Thursday, October 8, 2015

Reading About Monsters Using Squeepers!

Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015
What is a Monster?
Standards
L.9-10.4 - Common Core State Standards
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9—10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
L.9-10.4.a - Common Core State Standards
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
L.9-10.5 - Common Core State Standards
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
L.9-10.4.b - Common Core State Standards
Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., analyze, analysis, analytical; advocate, advocacy).
L.9-10.4.d - Common Core State Standards
Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
L.9-10.4.c - Common Core State Standards
Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, or its etymology.
L.9-10.5.b - Common Core State Standards
Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

Activator

Tone/Mood Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3TZGZn5VwA


Learning Target
Students will use a reading strategy in order to metacognitively understand a given text.

Work Session

Teacher led instruction

Group work with graphic organizer

Complete poster.

-Read highlighted/ bold words
-Read headings/subheadings
-Think about what you are about to read

Q=question
-Generate questions that we will be able to answer after we read (or look at questions on a test)

P=predict
-Predict 1 to 3 things we will learn while reading

R=read
Read:
-Alone
-With teacher
-With partner
-With a group

R=respond
-Discuss which questions were answered
-Review which questions weren't answered
-Eliminate questions that aren't likely to be answered
-Develop new questions
-Continue surveying process

S=summarize
Summarize what we have learned
Sounds relatively easy, right?

What makes a monster scary?


Closing Session
What did you learn from using Squeepers?



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