During Teaching Students read the entire selection independently. Teacher reads the text aloud while students follow along, reading in their head. Depending on the text length and student need, the teacher may choose to read the full text or a passage aloud. For a particularly complex text, 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, continually returning to the text. Use think-pair-share to discuss and develop the meanings of “Words that require more time to learn.” Text Dependent Questions Text-dependent Questions Evidence-based Answers Reread paragraphs 1-5. What is meant by the sentence in Greg is recalling the argument he had with his father two nights paragraph 5, “His father’s words, like the distant thunder that before. He uses a simile to compare his father’s words to now echoed through the streets of Harlem, still rumbled softly “distant thunder” meaning that his father’s voice still resonates in his ears”? in his head; Greg cannot forget his father’s lecture about his poor efforts in math. On the top of page ___, what does it mean that, “Greg had The story was about how his father had worked hard to pass heard the story too many times to be interested now”? the test to be a postal worker and was proud of his accomplishment. Greg wasn’t interested in the story because all he could think of was playing basketball for the Scorpions and was angry he had to study and couldn’t play with them. Since Greg heard the story so many times, it lost meaning or importance for him. On the bottom of page ___, who does Greg meet that tells him, Greg meets Lemon Brown. He was an old man, with a black “Don’t try nothin’ ‘cause I got a razor sharp enough to cut a wrinkled face surrounded by a “halo of crinkly white hair and week into nine days!” Use details from the selection to describe whiskers.” He wore a layer of dirty coats, baggy pants that the person Greg meets. went to his knees, and a rope around his middle. He had dirty
During Teaching Students read the entire selection independently. Teacher reads the text aloud while students follow along, reading in their head. Depending on the text length and student need, the teacher may choose to read the full text or a passage aloud. For a particularly complex text, 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, continually returning to the text. Use think-pair-share to discuss and develop the meanings of “Words that require more time to learn.” Text Dependent Questions Text-dependent Questions Evidence-based Answers Reread paragraphs 1-5. What is meant by the sentence in paragraph 5, “His father’s words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of Harlem, still rumbled softly in his ears”? Greg is recalling the argument he had with his father two nights before. He uses a simile to compare his father’s words to “distant thunder” meaning that his father’s voice still resonates in his head; Greg cannot forget his father’s lecture about his poor efforts in math. On the top of page ___, what does it mean that, “Greg had heard the story too many times to be interested now”? The story was about how his father had worked hard to pass the test to be a postal worker and was proud of his accomplishment. Greg wasn’t interested in the story because all he could think of was playing basketball for the Scorpions and was angry he had to study and couldn’t play with them. Since Greg heard the story so many times, it lost meaning or importance for him. On the bottom of page ___, who does Greg meet that tells him, “Don’t try nothin’ ‘cause I got a razor sharp enough to cut a week into nine days!” Use details from the selection to describe the person Greg meets. Greg meets Lemon Brown. He was an old man, with a black wrinkled face surrounded by a “halo of crinkly white hair and whiskers.” He wore a layer of dirty coats, baggy pants that went to his knees, and a rope around his middle. He had dirty
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