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
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 ____________________________________
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.
