JIM THORPE’S BRIGHT PATH

by Joseph Bruchac illustrated by S. D. Nelson

Day 1 Day 4Day 2 Day 5Day 3Vocabulary DefinitionsVocabulary SentencesAdditional Resources

STUDY SKILLS• Genre: Biography• Comprehension Skill: Fact and

Opinion• Comprehension Strategy: Text

Structure• Comprehension Review Skill: Graphic

Sources• Vocabulary: Dictionary and

Glossary

GENRE: BIOGRAPHY

A biography is a story of a real person’s life as told by someone else. As you read this biography, think about why the author chose to write about this athlete.

SUMMARY

It wasn’t easy for Jim Thorpe to become a famous and respected athlete. As an American Indian, he was discriminated against and separated from his family. His twin brother died when they were only nine years old. His mother and father also died when he was still in school. But he learned to move forward with his life because he was so inspired by his family and his people.

COMPREHENSION SKILL REVIEW GRAPHIC RESOURCES

A graphic source shows or explains information from the text. Pictures, maps, charts, time lines, and diagrams are all examples of graphic sources.Graphic sources can help you draw conclusions about what you are reading.

DAY 1 - QUESTION OF THE WEEK

•How can our abilities influence our dreams and goals?

VOCABULARY - SAY IT

• society• dormitory

•endurance

manualreservationboarding school

MORE WORDS TO KNOWinconsolable

recruiterconfident

hurdlerivalprove

COMPREHENSION STRATEGY TEXT STRUCTURE• Good readers use text structure, or

the way text is organized, to help them understand why they read.

• For example, a non fiction article may compare and contrast two things, put events in sequence, or be a series of clear main ideas.

• When you preview, look for text feature such as titles, heads, and underlined words to help you know what to expect.

LISTEN TO THE STORY

COMPREHENSION SKILL TESTED- FACT OR OPINION

• A fact is a statement that can be proven either true or false.

• An opinion is a statement based on someone’s judgment, belief, or way of thinking about something.

PRACTICE FACT AND OPINION

Statement How to Check Fact

Is Opinion Valid or Faulty?

Jim led a professional football team called Oorang Indians.

Unfortunately, the team was owned by a selfish man named Walter Lingo.

Frankly, they were not very good.

1. Look up Jim Thorpe in encyclopedia2. no support

4. They won only a few games.

3. faulty

5. valid

1.As a young man, Jim thorpe experienced many missfortunes.

2.His twin brothers death broke his heart, his mother and his father died soon afterwards.

CAPITAL LETTERS• All sentences begin with capital letters.

We enjoyed reading the book.

Those girls finished cleaning the counter.

CAPITAL LETTERS• Proper nouns begin with capital letters.

Mrs. Clark asked if Amy would help.

Uncle Rob took us to Texas.

CAPITAL LETTERS• The pronoun I is always capitalized.

I don’t need your help.

My aunt and I picked up the papers.

CAPITAL LETTERS• A capital letter begins the first,

last, and any important word in the title of a book, magazine, song, movie, poem, or other work.

Read the last chapter of Tom Sawyer.

She saw Snow White when she was five years old.

SPELLING WORDS PREFIXES MIS-, NON-, RE-

• misplace• nonsense • reread• repack• misfortune

removemishandlenonstoprecoverreseal

SPELLING WORDS PREFIXES MIS-, NON -, RE-

• misbehavior• reunion• nonfiction• rebound• nonprofit

mistreatreadjustmisprintnonstickmisquote

CHALLENGE•misinterpret

•mispronounce•noncommittal

•reconstruct•reorganize

DAY 2 - QUESTION OF THE DAY

•Why was Jim so unhappy at school?

VOCABULARY STRATEGY DICTIONARY / GLOSSARY

• Some words have more than one meaning.

• Sometimes readers need to check a dictionary or glossary to find the meaning that makes sense for the sentence.

VOCABULARY STRATEGY DICTIONARY / GLOSSARY

• The dark, or bold, words defined are called entry words.

• The entry word may not match the word in the selection exactly.

• Entry words are often are words without endings, prefixes, or suffixes.

SOCIETY

the people of any particular time or place

DORMITORY

a building with many rooms for sleeping in. Many colleges have dormitories for students whose home are elsewhere.

ENDURANCEpower to last and to

withstand hard wear

MANUAL

done with the hands

RESERVATION

land set aside by the government for a special purpose

BOARDING SCHOOL

school with buildings where the pupils live during the school term

INCONSOLABLE

not able to be comforted

RECRUITER

a person who gets new members, who gets people to join or come

CONFIDENT

having a firm belief in yourself

HURDLE

1. a barrier for people or horses to jump over in a race. 2. something that stands in the way ; an obstacle, difficulty

RIVAL

1. person who wants and tries to get the same thing as another or who tries to equal or do better than another. 2. wanting the same things as another ; trying to equal or outdo another; competing

PROVE

to show that a thing is true and right

WEEKLY FLUENCY CHECK - STRESS EMPHASIS

● Read aloud “The highest Hurdle on p. 660m.

● Explain that you will emphasize important words with more strength. stressing important words helps convey emotion and meaning.

3. Jim’s father was bitten by a poisonous snake or did not recuver.

4. Jim began to play football serious at school in Carlisle, Pa.

GRAMMAR SKILL :CAPITALIZATION• Capitalize both letters in a state

postal abbreviation.Tulsa, OK Dandridge, TN

• Capitalize days of the week, months, and holidays

Saturday, June, Labor Day• Capitalize titles that are used before

people’s names. Mr. Warner Dr. Smith

GRAMMAR SKILL – CAPITALIZATION

• Capitalize the first word and every important word in a proper noun.

He went to Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.

• Capitalize the first letter of an abbreviation14 Columbus St.

GROUP WORK

• Readers & WB 254• Language Day 2• Spelling Day 2• Tri-Fold Section 2• SmartBoard-

Fact and Opinion

DAY 3 - QUESTION OF THE DAY

•What can you learn about reaching goals from Jim Thorpe’s experiences?

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1.What is the main ideas of this story?

2.How was Jim different from Charlie?

3.Why did the recruiter from Carlisle like to Jim?

4.Why did the teachers hit him with a ruler when he spoke Sac?

5.What kind of students were at the Agency Boarding School and the Haskell Institute?

REVIEW QUESTIONS

6. What was Jim’s main reason for participating in sports?

7.What is the purpose of the timeline?

8.What might have happened to Jim if he had stayed home and not attended Carlisle?

9.What did the name “Wa-tho-huck” mean? Was it a good name for Jim? Why or why not?

He was so fast and had so much endurance that he could run down a rabbit on foot.

He was so fast and had so much endurance that he could run down a rabbit on foot.

The Indian Agency that oversaw the reservation said the children had to go to the Agency Boarding School at age six.

The Indian Agency that oversaw the reservation said the children had to go to the Agency Boarding School at age six.

The school kept Jim inside all day and locked up in a cold dormitory at night.

The school kept Jim inside all day and locked up in a cold dormitory at night.

Manual training was mixed with classroom studies to teach them a trade.

Manual training was mixed with classroom studies to teach them a trade.

Learning these trades would make them useful to white society.

Learning these trades would make them useful to white society.

Jim’s mother tried to comfort her son after his brother died, but he was inconsolable.

Jim’s mother tried to comfort her son after his brother died, but he was inconsolable.

The recruiter had heard of Jim’s success as a runner at Haskell.

The recruiter had heard of Jim’s success as a runner at Haskell .

Sometimes the biggest hurdle we have to overcome is ourselves.

Sometimes the biggest hurdle we have to overcome is ourselves.

The athlete was called a “quitter’ by the rival track athletes.

The athlete was called a “quitter’ by the rival track athletes.

Sometimes we have to prove to others how much we can do.

Sometimes we have to prove to others how much we can do.

It was strange how all of a sudden he felt relaxed and confident.

It was strange how all of a sudden he felt relaxed and confident.

5. Jim Thorpe became one of the better football players of all time?

6. He form the Oorang indians in 1922.

GROUP WORK

• Partner read & WB 267-268• Spelling Day 3• Language Day 3• Tri-Fold Section 3• SmartBoard- Vocabulary

DAY 4 - QUESTION OF THE DAY - REVIEW

How important is a positive attitude when facing challenges?

7. If Jim Thorpe played football today hed’ be a big star.

8. He was fast, strongly, talented, but smart.

GROUP WORK

• Reading Computer Test• Essay Questions• Language Day 4• Tri-Fold Section 4

ESSAY QUESTIONS

1.What is the purpose of the timeline?

2.How might Jim’s life have been different if he had stayed at home instead of attending Carlisle?

3.Why was the name “Wa-tho-huck” a good one for Jim?

DAY 5 - QUESTION OF THE WEEK

•How can our abilities influence our dreams and goals?

RESEARCH SKILL MAGAZINES/PERIODICALS

1. A periodical is a publication issued regularly, usually weekly or monthly.

2. A magazine is a type of periodical. The title of a magazine usually identifies the kind of information it contains.

3. Magazines contain a variety of articles, such as news stories, fiction stories, interviews, and editorials or opinion columns. They also include graphic sources and, usually, advertisements.

RESEARCH SKILL MAGAZINES/PERIODICALS

1. Many articles follow the 5 Ws and H format, answering the questions:

Who? What? When? Why? and How?

2. A table of contents lists the titles of articles and the page on which each article begins.

9. Jim Thorpe was proud that was part indian.

10. A town in Pennsylvania were named after Jim Thorpe, it used to be called Mauch Chunk.

GROUP WORK

• Reading WB 269-270• Language Arts Day 5• Writing Assignment• Tri-Fold Section 5

WRITING ASSIGNMENT TIMELINE

• Make a Vertical Timeline of Jim Thorpe’s life from pages 678 and 679.

• Use more than one sheet of paper, and tape them together in sequential order when completed.

• You may illustrate the timeline when completed.

FUN STUFF AND PRACTICE

Famous Native AmericansTimeline on Jim ThorpeVocabulary ReviewVocabulary Fill in the BlankFact and Opinion LessonBrainpop- CapitalizationBrainpop- ParaphrasingBBC Prefix/Suffix GameQuia: Fact or OpinionFigurative Language