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Shared Inquiry. Orientation UnitII. Session 1 Pre-reading. What qualities have been passed onto you from your family? Please explain using details and scenarios. What is the difference between stealing and borrowing?. Focus on the following concepts.
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Shared Inquiry Orientation UnitII
Session 1 Pre-reading • What qualities have been passed onto you from your family? Please explain using details and scenarios. • What is the difference between stealing and borrowing?
Focus on the following concepts • Idea—Generating and clarifying ideas about a selection’s meaning • Evidence—Supporting and checking ideas, based on what is in the text • Response—Listening to and considering the ideas of others
Session 1 First Reading • Listen as the text is read aloud, marking places where you have questions. • Use a question mark (?) to denote your questions. Write your questions in the margins or on a separate sheet of paper! • Use an exclamation point (!) to denote important passages.
Session 1—Recording Questions • All questions will be recorded on the board. • Identify any vocabulary questions. • In small groups, label questions according to type.
Question Types • If the question has… • One correct answer that comes from the text it is a FACTUAL question. • One reasonable answer that comes from sources outside the text such as encyclopedias it is a BACKGROUND question. • Reasonable answers based on imagination or guessing it is a SPECULATIVE question. • Two (or more) reasonable answers supported by evidence from the text it is an INTERPRETIVE question.
How can you test a question and determine its type? • Question— • Answer #1-- Answer #2— • Evidence: Evidence: • Source of your answer? Source of your answer? • Type of Question? • Factual • Background • Speculative • Evaluative • Interpretive
Session 1 • Now, choose two questions (evaluative) that continue to puzzle or intrigue you and record them.
Session 2 • Share questions according to type. • Vocabulary—Determine word meaning using context and outside sources.
Session 3 • Reread the selection and mark passages using the following prompt: • Mark passages with an M when the story deals with morals or ethics. (Right and Wrong Conduct) • Mark passages with an N when you notice something new.
Session 4 • You will explore the text’s meaning by discussion an interpretive question. • You will support your ideas with evidence from the text. • You will be an attentive and active listener. • You will refer to classmates by name. • You will expect the teacher to ask questions and not provide answers.
How to participate in Shared Inquiry • What happened that gave you that idea? • What part of the story supports your idea? • What do you think about____________? • Are you agreeing with Sam’s answer? • So how does your idea fit with Jasmine’s answer?
Interpretive Question #1 • Interpretive Question:
Focus Question • Why doesn’t John Byro ask that the horse be returned when he meets the boys on the road?
Focus Question II • Which character possesses the most wisdom in the story?
Session 4 • After the discussion, enrich your answer based on the evidence that was presented during the conversation.
5th Block Questions • Factual Questions • Why is it when someone is talking they don’t have “…” at the beginning and end of the sentence? • What would John Byro notice from looking in the horses mouth? • What effects did Mourad have on the horse? Page 9 • Where does the story take place? • Background Questions • What is poverty stricken? • What is a surrey? • “he got up and stalked out of the house” what does this mean? Page 7 • What language is Vazire in? • Where is Armenian Spoken? • What is Alfalfa? • Why do you have to kick into a horses muscles to make the horse move? • What kind of horse was white but what kind of bred? • Speculative Questions • Is Mourad really crazy? • What made the poor? • Why did Mourad gave a way with everything? • Does a white horse have a deeper meaning in the text? • Why so much love about the horse? • Why does she want to ride alone? • Interpretive Questions
Final Homework • Write an essay arguing that Mourad was the wisest character in the story. Use a MINIMUM of three details/quotes to support your ideas. • Write an essay arguing that Uncle Khosrove was the wisest character in the story. Use a MINIMUM of three details/quotes to support your ideas. • Write an essay arguing that Uncle Khosrove was the wisest character in the story. Use a MINIMUM of three details/quotes to support your ideas.