Teacher introduces the Possible purposes to consider: What earned the Gilded Age its nickname? text, and sets the purpose Analysis To what extent does the Gilded term ‘The Argument (claim/evidence) for reading. accurately describe this era? Age’ purpose Author’s Cause/effect Change over time What were the roles and relationships Content acquisition between the federal government, business, Evaluate validity and citizens during the Gilded Age? (if using Language Alternative Prompt A below) Objective summary Analyze an argument and the Structure of text author’s Theme strength of the various examples the author uses to support his/her argument. (if using AVID Critical Reading Strategies to consider: Alternative Prompt B below) Strategy 1: Planning for the Reading (p. 1-7) Reading options to consider, within Gradual Release First Read: Students read individually, of Responsibility model: Students read the text with keeping in mind the guiding question: What Students read individually appropriate scaffolds. earned the Gilded Age its nickname? Teacher reads text/portion of text out loud as Vocabulary that may challenge students: students follow along (modeling) Note: Close reading requires Group read aloud, for student engagement and to surge (paragraph 2) multiple reads of the same reinforce the primacy of the text *gilded (paragraph 3) text. base (paragraph 3) tarnished (paragraph 3) brazenly (paragraph 3) bilked (paragraph 3) *aristocracy (paragraph 4) comprising (paragraph 4) judiciously (paragraph 4) magnates (paragraph 4) agrarian (paragraph 4) *republic (paragraph 4) *Medici (paragraph 5) dictated (paragraph 5) Morgan, Gould, Rockefeller, Carnegie (para.
Teacher introduces the text, and sets the purpose for reading. Possible purposes to consider: Analysis Argument (claim/evidence) Author’s purpose Cause/effect Change over time Content acquisition Evaluate validity Language Objective summary Structure of text Theme What earned the Gilded Age its nickname? To what extent does the term ‘The Gilded Age’ accurately describe this era? What were the roles and relationships between the federal government, business, and citizens during the Gilded Age? (if using Alternative Prompt A below) Analyze an author’s argument and the strength of the various examples the author uses to support his/her argument. (if using Alternative Prompt B below) AVID Critical Reading Strategies to consider: Strategy 1: Planning for the Reading (p. 1-7) Students read the text with appropriate scaffolds. Note: Close reading requires multiple reads of the same text. Reading options to consider, within Gradual Release of Responsibility model: Students read individually Teacher reads text/portion of text out loud as students follow along (modeling) Group read aloud, for student engagement and to reinforce the primacy of the text First Read: Students read individually, keeping in mind the guiding question: What earned the Gilded Age its nickname? Vocabulary that may challenge students: surge (paragraph 2) *gilded (paragraph 3) base (paragraph 3) tarnished (paragraph 3) brazenly (paragraph 3) bilked (paragraph 3) *aristocracy (paragraph 4) comprising (paragraph 4) judiciously (paragraph 4) magnates (paragraph 4) agrarian (paragraph 4) *republic (paragraph 4) *Medici (paragraph 5) dictated (paragraph 5) Morgan, Gould, Rockefeller, Carnegie (para.
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