Lesson+Plans

=Poetry= = = =Read Aloud=

=Mini-Lesson= [|Personification]

Reading Critically
Emily Dickins

=Independent Work:= Go to the Personification Website above and read the poems. Make a T Chart What is the object? What is the personification?

Students will read, comprehend and various types of informations texts. =Read Aloud= =Mini-Lesson=
 * December 8**

Reading a Newspaper Article
Set a Purpose Preview the Articles Good readers have a plan, or strategy, in mind when they read a newspaper article. =Independent Work:= Preview the beginning of a newspaper article. Fill in a 5 W's Chart What did you learn from yur preview? =Mini-Lesson=
 * Scan the headlines
 * Choose the articles you want to read
 * Use several words from the headline and ask a question
 * The headline and author
 * Any words that are repeated or in bold or larger type
 * The opening paragraphs (The Lead)
 * Grabs the reader's attention
 * Answers the most important questions, The 5 W's
 * Who, What, Where, When & Why
 * Any photographs and captions
 * Any maps, diagrams, charts, or other graphics
 * December 7**

The Reading Process
What you do as you read is the second step in the reading process:
 * 1) Read with a purpose
 * 2) Think about what you're reading
 * 3) Say to yourself "When I'm done reading, I'll know ___."
 * 4) Connect to what you read
 * 5) How does this relate to your life?
 * 6) Ask yourself
 * 7) How does this touch you?
 * 8) Where have you seen or heard something like this before?
 * 9) What do you find surprising?
 * 10) When did something like this happen to your?
 * 11) What do you think about it? Is it believable or not?

You will remember more about what you read if you connect it to your life. =Independent Work:= Read your library book or use one of the following websites. Answer the above questions in your Reading Journal =Read Aloud= Newpaper Articles
 * November 30**

=Mini-Lesson=

The Reading Process
What you do before you read is the first part of the reading process: >> =Independent Work:= Read your library book or use one of the following websites.
 * 1) Set a Purpose
 * 2) Ask yourself a question
 * 3) What is this novel about?
 * 4) What makes it interesting?
 * 5) Preview
 * 6) Gives you a sense of what to expect
 * 7) Start thinking about what you already know about the subject
 * 8) Look at its lengh, its difficulty, its vocabulary, its organization and its content
 * 9) Plan
 * 10) Set a purpose and decide the best way to reach it
 * 11) Choose a reading strategy and tools
 * 12) Note-taking
 * 13) Graphic Organizer