exploring grade 7 lesson
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Exploring Grade 7 Lesson. Engaging the Reader. Long Term Topic of Study I can determine the central ideas of a literary text . I can effectively engage in discussions with diverse partners about seventh-grade topics, texts, and issues. Partners – A Days & B Days Today is an A Day. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Engaging the Reader
• Long Term Topic of Study I can determine the central ideas of a literary text.
I can effectively engage in discussions with
diverse partners about seventh-grade topics, texts, and issues.
• Partners – A Days & B Days Today is an A Day
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Learning Targets• I can effectively participate
in discussion with my classmates.
• With your “A Day” partner, discuss what it means to effectively participate in a discussion.
• Sharing…
Discussion Scenarios
• Partner 1 - Scenario 1• Partner 2 – Scenario 2
• Think about how people
are affected by various
factors in their lives…
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Directions1. On your own, read your scenario and think
about the question at the bottom.
2. Partner 1 (with Scenario 1) shares first Describe or read scenario to your partner Share your thinking about the question at the
bottom
3. Repeat steps one and two with Scenario 2.
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Learning Targets 10 minutes
• I can determine the meaning of visual representations on a map.
• I can read for the gist as we begin Chapter 1 in “A Long Walk to Water.”
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Learning Targets• I can determine the meaning of visual
representations on a map.
• I can read for the gist as we begin Chapter 1 in “A Long Walk to Water.”
Circle key terms.
What are synonyms for each key term?
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Learning Targets• I can determine the meaning of visual
representations on a map.
determine – to decide after study
representation –
Root word = present – to show or symbolize
Affix = re – again
Affix = tion – the act of doing something
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Learning Targets
• I can determine the meaning of visual representations on a map.
Turn and talk – What does this learning target mean to you now?
• What are plains? visual key
• What do these dots and lines represent? path, route
• So, what do you think this novel might be about?
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Reading the First Section ofChapter 1: Getting the Gist
10 minutes
Use Reader's Notes• Open to page 1 • Think – Pair – Share
What do you notice about how the text is laid out?
What do you notice about the type? The dates?
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Reading…
• Read in your heads as I read aloud…“Heat.Time. And thorns.”
• Complete columns 1 and 2 of your Reader’s Notes
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Reader’s Notes
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• What sentence gives us information that the section is about a girl named Nya?
• Does the text tell us anything else about Nya?
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Learning Targets
• I can effectively participate
in discussion with classmates.
• I can determine the meaning of visual representations on a map.
• I can read for the gist as we begin Chapter 1 in “A Long Walk to Water.”