want you to be thinking about the text and its meaning.” text dependent questions responses Teacher Notes: Begin with a that will help orient Answers that reference the text. “winnable” question students to the text. Multiple responses may be provided using different The sequence of questions should build a gradual pieces of evidence understanding of the key meanings. Inferences must be grounded logically in the text Questions should focus on a word/phrase, sentence or paragraph. Page 246 “Yucky” What word or phrase on page 246 indicates a playful tone? Page 246 President lives in a big white house. He has a swimming According to page 246, what are the good things about pool, bowling alley, and movie theater. He never has to being president? take out the garbage, and to eat yucky doesn’t have vegetables. Page 247 He always has to be dressed up and he has to be polite to According to page 247, what are the bad things about everyone. Students make inference: have to deal with being president? people getting mad at them. Page 248 Teddy Roosevelt Who is the illustration on page 248 of? Why is he portrayed in this way? He is portrayed as a child because he was the youngest president. He had pillow fights with his children and played football on the White House lawn. Page 250 Democrats and Republicans have opposing views. Even On page 250, the must have been a if the students know the views of the Democratic author states “Tut didn’t Democrat. He and his Republican master never got or Republican party or that they were opposing, the Why does the author use the never got help students along.” terms “Democrat” statement, “they along” would
want you to be thinking about the text and its meaning.” text dependent questions Begin with a “winnable” question that will help orient students to the text. The sequence of questions should build a gradual understanding of the key meanings. Questions should focus on a word/phrase, sentence or paragraph. responses Answers that reference the text. Multiple responses may be provided using different pieces of evidence Inferences must be grounded logically in the text Teacher Notes: Page 246 What word or phrase on page 246 indicates a playful tone? “Yucky” Page 246 According to page 246, what are the good things about being president? President lives in a big white house. He has a swimming pool, bowling alley, and movie theater. He never has to take out the garbage, and doesn’t have to eat yucky vegetables. Page 247 According to page 247, what are the bad things about being president? He always has to be dressed up and he has to be polite to everyone. Students make inference: have to deal with people getting mad at them. Page 248 Who is the illustration on page 248 of? Why is he portrayed in this way? Teddy Roosevelt He is portrayed as a child because he was the youngest president. He had pillow fights with his children and played football on the White House lawn. Page 250 On page 250, the author states “Tut must have been a Democrat. He and his Republican master never got along.” Why does the author use the terms “Democrat” Democrats and Republicans have opposing views. Even if the students didn’t know the views of the Democratic or Republican party or that they were opposing, the statement, “they never got along” would help students
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