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“Do Now” Activity. Read “How to Bartle Puzballs” and answer the questions. Summer School 2009 TAKS Implementation. How to Bartle Puzballs.
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“Do Now” Activity Read “How to Bartle Puzballs”and answer the questions.
Summer School 2009 TAKS Implementation
How to Bartle Puzballs There are tork gooboos of puzballs, including laplies, mushos, and fushos. Even if you bartle the puzballs that tovo inny and onny of the pern, they do not grunto any lipples. In order to geemee a puzball that guntos lipples, you should bartle the fusho who has rarckled the parshtootoos after her humply fluflu. • How many of gooboos of puzballs are there? • What are laplies, mushos, and fushos? • Even if you bartle the puzballs that tovo inny and onny of the pern, they will not what? • How can you geemee a puzball that guntos lipples? Gallagher, Kelly (2004). Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12.
Answers • There are tork gooboos of puzballs. • Laplies, mushos, and fushos are tork gooboos of puzballs. • They will not grunto any lipples. • You should bartle the fusho who has rarckled her parshtootoos after her humply fluflu Gallagher, Kelly (2004). Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12.
“Do Now” Activity Lesson openers (starters) to engage and motivate students http://classroom-activities.suite101.com/article.cfm/five_fantastic_starters_donows
Digging Deeper Surface level reading vs Evaluate, Analyze, Synthesize Do we really understand what we read? Gallagher, Kelly (2004). Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12.
Conversation Piece What happened in the story???Read between the lines: inference “If we simply assign reading instead of teaching students how to read, we’ll get poor reading.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, 1950.
Questions: (Tovani, pg. 19) • Why should a content area teacher teach reading? • How do I find the time? • Shouldn’t they have learned to read in elementary school? • Why is reading so important in social studies Answers: • Only a fraction of students can read the textbook. • Integrate comprehension strategies • Reading instruction should continue through secondary level • 85-95% of content addresses in SS is from reading
Do we use textbooks all the time? • Newspapers • Atlases • Magazines • Primary and secondary sources • Internet We use expository text.
Types of Expository Text Advertisements, autobiographies, biographies, book reports, brochures, campaign speeches, cartoons, catalogues, comics, complaints, definitions, directions, editorials, instructions, interviews, invitations, journals, lab reports, letters, lists, maps, menus, etc. Expository text has varied structure.
TEXT STRUCTURE refers to the characteristics of written material and the way ideas in a text are constructed and organized. • There is a strong connection between reading comprehension and understanding text structures. Knowledge of text structure allows the reader to select and attend to the right details so comprehension can occur.
1. Predict what is found inside each “box” below.2. Did you use the outside of the box to make your prediction?
Research shows that good readers determine structures based on their experiences with a variety of texts, and they apply this knowledge when they read new material.
Digging Deeper:7 Structures of Expository Text • Definition • Description • Process (collection, time order, or listing) • Classification • Comparison • Analysis • Persuasion
Foldable Book http://www.nellieedge.com/pdf/foldlittlebook.pdf
1. Definition Definition Text Structureprovides meaning of term or concept. A right that cannot be taken away without due process. Unalienable right
2. Description Description Text Structure provides a written visual of concept.
3. Process Process Text Structure provides an order of events or steps to a task. (Sequential)
4. Classification Classification Text Structure provides information organized according to categories.
5. Comparison Comparison Text Structure focuses on similarities or differences of two or more topics.
Over- production Under- consumption Uneven Dist. of Wealth Not Enough Money in Circulation Depression High Tariffs European Countries Can’t Pay 6. Analysis Analysis Text Structure identifies the reason for something occurring and lists what occurs because of that reason. (Cause and Effect)
Slavery in the U.S. Northern View Southern View Western View 7. Persuasion Persuasion Text Structure focuses on the conclusion or end result of a concept or event.
Social Studies Text Organization • Cause and Effect • Definition or explanation • Chronological or sequential order of events • Question-and-answer pattern Use appropriate organizers!
Use appropriate organizers! What is a graphic organizer? http://www.readingquest.org/strat/graphic.html
Use appropriate organizers! Using graphic organizers: http://www.worksheetworks.com/miscellanea/graphic-organizers.html http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm
Pre-Reading Strategy: “Chapter Tour” • Identify the text structures in the questions… Reflect on this activity: • Will you change how to present text structure to your students? • Use it for Problem of the Day…
closely at the following diagram. You will reproduce it on a piece of paper.
Generalizations A structure/organizational pattern/process supports learning – in all content areas. NOTE: If the participants knew ahead of time the following structure/ organizational pattern/process, they would only need a few seconds to memorize the number:
Answers • 1776 our nation’s birthday • 60 minutes in an hour • 24 hours in a day • 365 days in a year • 411 directory assistance
School Program 2009 http://socialstudiestaks.wikispaces.com/