get real session feb 2010

8/14/2019 Get Real Session Feb 2010

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English

Social

Studies

Math

Science

Arts

Language

Other

Background

Knowledge

TextStructures/

Supports

WordStudy

Reading

Comprehension

Writingto

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Using the Introduction to Discover

5 Ws and H ofThe Great Fire

Who

What

When

Where

Why

How

was involved or affected by the events?

happened?

did it happen?

did it happen?

is it important?

will the story be told?

Based on our discoveries from a close reading of theIntroduction, why is it important to

read theIntroduction when reading nonfiction?

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Getting the Most from Visual Information

Dr. Janet Allen

Read the pictures and the captions to determine information and develop questions based on the visuals in

this chapter/selection.

PicturePage # Illustration made me wonder...Fact(s) from the picture...My first impression/response

How do visuals/pictures work together with the words in the text to help tell the story of this event andthe challenges of recovering after the event?


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The Fast Track:

The Importance of Previewing TextWhen reading nonfiction, it is extremely important to preview the text. The more information you have before you

start reading, the more likely you are to remember the most important parts of what you read. There are lots of ways

to preview a text. See what you can determine from reading this book on a fast track.

A. Look at the cover. Make a prediction about the book based on what you see here.

Based on this cover, do you think you will like the book? Why or why not?

B. There are 4 chapters in this book. List the chapter titles below.

1. __________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________

4. __________________________________________________

Based on these chapter titles, make three statements that related to your predictions for what we will learn about

Phineas Gage in this book.

C. Take a picture walk by quickly glancing at the visuals in the book. There are a lot of photographs, diagrams,

illustrations and artwork. Write three fast facts you gained from your picture walk.

1. ______________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________


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D. Vocabulary can be challenging in some nonfiction books. Skim the captions that go with the visuals and the

glossary. Complete then following sentence starters:

E. The Index can give us a quick sense of some of the topics we will read about in a nonfiction book. What assump-

tions can you make about this book based on the Index?

1. I think the vocabulary in this book will be ________________________________________________________.

2. The words seem to be related to ________________________________________________________________.

3. I think Ill find the language in this book challenging because _________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________.

4. Strategies Ill use to make vocabulary easier to read and remember are __________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________.

F. Draw your image of what you think this book will show us based on conclusions from your fast track reading.

You will revisit this after you read the book to make changes based on your new information.


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Writing-to-Learn Supports

And InterventionsSummarize the So What? of what we have read or talked

about.

Respond to a comment/insight from someone in our

discussion.

Analyze the cause that led to the effect.

Define (in your own words) the concept we just studied.

Sketch or represent with graphics the process as you under-

stand it.

Question what you just heard/read.

Paraphrase the quote that is the significant piece of this text.

Describe the process you used to solve this problem.

Create a graphic organizer that represents the connections.

Explain where you think some students got lost in this

Process.

Predict what you think will occur next.

Write about your experience with learning this concept.

Document the most important points you would teach

someone about this concept.

Connect todays study with what you learned yesterday.

Writing-to-Learn Ideas for Use


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