Monday, March 23 - Notes From a Bottle

Objective: By the end of class students will analyze POV, situational irony and practice inferencing skills in order to improve reading comprehension.


DO NOW

NOTES FROM A BOTTLE - BY JAMES STEVENSON

(A BOTTLE CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING NOTES WAS DISCOVERED ON A MOUNTAINSIDE ON ASCENSION ISLAND IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC)

1.What can you INFER happened based on the pictures, the title and the subheading? (3-5 sentances)

Direct Instruction

vocabulary review prior to reading

 Guided

Read together - Notes from a bottle - pages 375 - 377.

Independent

Answer the critical thinking questions at the end of the story (page 379 - questions #2-8) in preparation for constructed response analyses tomorrow regarding this short story. Questions tomorrow will include point of view, inferencing and irony all related to Notes in a Bottle.

Check for Understanding / 

Review independently with students 

Exit Pass

How might you have reacted in a similar situation?

HW - complete point of view handout - be sure to cross out all dialogue before determining POV.