Writing to Texts 7-9 Reading Selection(s) How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon Katz (1070 lexile; informational) Unhip Instrument Is Now Cool” (Lexile 1110; informational) “Once Tablets? Laptops? Some Prefer Old Machines" (1120 lexile; informational) “Smartphones? Minecraft Miracle: Teachers Tell Students to Go Play a Video Game” (1090 lexile; informational) “The Big Question: Where do you fit in? Informational Informational Reading Selections RI.7.2 Evidence Statements Extended text Informational – Determine a theme or central idea of a Provides a statement of central idea(s) of a Elements of Nonfiction/Analyzing Structure and Relationships in text and analyze its development over the text.(RI7.2) Literary Nonfiction/Determining Central Ideas in Nonfiction course of the text; provide an objective Provides an analysis of the development of summary of the text. central idea(s) over the course of the text.(RI7.2) Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon R.I.7.3 Provides an objective summary of a text.(RI7.2) Katz (1070 lexile) Analyze the interactions between Provides an analysis of the interactions between See Geeks Unit individuals, events, and ideas in a text individuals, events, and/or in a text (e.g., how Skill Focus: fact/opinion, main idea and supporting details, (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or ideas influence individuals or events or how author’s purpose for writing, central idea, make inferences and events, or how individuals influence ideas individuals influence ideas or events).(RI7.3) draw conclusions or events). Text Dependent Questions RI.7.5 Provides an analysis of the structure an author What comparison does Katz make between computers and Analyze the structure an author uses to uses to organize a text, including how the major cars?(key details) organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the Jesse says, Net is my safety. It’s my community. It’s sections contribute to the whole and to the “The development of the ideas.(RI7.5) not a substitute for life for me. It is life." How does this play development of the ideas.
Writing to Texts 7-9 Reading Selection(s) How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon Katz (1070 lexile; informational) “Once Unhip Instrument Is Now Cool” (Lexile 1110; informational) “Smartphones? Tablets? Laptops? Some Prefer Old Machines" (1120 lexile; informational) “The Minecraft Miracle: Teachers Tell Students to Go Play a Video Game” (1090 lexile; informational) Big Question: Where do you fit in? Informational RI.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. R.I.7.3 Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events). RI.7.5 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas. Informational Evidence Statements Provides a statement of central idea(s) of a text.(RI7.2) Provides an analysis of the development of central idea(s) over the course of the text.(RI7.2) Provides an objective summary of a text.(RI7.2) Provides an analysis of the interactions between individuals, events, and/or in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events or how individuals influence ideas or events).(RI7.3) Provides an analysis of the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.(RI7.5) Reading Selections Extended text – Informational Elements of Nonfiction/Analyzing Structure and Relationships in Literary Nonfiction/Determining Central Ideas in Nonfiction Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon Katz (1070 lexile) See Geeks Unit Skill Focus: fact/opinion, main idea and supporting details, author’s purpose for writing, central idea, make inferences and draw conclusions Text Dependent Questions What comparison does Katz make between computers and cars?(key details) Jesse says, “The Net is my safety. It’s my community. It’s not a substitute for life for me. It is life." How does this play
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