MONITOR AND CLARIFY

Reading Strategy

Lesson Essential Questions

How do I monitor my understanding of texts?

How do I clarify my understanding of texts?

Monitor and Clarify

Readers stop to ensure that themeaning of the text is clear to

them

Focus your attention on the fact that there may be reasons why the text is difficult to understand

How do proficient readers monitor and clarify?

They ask themselves if what they are reading makes sense

They re-read selections that do not make sense

They look at pictures for clues They keep reading for context clues Ask a friend for clarification

Think-Pair-Share

Apple wants to move the Internet from your pocket to your wrist. Time will tell if millions of consumers are willing to spend $350 on up — there's an 18-karat gold version that starts at $10,000 — for a wearable device that still requires a wirelessly connected smartphone to deliver its most powerful features.

(Read silently, share monitor and clarify strategies with partner)

Ask Yourself

What is happening in the story?

What clues have lead you to think that?

Does that make sense? Does this text remind you of anything you already know?

You Try

"Now it's on your wrist. It's not in your pocket or pocketbook," Cook said before unveiling the new line. "We think the Apple Watch is going to be integral to your day."Apple wants this wristwatch, which piggybacks on a nearby smartphone's Internet connection through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, to be seen as so revolutionary that it requires its own lingo.

(Read silently, monitor and clarify share out strategies used)