Model how to use the steps on the handout to build prior knowledge independently. Suggestions: Focus on title, reading of 1st paragraph if long or 1st two paragraphs if shorter, then read the last paragraph and any questions being asked (quiz items). After reading 1st and last paragraphs, take notes on main points, have students add ideas to the list. Create a concept map with the word devastation in the middle. Have students pair up and discuss what devastation means to them. After sharing, have students offer ideas to the “devastation” concept map. Add other ideas that deal with fire and devastation to get them focused on the reading passage. Read aloud the selection from Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire. This is a first reading, so the purpose is to get an overview about the topic. After reading, have the students pair-share to discuss the gist of The Great Fire. Add more ideas to the concept map. Lesson 2 Focus: Identifying Genre Characteristics and Setting Purposes Materials: Excerpt from The Great Fire, displayed on Smart Board Building Prior Knowledge handout Students’ notebooks Prior-knowledge notes generated in Lesson 1 Concept map started in Lesson 1 Chart paper/markers
Model how to use the steps on the handout to build prior knowledge independently. Suggestions: Focus on title, reading of 1st paragraph if long or 1st two paragraphs if shorter, then read the last paragraph and any questions being asked (quiz items). After reading 1st and last paragraphs, take notes on main points, have students add ideas to the list. Create a concept map with the word devastation in the middle. Have students pair up and discuss what devastation means to them. After sharing, have students offer ideas to the “devastation” concept map. Add other ideas that deal with fire and devastation to get them focused on the reading passage. Read aloud the selection from Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire. This is a first reading, so the purpose is to get an overview about the topic. After reading, have the students pair-share to discuss the gist of The Great Fire. Add more ideas to the concept map. Lesson 2 Focus: Identifying Genre Characteristics and Setting Purposes Materials: Excerpt from The Great Fire, displayed on Smart Board Building Prior Knowledge handout Students’ notebooks Prior-knowledge notes generated in Lesson 1 Concept map started in Lesson 1 Chart paper/markers
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