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Tackling Complex Texts Tasks that Motivate Intermediate Readers

Tackling Complex Texts Tasks that Motivate Intermediate Readers. Presented by Betsey Olotka and Elizabeth Marsili. All materials available at http ://TacklingComplexTexts. wikispaces.com/3-5. Determining Text Complexity. Text Complexity Bands. Great Source for Complex Texts.

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Tackling Complex Texts Tasks that Motivate Intermediate Readers

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  1. Tackling Complex TextsTasks that Motivate Intermediate Readers Presented by Betsey Olotka and Elizabeth Marsili

  2. All materials available at http://TacklingComplexTexts.wikispaces.com/3-5

  3. Determining Text Complexity

  4. Text Complexity Bands

  5. Great Source for Complex Texts www.NewsELA.com

  6. Silent Conversation Lexile Level: 720L Source of article: www.NewsELA.com

  7. The Rules ofSilent Conversations • Your handwriting must be readable. • Use all the time I give you for writing. Don’t just write a word or two and quit. Keep rereading and thinking about the article and the things other people have written. Keep the conversation going. • This is a silent discussion, so no talking until later on!

  8. Text Evidence Walks It was a close cousin to certain dinosaurs foundon other continents. Until now, very little was known about North American dinosaurs during the time Siats lived. The huge animal was 30 feet long and weighed 4 tons. Makovicky said he and Zanno also found bones from two other new kinds of dinosaurs. Source of article: www.NewsELA.com

  9. Text Evidence Walks Is this evidence that the discovery of Siatsmeekerorum was an important discovery?

  10. Text-Based Debates Lexile Level: 810L Source of story: Junior Great Books www.greatbooks.org

  11. Text-Based Debates • Read and mark text. • F = Ooka is fair • UF = Ooka is unfair • Divide into groups: • I take the position that Ookais fair. • I take the position that Ookais unfair.

  12. Text-Based Debates • Meet with people who take the same position to discuss evidence from the text that supports that position. • State your position and give text evidence to your opponent. Listen to the evidence your opponent provides and take notes. My position is that Ooka is _______ andmy first reason is _________. You can see that in the story when it says ________.

  13. Text-Based Debates • Meet with original group to discuss how to respond to opponent’s argument. You said that ____________ shows that Ooka is ________. I believe that actually show that Ooka is ________ because ___________. • Respond to your opponent’s arguments.

  14. Sociograms A sociogram is a visual representation of the relationships among characters in a literary text

  15. Sociograms A sociogram is a visual representation of the relationships among characters in a literary text

  16. Sociograms • Physical distance between characters • Size/shape/symbol of a character • Types of lines • Use of color or visual symbols • Add one word to each connecting line. Words may only be used once!

  17. Sociograms

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