My Brother Martin

Differences in Generations

Think about what you do for fun as a 9-10 year old.

What did your parents do for fun when they were 9-10?

What did your grandparents do for fun when they were 9-10?

How does a pulpit serve a speaker?

Why is it important?

Does anything surprise you?

PULPIT

Sometimes people don't make the best decisions. Identify the bad decision in each photo and ways that it could be avoided.

GENERATIONS

AVOIDED

platform or raised structure in a church from which the minister preaches.

to keep away from; keep out of the way of

periods of about thirty years, or time from birth of one generation to the birth of the next

Cause and Effect

Essential Question:

SHIELDING

What is the cause?

Numerous ants enter your house

What is the effect?

There are numerous people at the beach.

NUMEROUS

What is the cause?

Fishermen find numerous dead fish in the lake.

How can words change people's lives?

Finish the sentence frame and invent a new sentence using the word SHIELDING.

protecting; defending

The __________ is shielding itself with an _______________ because________________.

_______________________________________________________________________________.

_____________________________________________________________________________________.

very many

_________________________________________

_________________________________________.

MINISTER

ANCESTORS

In the Disney movie Moana, Moana learns of her ancestors' past as voyagers searching for islands to inhabit. Her discovery gives her strength and courage to make a journey across the ocean just as her ancestors did.

What can we learn from our own ancestors?

Why is it important to learn from our past?

My Brother Martin

people from who you are descended such as your great grandparents

Member of the clergy; spiritual advisor; pastor

By Christine King Farris

Multiple Meaning Words

We know that some words have multiple meanings. How are these two definitions similar and how are they different?

min·is·ter

noun

1.

a member of the clergy, especially in Protestant churches.

synonyms: clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, ecclesiastic, pastor, vicar, rector, priest, parson, deacon, father, man/woman of the cloth, man/woman of God, churchman, churchwoman

2.

(in certain countries) a head of a government department.

"Britain's defense minister"

synonyms: member of the government, cabinet minister, secretary of state, undersecretary

"a government minister"