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Shhh!!!! Work independently. Who is the person in the picture above? Using your organizer tool complete the "**My Schema"** bubble with everything you know about this person.

Next...read the following article
=Surprise! That's Justin Bieber Busking At The Avon Theater=

What are we thinking this article might be about based on the title? Are there any unfamiliar words? Let's watch the video clip below (recorded by a person in the audience with their phone) and see if it helps us determine information about the article.

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When I watch and listen to the videos of Justin Bieber what am I comparing?
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Theater-goers in Stratford, Ont. are used to seeing buskers. (In this case, a busker is someone who performs music on a street corner for money that people throw into their hat or guitar case.) But they were surprised and thrilled when they came out of the theatre last Saturday and saw that the busker on the steps was pop superstar Justin Bieber.

Bieber grew up in Stratford, and some members of his family still live there. However, he’s usually out of the country on tour or recording. He was in town for the Much Music Video Awards. Busking on the steps of the Avon Theatre is nothing new to Bieber. In the early days, before he became an international pop icon, he often used to busk there. However, this time it was a bit different. For one thing, although he had his guitar case open in front of him he wasn’t collecting any money for his performance. (According to an estimate by //Forbes// magazine, Bieber earned $55-million last year.)

And for another, this time the audience knew all of the words to his songs and even sang along. Because it was an impromptu concert–in other words no one knew ahead of time that he was going to do it–there weren’t mobs of fans. Just a small group of people who had wandered outside during the intermission of the Stratford Theatre play “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Even so, a few people managed to record the brief concert on their phone. One of those short videos is below. Amongst other selections, the singer played his song “Baby” and performed ”I’ll Be” by the Goo Goo Dolls.

Reading Prompt: Making Inferences/Interpreting Texts
Whenever Justin Bieber performs, he sings to thousands of adoring fans. So why do you think he decided to busk to a small group of people passing by? **Use clues from the Article** to locate stated and implied information and ideas to make inferences and reasonable predictions about them. Complete your work on the form below. Be sure to click on the submit button at the bottom of your entry form.

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=Reflection=

Grammar Feature: Parentheses/Brackets
This article includes three pieces of information that are written in parentheses. Why do you think the author chose to use parentheses instead of including the information in regular sentences?

**Supporting Resources for this lesson**
Curriculum Connections by Kathleen Tilly and article provided at [|Article From Teaching Kids News] [|Making Inferences Support Tool] [|Making Inferences Support Tool 2]

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Did you know?To the human eye it seems absurd. The zebra’s black and white striped pattern could not be more obvious. Whether roaming around the zoo or running across the Serengeti, the zebra is an animal that sticks out. To its predators, however, the stripes are an entirely different story. In the wild, the zebra’s main predator is the lion, an animal known to be color blind. Scientists who study animals — called zoologists — believe that the zebra’s pattern is a sort of camouflage that helps it hide from predators. Imagine that you can only see black, white and shades of gray. A solid-color dark horse standing in light-colored tall grass would be very obvious. A zebra’s stripes, however, help it blend in with grasses and brush, making it much more difficult to see. Biologists also believe the zebra’s stripes may be helpful when zebras run in a herd. When a large number of zebras move together, their stripes could appear to be one large animal running. This illusion may confuse predators, making it difficult for them to pick out a single animal to attack. Though the zebra may not realize it, its stripes greatly improve its chances of survival in the wild. Although most people tend to think of the zebra as a white animal with black stripes, scientists have discovered that the zebra is actually a black animal with white stripes. Much like a fingerprint, the stripes on a zebra are unique. No two animals have the same pattern. Zebras aren’t the only animals that use camouflage to survive in the wild. Many mammals, snakes and insects have developed special ways of blending into their habitats. One of the most famous camouflaging creatures is the chameleon, which can change color to blend into its environment. Humans use camouflage, too. The military has special uniforms that allow soldiers to blend into their surroundings. Hunters also use camouflage to avoid being spotted by the animals they hunt. For safety reasons, though, hunters are often required by law to wear bright orange clothing, so that other hunters are able to recognize them as a person and not an animal roaming in the woods. Although the bright orange clothing is very obvious to the human eye, most animals don’t see it as a bright color due to color blindness.

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