ORANGE A
GOALS/STANDARDS and BENCHMARKS:
- 1B3a: Preview reading materials, make predictions and relate reading to information from other sources.
- Preview reading materials, make predictions, and relate reading to information from other sources across content and literary areas
- Devise personal reading strategies to improve comprehension and fluency
- Select and justify reading strategies to improve comprehension
- 1B3c: Continuously check and clarify for understanding.
- Evaluate understanding by comparing and contrasting to other readings
- Do various exercises of reading comprehension strategies including predicting, questioning, forming vocabulary schemas and responding to text.
- Respond verbally and written to critical thinking questions about assignment reading selections
- 1B3d: Read age-appropriate material with fluency and accuracy
- Read age appropriate material with fluency
- 1C3a: Use information to form, explain and support questions and predictions.
- Interpret written material by forming questions and predictions
- Use information to form, explain and support questions and predictions
- 1C3b: Interpret and analyze entire narrative text using story elements, point of view and theme.
- 16.A.3c: Identify the differences between historical fact and interpretation.
- Interpret and analyze historical fiction text for story elements, point of view and theme.
- 1C3c: Compare, contrast and evaluate ideas and information from various sources and genre.
- Compare and contrast various historical information focusing on common ideas, themes, and topics
- 1C3d: Summarize and make generalizations from content and relate them to the purpose of the material.
- 1C3e: Compare how authors and illustrators use text and art across materials to express their ideas (e.g. foreshadowing, flashbacks, color, strong verbs, language that inspires)
- Identify and recognize the author's use of literary devices and illustrations to enhance comprehension
- Discriminate how authors, artists and illustrators use text and art across materials to express their ideas
OTHER OBJECTIVES:
- Students will learn about the Russian Empire & art related to this era.
ASSESSMENTS
- Students will take reading comprehension quizzes and tests throughout the course.
MATERIALS ARE KEPT BY: Danielle DeCamp
Angel on the Square, Impossible Journey, Burying the Sun, The Turning by Gloria Whelan
Post-its for marking skill integration
DVD-Nicholas and Alexandra, Dr. Zhivago, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Born to be Wild, Anasstasia
CD-Non-fiction clips of the Russian Empire, Rah-Rah Rasputin, Closer to Fine
STRATEGIES
-This is a reading comprehension course versus a literature course.
-We are teaching the overt skills of reading comprehension keeping in mind our ESL student population.
-Strategy programs such as Guided Reading® can be useful.
Time Frame:10-30 minutes - SSR while posting for literary devices and specific book details.
10-20 minutes - whole group lesson
10-30 minutes - working on individual work
CURRICULUM MAP
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
WEEK 7
WEEK 8
Mapping the Russian Empire
-Russian Classsystem presentations
-Intro Angel on the Square& post-its
-Word study
-Comp quiz
-Images of Russia Scavenger Hunt
-Word study
-Comp quiz
-Explore N/A website
-Word study
-Comp quiz
-Ballet study
-Russian Classes from novel
-DVD clips activity
-Word study
-Comp quiz
-Rasputin character study
-Word study
-Comp quiz
-Fictional movie study
-Book Test
-Anastasia
DESCRIPTIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR TOPIC CLUSTERS, UNITS, CHAPTERS with assessments.
DAY-BY-DAY LESSON PLANS