• Unit 4 Module A

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    Explorers: Triumphs and Troubles

    This book is about different leaders and groups of people setting sail or journeying to explore different areas to find gold or trade routes.

    Goals of this Module...

    Readers - understand that comparing and contrasting texts helps them build awareness of similar themes and topics.

    Writers - understand that opinions are supported by facts and details and are strengthened through effective organization and transitions.

    Learners - understand that explorers have had both positive and negative effects on societies.

    Vocabulary from this book - route, legendary, trade, secretive, territory, banned, scorched, campaign, temples, fortune, technically, rival, ruthless, tactic, limitless, fierce, mythical, brilliant, catastrophe, heroic, Aboriginal, Indigenous, venomous, exhausted, ambition, contempt, decimated, traditional, property, occupied, bold

     Writing - students will work on factual slideshows selecting a planet to research