Lewis and Clark Revisited Magazine Article

1. Lewis and Clark RevisitedMagazine Article Feature Menu Introducing the Selection Informational Text Focus: Structural Patterns of Text Writing Skills Focus

2. Lewis and Clark Revisited How do you evaluate articles about the past?

3. Lewis and Clark Revisited Introducing the Selection More than 200 years ago, President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis to explore and map out the Louisiana Territory. At the time, Americans knew very little about that region and its land.

4. Lewis and Clark Revisited Introducing the Selection In 2003, a group of people decided to reenact the journey of Lewis and Clark. The group wanted to celebrate the original expedition and sample a taste of what the two men experienced. The reenactors set out to rediscover a landscape that had changed greatly since Lewis and Clark made their journey 200 years earlier. [End of Section]

5. Lewis and Clark Revisited Informational Text Focus: Structural Patterns of Text Imagine that “Lewis and Clark: Into the Unknown” presented the details of the expedition in this order: Jefferson chooses Lewis to lead an expedition into the west. Jefferson wants to encourage westward expansion. Lewis and Clark hire Sacagawea and her husband as translators. 2nd 1st 3rd A careful reader would critique, or judge, such a text harshly because it had an illogical structural pattern.

6. Lewis and Clark Revisited Informational Text Focus: Structural Patterns of Text As written, “Lewis and Clark: Into the Unknown” does have a clear structural pattern. It is organized in chronological order, or the order in which the events occurred. Lewis and Clark hire Sacagawea and her husband as translators. Jefferson wants to encourage westward expansion. Jefferson chooses Lewis to lead an expedition into the west. 1st 3rd 2nd

7. Lewis and Clark Revisited Informational Text Focus: Structural Patterns of Text Lewis and Clark hire Sacagawea and her husband as translators. Jefferson wants to encourage westward expansion. Jefferson chooses Lewis to lead an expedition into the west. 1st 3rd 2nd The chronological structure of “Lewis and Clark: Into the Unknown” helps readers identify • the writer’s main ideas • the reasons Lewis and Clark are important historical figures

8. Lewis and Clark Revisited Informational Text Focus: Structural Patterns of Text “Lewis and Clark Revisited” uses a different structural pattern: compare-and-contrast. Comparing is about finding similarities. Contrasting is about finding differences.

9. Lewis and Clark Revisited Informational Text Focus: Structural Patterns of Text The compare-and-contrast structural pattern supports the meaning of the text. • “Lewis and Clark Revisited” discusses the similarities and differences between Lewis and Clark’s expedition a historical reenactment of the events

10. Lewis and Clark Revisited Informational Text Focus: Structural Patterns of Text Into Action:Use a chart like the one below to critique “Lewis and Clark Revisited.” Why is the compare-and-contrast structural pattern effective? “Lewis and Clark Revisited” What is the main idea? What details support the main idea? How well is the main idea developed? How effective is the author’s use of structural patterns? My critique: [End of Section]

11. Lewis and Clark RevisitedWriting Skills Focus Preparing for Timed Writing As you read the selection, look for transitional words and phrases that signal that ideas are being compared or contrasted. However, in the reenactment. . . . Now, Americans are. . . . While Lewis and Clark had. . . . On the one hand. . . . / On the other hand. . . . [End of Section]

12. Vocabulary

13. Lewis and Clark Revisited Vocabulary commemoratev.: honor the memory of. mimickingv. used as adj.: imitating; copying. resemblesv.: looks like.

14. Lewis and Clark Revisited Vocabulary When we commemorate a special event, we remember and honor what took place. On your birthday, family and friends commemorate the day you were born. What are some events you commemorate each year? How do you honor what took place?

15. Lewis and Clark Revisited Vocabulary Linda and Arturo were married on a beautiful summer day in June 2008. How might they commemorate that day? • work as usual • have a special dinner • watch television

16. Lewis and Clark Revisited Vocabulary Linda and Arturo were married on a beautiful summer day in June 2008. How might they commemorate that day? • work as usual • have a special dinner • watch television

17. Lewis and Clark Revisited Vocabulary When someone is mimicking you, that person imitates the way you speak or act. LeShawn was annoyed because his little brothers were mimicking him, copying the way he dressed. What else would show that LeShawn’s brothers were mimicking him?

18. Lewis and Clark Revisited Vocabulary Is the word mimicking used correctly in the following sentence? At the costume party, everyone had fun mimicking their favorite characters from movies or books. People at a costume party dress up to imitate other people. Mimicking is used correctly in the sentence.

19. Lewis and Clark Revisited Vocabulary You may hear someone say that a boy resembles, or looks like, his father. Although fraternal twins may not look alike, identical twins always resemble each other. Whom would you like to resemble? Why?

20. Lewis and Clark Revisited Vocabulary Rosa thought her mother was beautiful. When a neighbor told Rosa that she resembled her mother, the little girl felt ____________. • flattered • insulted • depressed

21. Lewis and Clark Revisited Vocabulary Rosa thought her mother was beautiful. When a neighbor told Rosa that she resembled her mother, the little girl felt ____________. • flattered • insulted • depressed

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