Edge C :: Unite 2. "La Vida Robot" Prepare to Read p.124 / Before Reading p. 125

ESOL 4 / EDGE C

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Unit 2: Against The Odds

Learning Targets: 

By the end of this class I will be able to

• Create an Anticipation Guide
• Learn Key Vocabulary
• Identify the Nonfiction Text Features
• Determine Importance

PREPARE TO READ

Essential Question: How do People Challenge Expectations?

Selection: La Vida Robot  p. 124

Journal: Make a Connection p. 124 (Anticipation Guide)

Key Vocabulary: Copy all the vocabulary words on your Vocab Section. Mark the words that you know and do a vocab work with the ones you don’t know, example:  perpetually, procrastinate (Define, write an example, look for synonym and antonyms, and write three sentences on your own. )

BEFORE READING

Genre: Nonfiction (Technological Magazine Article)

Literary Analysis: Nonfiction Text Features p.125

Reading Strategy:  Determine Importance p. 125

Homework:

Reading, Writing, and … Recreation pp. 149-152

Writing Portfolio: Write an Autobiographical Narrative. 211-225

Due: October 22/23

CLASS 2 ____________________________________

October 1/2, 2015

Unit 2: Against The Odds

PREPARE TO READ

Essential Question: How do People Challenge Expectations?

Selection: La Vida Robot  p. 124

Journal: Mini Grammar Lesson: Pronoun

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

A personal pronoun indicates

• ·         The person(s) speaking (first person): I, me, we or us
• ·         The person(s) being spoken to (second person): you
• ·         The person(s) or thing(s) being spoken about (third person): he, him, she, her, it, they, or them

Example

I command you to tell it quickly

I = first person pronoun; you = second person pronoun; it = third person pronoun

Practice

In the sentences below, underline each personal pronoun. Indicate whether the personal pronoun is first, second, or third person.

• 1.      He found them sprawled in sleep, suspecting nothing.
• 2.      I have stood on these cliffs longer than you know.
• 3.      We have sailed across the sea to find him.

READING

Genre: Nonfiction (Technological Magazine Article)

LEARNING TARGETS

·         Literary Analysis: Nonfiction Text Features p.125

·         Reading Strategy:  Determine Importance p. 125

·     La Vida Robot Part I pp. 126-130

1-      Text Features: Subheads can help clarify the order in which things happen. How do the subheads in this selection give you an overview of events?

2-      Identify Main Idea/Details: Unexpected details are often a signal of something important. What unexpected details are there on this page?

<- Use Visuals to Access Text: Compare the diagrams to the text. Which sentences describe the information in the diagram?

3-      Language: Technology articles may include acronyms, or abbreviations made up of the initials of a technical term. Read on to find out what PWM stands for.

4-      Text Features: Writers sometimes put additional information in parenthesis ( ). What does the information in parenthesis tell you here?

5-      Identify Main Ideas/Details: How can you tell that Lorenzo would be a good “mechanics man”? What information in the text supports this?

Monitor Comprehension: Summarize

Give two examples of life challenges Lorenzo faced.