March 9 - March 16

Focus:

Apply reading strategies:
Predict, Visualize, Connect, Question, Clarify, Evaluate
Vocabulary
Characterization; Plot/conflict; Theme

Independent Application in MOTT: My Own Topic Time

Evidence from text -- underline
WASL Practice and Feedback
Before: Purpose, Predict, Personalize
During: Paraphrase, Personalize/Connect, Pursue /Question, Visualize, Predict, Clarify
After: Predict/Verify, Summarize, Evaluate, Clarify (Summarize)

Model, Practice, Choose, and Apply Reading strategies for understanding literary and informational text:


Raymond’s Run Focus:
predict and infer (2.1.5) visualize (2.1.6) connect 2.1.4 & 2.4.5 question (2.1.6)
clarify (text, ideas, summaries; draw conclusions (2.4.1) evaluate 2.4.2, 3.4.7; lit devices (2.3.3); cause / effect and compare/contrast (2.3.1)
theme; plot/conflict (2.1.3) characterization (2.2.3)
Component 2.4 Think critically and analyze author’s use of language, style, purpose, and perspective in literary and informational text.

Project Focus (See Writing 8 Lessons)
Read for information; visualize (2.1.6) connect 2.1.4 & 2.4.5 question (2.1.6)
clarify (text, ideas, summaries; draw conclusions (2.4.1) evaluate 2.4.2, 3.4.7;
Component 2.4 Think critically and analyze author’s use of language, style, purpose, and perspective in literary and informational text.

Project:
Independent Research and Reporting (MOTT)
Photographic iSearch Paper

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Monday 3/9 Tuesday 3/10
Raymond’s Run: characterization; plot/conflict;
Read/discussion
Project work


Wednesday 3/11
WASL practice work: Characterization, Plot, Conflict
Project work


Raymond’s Run Skill sheet: Characterization and Plot


Thursday 3/12
Raymond’s Run Skill sheet: Characterization and Plot-- conflict
Read
Project work

Friday 3/13
Test:

Based on the information in the story so far, what inference can you make about Squeaky? Include information from the story to support your inference.

inference:

making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions; drawing meaning from a combination of clues in the text without explicit reference to the text. "The sky was dark and cloudy so I took my umbrella."
We can infer that it might rain even though the text does not say that.
Source: Literacy Guide and Wordnet at Princeton

Project work -- Photography reading and writing
Elements of Design Voice Thread

Monday 3/16

Raymond’s Run: Review characterziation, plot, conflict
Cause/Effect
Read
Project Work

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EALRS

2.1.3 Apply comprehension monitoring strategies during and after reading: determine importance using theme, main idea, and supporting details in grade-level informational/expository text and/or literary/narrative text. W

2.1.6 Apply comprehension monitoring strategies for informational and technical materials, complex narratives, and expositions: monitor for meaning, create mental images, and generate and answer questions.

2.2.3 Understand and analyze story elements. W
· Interpret how situations, actions, and other characters influence a character’s personality and development.

2.4.1 Analyze informational/expository text and literary/narrative text to draw conclusions and develop insights. W
· Draw conclusions from grade-level text

3.4.2 Analyze traditional and contemporary literature written in a variety of genres.
· Respond to literature written in a variety of genres

1.2.2 Apply strategies to comprehend words and ideas.

1.3.2 Understand and apply content/academic vocabulary critical to the meaning of the text, including vocabularies relevant to different contexts, cultures, and communities. W
· Select, from multiple choices, the meaning of a word identified in the text.