writing.
• Titles can also spark a readers interest.

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Setting a Purpose

• Today you will be reading a story about an
  athlete who excelled in his sport despite a
  disability. Born without hands or legs, he
  competed and placed in national high school
  wrestling competitions. The passage you wrote in
  your learning logs with both your right and left
  hand, Overcome your boundaries and achieve your
  dreams, exemplifies his philosophy of life. Read
  to find out how he overcame his boundaries and
  achieved his dreams.

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First Reading

• The article is organized around actions taken in
  response to challenges faced by Kyle, his family,
  and the other people he encounters.
• Read the article and highlight challenges and
  responses to those challenges.

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First Reading

• Lets read the first paragraph out loud.
• What was a challenge or problem Kyle encountered
  in this paragraph?
• Draw a T-chart on your paper and label it like
  the following slide. Then record the first
  challenge and Kyles response to it on the chart.

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Contender T-chart Cause Effect

• Challenges/Problems
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.
• 6.
• 7.

• Responses/Actions
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.
• 6.
• 7.

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Second Reading

• Read through the article again purposely looking
  for 5-7 challenges Kyle faces and his (5-7)
  responses to them.
• Record these challenges and responses on your
  T-chart.

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Second Reading- Group Work

• In groups of four, share and compare your
  T-charts and
• discuss the title of the article.
• Add any challenges responses to your chart that
  you didnt originally record.
• Why choose this title for the article?

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Second Reading- Group Work

• Propose an alternate title for the article that
  would appropriately reflect the main idea.
  Choose three text-based details to support your
  groups choice.
• Write your choice on paper. All group members
  need a copy.
• We will share these choices as a whole group.

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Contender Cause-Effect sample answers

• Challenges/Problems
• 1. rollercoaster
• 2. Arms/legs stunted
• 3. prosthetics
• 4. Writing/coloring
• 5. Strangers reactions
• 6. Losing at wrestling
• 7. Positive attitude

• Responses/Actions
• 1. Threaten big guy
• 2. Gets along w/o
• 3. Forget it!
• 4. Did it!
• 5. Tiger/shark/humor
• 6. Training/no quitting
• 7. Inspired/antidepressant

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Culminating Activity

1. How did the author of The Contender illustrate
   Kyle Maynards self-stated philosophy of life,
   Anyone can overcome their boundaries and achieve
   their dreams? Provide three examples from the
   text in your response.
2. Write about one of the highlighting strategies
   you used today and how you could use it another
   time you read for school.