Tuesday, September 9 - Active reading Strategies

Objective: By the end of class, students will implement active reading strategies, summarize and determine prior knowledge for Keystone vocabulary in order to improve reading comprehension skills.

DO NOW
WRITE DOWN THE DEFINITIONS OF 
SUMMARIZE and  ANALYZE in your notebooks.

sum·mar·ize - verb

1. 1. to make 

   a brief statement or account of the main points of something. WHO, WHAT WHEN WHERE AND WHY.
2. 
   

2. an·a·lyze - verb

1. • discover or reveal (something) through detailed examination. 

     (	examine, inspect, survey, study, scrutinize)

     . When analyzing, details and direct quotations are used to support your idea.
     

     
     

Direct Instruction

Active Reading Strategies video

Hand out and review active reading strategies.  Review how to Annotate.

1. Handout short story (fiction). Read questions first.  
Use active reading strategies to complete short story and annotate as we read. Be sure to look for answers to questions as we read!! Answer questions at end of story.


2. Short non-fiction - 9/11 firefighters. Read this article, ANNOTATE and then write a summary for it. Remember a summary is simply who, what, when where and why. DO NOT include a quote in a summary.

Guided / Independent

Keystone Terms / vocabulary.  Without looking anything up, complete the following handout. Do your best. Do not worry if you do not know the answers; numbers incorrect will not negatively affect your grade.  You will receive a participation grade for completing.

Check for Understanding

Review the Keystone handout - switch and grade # correct.

Closure

Exit Pass

You took your first shop class yesterday. Summarize what you are going to accomplish in you shop his year.. 

HW - Annotate a paragraph from a newspaper article or a magazine using active reading strategies. It can be about ANYTHING but MARK IT UP!!!