GRADE LEVEL: 5 UNIT: 5 WEEK OF: 3

Title of Selection Page/Text Structure Breakdown

The Dog of Pompeii Text

Page Evidence
Genre Structure
Historical Fiction The streets were always
TEKS lively with shining chariots
p. 510 Description and bright red trappings;
5.8C, 5.8D, 5.6F the open-air theaters
Focus Objective(s) rocked with laughing…

Analyze Plot and Setting Early in the morning, shortly

after dawn, while Tito was
p. 511 Sequence
Close Reads Focus Story Vocabulary still dreaming, Bimbo would
*Analyze Plot & Setting disappear.
comrade
*Make inferences
*Vocabulary in Context …since the citizens of
custom
Pompeii were ambitious to
rival Naples and even Rome,
coaxed p. 515 Cause/Effect
they had seized the
opportunity to rebuild the
revived whole town.

heed
When the smoke stands up
straight, we know we’ll
p. 516 Cause/Effect
have fair weather; when it
Reading Comprehension Academic flattens…
Expectations Vocabulary
1. Anayze Plot and Setting disturb, cycle,
impact, New dangers
composed, threatened…pumice stones
2. Make Inferences p. 522 Problem from the black heart of
engineer
Vesuvius!...The mountain
Overall Text Structure(s) had turned itself inside out.

Someone was carrying him

Sequence & Cause/Effect
p. 524 Solution toward the boat…Tito was
safe.

Signaling Words Main Idea

Tito, a boy blind since birth, and his dog, Bimbo, are
Early, at noon, in a half-hour, at suppertime, suddenly,
inseparable companions. Bimbo always takes care of Tito’s
since, when, if, then
needs even when a volcano erupts in Pompeii.

Essential Question (CPQ) & Weekly Question Summary of Text

How do elements of systems change?
How can Earth’s changes affect where and how we live?
The people of Pompeii know that Tito and Bimbo never
leave each other’s side. Because Tito is blind, Bimbo is like a
parent and makes sure Tito’s needs are met. The day a
volcano erupts in Pompeii, Bimbo is there to help get his
friend to safety. However, in all the commotion Bimbo is
nowhere to be found, and Tito has now lost his friend.