Wednesday, September 14 - Period 5 - Annotation and Active Reading Strategies

Objective: By the end of class, students will learn to use active reading strategies in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW
Write this down into your notebooks:

To Annotate - to make important notes and comments throughout a piece of literature in order to understand the details and meaning of the text.

Direct Instruction

Introduce active reading strategies in order to identify textual evidence with ease. Watch video. 

Read handout of directives for active reading strategies and annotation together. 

Guided

Read the first paragraph of "SEA STARS" together - pages 20-21 in soft CLOSE READER.

Annotate together using active reading strategies.

Independent

 Compare annotations with another student. 

Then answer questions 2-6.  BE SURE TO ANNOTATE CAREFULLY and make notes in the margins!!!!

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure

Review active reading strategies to prepare for LTTS.

Exit Pass


 What reading strategies did you use most when reading SEA STARS today?