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Unit 2-Lesson 1

Unit 2-Lesson 1. Understanding Complex Text by Breaking Down Unfamiliar Vocabulary. Do Now. Read the paragraphs below. What important ideas do you notice within the text?

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Unit 2-Lesson 1

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  1. Unit 2-Lesson 1 Understanding Complex Text by Breaking Down Unfamiliar Vocabulary

  2. Do Now • Read the paragraphs below. What important ideas do you notice within the text? • It was a miracle. Those who were there consider it so, and those who have studied it since are even more convinced. It was a miraculous combination of courage, effort, and good weather. • 2 The British army lay besieged at Dunkirk in 1940, in desperate trouble. Europe had been overrun by the German armored divisions, and the British had retreated into a tiny pocket on the French coast. Their backs were to the sea. They could go no further. England and safety lay just across the Channel, but might as well have been half a world away. • 3 Hour by hour the German armored ring closed tighter. The troops were compressed into an ever narrowing area. At last they were on the open beach – hundreds of thousands of them waiting for the end. Overhead, the dive---­‐bombers wheeled. Behind them, the tanks and artillery roared. They turned to fight for the last time, and that was when the miracle began.

  3. Mini- Lesson • Readers think critically about a text by paying close attention to unfamiliar vocabulary and thinking about how these words shape the meaning of a text. • Readers use context clues & prior knowledge to help them developing meaning.

  4. Model • It was a miracle. Those who were there consider it so, and those who have studied  it since are even more convinced it was a miraculous combination of courage, effort and good weather.

  5. Model • Think Aloud: What do I know about the word miracle? Where have I heard it before? Does it fit in with what I am reading? What can I tell about the word form the lines I have read? • It was a miracle. Those who were there consider it so, and those who have studied  it since are even more convinced it was a miraculous combination of courage, effort and good weather.

  6. MIRACLE

  7. ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT • Read the first line in paragraph 2 with your partner.  Create a web for the word "besieged".  (Just like I did for miracle.)  

  8. Independent Practice • Re-read paragraphs 1-3 and create webs for the bold faced words. • EXAMPLE Miracle

  9. Summary • EXIT CARD: What is going on in the first three paragraphs of the text?

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