Tuesday, February 10 - MAin Idea and Constructed Responses

Objective: By the end of class, you will be assessed on your ability to identify the main idea of a passage and then learn to analyze the supporting details in order to improve reading comprehension.

DO NOW

Write this in your notebooks:

How to Write an Analytical Constructed Response

1. RESTATE the question or statement.
2. EXPLAIN your point.
3. Provide evidence from the text (a quote, an example) that supports your point.
4. Concluding sentence that sums up your paragraph.

Direct Instruction / Guided

Review HW and how to write constructed response.

Then Read- My First Baseball Game

Guided

Answer questions on back of handout.

Independent 

Then using NEO's, answer the following in paragraph form:

1. What is the MAIN IDEA or MESSAGE of this passage?

2. Make a personal connection to this story.

3. Summarize this story telling who, what, when, where  and why in paragraph form. A summary DOES NOT include quotes from the text. 

4. Analyze how the author uses a baseball team to symbolize (represent) life and family. Provide examples from the text to support your answer. (Be sure to follow the format provided in the constructed response graphic organizer provided to you yesterday.) Also, be sure to include direct quotes but have more of your own words than quotations in the paragraph.

5. What lesson might one learn from reading this story (what is the moral of the story)?

Check for understanding

Individual student checks during independent work

Closure

Handout Quizlet terms and review and highlight what we have covered to date.

Exit Pass

Explain how summarizing differs from analyzing.

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