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Connect:We have been learning……that good readers think about how all the plots connect and use these connections to prove aline of thinking.Teach:Today I am going to teach you……that good readers, as they approach the end of the third quadrant of the book, look for theturning point in the story. At the turning point, the plot changes dramatically. The turningpoint is the most important event in the whole book because it will change the way the story isgoing to go. It will also reveal the author’s message.Our line of thinking in this book is “Even when bad things happen, something good can comefrom these events, when you believe that it can. It is Stanley’s destiny to be at Camp Green Lake.”Watch me as I model how I look for clues that the story is going to change dramatically.Notice how I also predict how the plot will change.Today we will be using this stem for turn and talk:When the book said _____, I was thinking this was an important event because _____. Thismakes me think _____.Begin reading chapters 37–39 of Holes, starting on page 167.Model:Stop after: “If there was no water, no refuge, then they’d have nothing, not even hope.” (p. 167)When the book said that Big Thumb was Stanley’s only hope, I thought this was an importantevent because it shows that Stanley might have good luck for the first time in his life. Thismakes me think that things will turn out for Stanley the same way they turned out for his greatgrandfather—hewill find refuge on God’s Thumb.Guided Practice:Stop after: “You need water to make mud!” (p. 171)Turn and talk to your partners using this stem:When the book said _____, I was thinking this was an important event because _____. Thismakes me think _____.182 Holes Unit of Study