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Reading strategies foundation unit

Cycle 2, Day 3. Reading strategies foundation unit. Reading goal: As we read, we will make predictions based on foreshadowing. Today’s Big Question: What do people want from their pets? Team Cooperation Skill: Complete all tasks. “Beth Gelert ”. Survey the poem

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Reading strategies foundation unit

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  1. Cycle 2, Day 3 Reading strategies foundation unit

  2. Reading goal: • As we read, we will make predictions based on foreshadowing. • Today’s Big Question: • What do people want from their pets? • Team Cooperation Skill: • Complete all tasks

  3. “Beth Gelert” • Survey the poem • What do you think it may be about? • What do you know about greyhounds?

  4. Setting • How might a greyhound have been valuable in the thirteenth century? • Where is Wales? • Yr Wyddfaydy’rmynydducha’ yngNghymru. • Mount Snowdon is the tallest mountain in Wales.

  5. Predicting • Do you think a poet or an author wants the reader to make predictions and guess what will happen next? Why? • Foreshadow Fore Shadow

  6. “Beth Gelert” - Listening • Stanzas 1-5 • Listen twice and then to my Think Aloud • Did I find any examples of foreshadowing?

  7. Advanced Reading Strategies

  8. Partner reading: stanzas 6-13 • What caused Llewelyn’s dissatisfaction concerning the hunt? • Was Gelert happy to see his master? How do you know? • What word(s) did you clarify that created images or pictures in your mind of Llewelyn’s return to the castle? What strategies did you use to clarify the word(s)? • What do you think Llewelyn will discover has happened while he was away hunting? What clues (foreshadowing) help you make this prediction? (write)

  9. Vocabulary

  10. # Heads • What kind of behavior does Llewelyn expect from Gelert? • Do you think his expectations are realistic? Could an animal live up to these expectation? • What do people want from their pets? • Vocabulary Review • Homework: read 20 minutes EVERY NIGHT!

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