150 Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 9A | Carving Mount Rushmore
allow for individual, group, or class research of the text and/or other
resources to answer these remaining questions.]Word Work: Determined
- In the read-aloud you heard, “[Gutzon Borglum’s] son, Lincoln,...
was determined to finish what his father had begun.” - Say the word determined with me.
- Determined means deciding to do something and not letting anything
stop you. - Barack Obama was determined to succeed in school.
Abraham Lincoln was determined to pay his neighbor back for the
ruined book. - Tell about a time you were determined to do something. Try to use the
word determined when you tell about it.
[Ask two or three students. If necessary, guide and/or rephrase
students’ responses: “Once, I was determined to... ”] - What’s the word we’ve been talking about?
Use a Making Choices activity for follow-up. Directions: I am going to
describe some people. If the person I describe is determined, say, “S/he
is determined.” If the person I describe is not determined, say, “S/he is
not determined.” - My brother works very hard to learn how to paint.
- He is determined.
- The girl gave up learning how to tie her shoe.
- She is not determined.
- My sister practices every day to learn how to play the piano.
- She is determined.
- The boy doesn’t want to learn to swim because he thinks the water is
too cold.- He is not determined.
- My aunt exercises every day to get ready for a big race.
- She is determined.