May 29, 2024 - Lesson #16 - Reading and Responding to the News
Specific Expectations:
- use appropriate strategies to expand their vocabulary through reading
• demonstrate the ability to read independently for personal, school-related, and career-
related purposes
• describe, orally and/or in writing, personally relevant texts they have read and their
responses to them
Learning Goals: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to
- Read and annotate a news article
- Participate in a debate
Instructions: Complete the exercises to determine the words closest in meaning to the underlined words.
We will review the answers together
Add any new words to the vocabulary section of your portfolio.
Instructions: Work with a partner to read and discuss the following article. As you read, highlight underline and take notes of important details including vocabulary.
- Write your responses in complete sentences, using examples and evidence where necessary.
- Add this assignment to your journal. Be sure to add the date and the title of the article to your written work.
- You must submit your annotated reading.
- Write your responses in complete sentences, using examples and evidence where necessary.
Work with a partner to read and discuss the topic " Would you move to Mars?"
Find and fix the mistakes noted at the end, then answer the question for yourself.
We will review the grammar together, and you will share your thoughts on the topic.
DOWNLOAD the template and complete the Exit Card with as complete a response as you can. One or two words is not sufficient as feedback.