The Open Window
Saki
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Goals
• Content Goal- We will make predictions
while reading, make inferences, recognize
conflict, and evaluate characters’ reasoning.
• Language Goal – We will make connections
with the text through journal writing. When
answering CAT questions we will restate the
question in the answer and use complete
sentences.
• (+2)
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Author & Literary Elements
Read about each of the following, and take notes
or define each
• Saki – page 468 (+1)
• Plot – page 469 – read and define in notes (+1)
• Culture – page 469 – read this information and
take notes on it: understanding the culture
influences evaluating characters’ reasoning
(+1)
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Pre-teaching Vocabulary
Write down each word and its definition. (+6)
• delusion- false belief held in spite of evidence to the
contrary
• imminent- likely to happen soon; threatening
• mackintosh- a waterproof raincoat
• nerve cure- rest and relaxation for anxiety
• pariah- despised or outcast
• French window- also known as French doors;
window reaches floor and can be walked through like
a door
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Pre-reading Mini Journal
• Using all six vocabulary words, write a
prediction of what you think will happen based
on the story’s title and the vocabulary. (+6)
• Write the words into contextual sentences
(sentences that practically define the word). Here’s
an example: “The greedy, avaricious, man
wouldn’t spare a dollar to help the poor children.
His house was so dilapidated and broken down that
people feared he would be crushed inside it, so one
day…”
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During Reading Plotting Plot
pages 471-475
Answer each of the following questions in complete
sentences (+5):
• Exposition – What is Framton Nuttel recovering
from?
• Rising Action – What story does Mrs. Sappleton’s
niece tell Mr. Nuttel?
• Climax – What is the climax of this story?
• Falling Action – How does Mrs. Sappelton explain
the climax?
• Resolution – How does the niece explain it and why?
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Assessment- CAT Questions
1. (LC03) What is the most likely reason that
the niece told Mr. Nuttel that story? Include
two details from the story in your answer.
(+3)
2. (LA07) Why does Mrs. Sappleton leave the
window open? Include two details from the
story in your answer. (+3)
3. (LT09) Evaluate the niece’s decision to tell
Mr. Nuttel the story. What is your opinion of
her doing it? Support your answer with two
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Post-reading Mini Journal
• When have you practiced “romance at short
notice”? Or when have you been tempted to?
Why is it entertaining to make up believable
stories?
• Elaborate on these ideas in five or more
sentences. (+5)
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