May 23-24, 2024 - Lesson 13 More Reading Strategies

  • May 23-24, 2024 - Lesson 13 More Reading Strategies

    Curriculum Expectations 

    • use appropriate strategies to monitor comprehension when reading informational and narrative texts (e.g., pose questions to check understanding; reread passages to clarify understanding; adjust reading speed to suit the complexity of the text);

    •   use appropriate strategies to track and record ideas and information while reading informational and narrative texts 

    • identify the topic, the audience, the purpose for writing, and the requirements of the particular writing form;
    •   use pre-writing strategies to generate ideas for writing 
    • Construct clear, coherent, and objective news reports that include relevant facts, information, and supporting details, using the five-questions model – Who? What? Where? When? Why?
    • use appropriate strategies to edit written work
    • demonstrate understanding that their subject, audience, and purpose for writing influence their choices of form, tone, and level of language (
    • demonstrate an understanding that writing is a process that involves a range of thinking and composing skills


    Learning Goals and Success Criteria 
    In today's lesson, you will :

    • Learn how to Annotate your readings
    • Learn the importance of notetaking to the reading process
    • Plan and write a news article based on today's reading
    • DIscuss the strategies that you use  before, during and after writing

    • Skimming, Scanning and Annotating File

      As you read through today's article, use the following strategies to make sense of the complex ideas.  Take notes in your learning journal. Remember to put the date and the topic of the reading. 



      1. Read the title and guess what the article is about
      2. What do you already know about this topic?
      3. Scan through the article, looking only at the pictures and their captions. Describe what you see, and say how the images may connect to the topic.
      4. Look at the subheadings, and see if you can guess the story by just reading them.
      5. Then, take the time to read the article, and highlight and take notes of interesting or important details.  

      Since this is a long passage, you may work with a partner or small group to read the article.  Each person may read a separate subsection and share their notes.