During Teaching Students read the entire main selection text independently. Teacher reads the main selection text aloud with students following along. (Depending on how complex the text is and the amount of support needed by students, the teacher may choose to reverse the order of steps 1 and 2.) Students and teacher re-read the text while stopping to respond to and discuss the questions and returning to the text. A variety of methods can be used to structure the reading and discussion (e.g., whole class discussion, think-pair-share, independent written response, group work, etc.) Text Dependent Questions Text Dependent Questions Answers Why won’t Sarah get out of bed? She doesn’t want to go to a new school where she doesn’t know anyone. Who is Mr. Hartwell in the story? What is their relationship? The story never says for sure, but it can be inferred at the end that he must be her husband, even though the reader assumes it is her dad. When is the first time you see Sarah’s face? The very last page of the story. What does “trudged” mean? Why did Sarah trudge into the She says she feels sick, but students should figure out she is kitchen? (pg. 25) literally dragging her feet about going to school. Why do you think the author wrote page 24 the way she did? This is the page where the words themselves tumble down the page because of the layout. The words also rhyme, and the Does the way page 24 is written make you read the page any short lines can be read fast, and that matches the fast action of differently? Explain. Sarah. If students don’t pick this up, this page is a great one for
During Teaching Students read the entire main selection text independently. Teacher reads the main selection text aloud with students following along. (Depending on how complex the text is and the amount of support needed by students, the teacher may choose to reverse the order of steps 1 and 2.) Students and teacher re-read the text while stopping to respond to and discuss the questions and returning to the text. A variety of methods can be used to structure the reading and discussion (e.g., whole class discussion, think-pair-share, independent written response, group work, etc.) Text Dependent Questions Text Dependent Questions Answers Why won’t Sarah get out of bed? She doesn’t want to go to a new school where she doesn’t know anyone. Who is Mr. Hartwell in the story? What is their relationship? The story never says for sure, but it can be inferred at the end that he must be her husband, even though the reader assumes it is her dad. When is the first time you see Sarah’s face? The very last page of the story. What does “trudged” mean? Why did Sarah trudge into the kitchen? (pg. 25) She says she feels sick, but students should figure out she is literally dragging her feet about going to school. Why do you think the author wrote page 24 the way she did? Does the way page 24 is written make you read the page any differently? Explain. This is the page where the words themselves tumble down the page because of the layout. The words also rhyme, and the short lines can be read fast, and that matches the fast action of Sarah. If students don’t pick this up, this page is a great one for