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READ 180 & Systems 44
This week we continue our study on Contagion: Workshop 5 pages 248-249
Learning/Language Goals: Identify a text’s central idea and analyze how it develops.
Use new academic words to compare key ideas and details in a Science article.
Objectives: Students will learn how some of history’s worst Epidemics and Pandemics started.
Students will also learn what makes them deadly.
Lesson 5:5 “Tiny Invaders”
The FLU and SARS are not only dangerous but Cholera, Smallpox, and Ebola are “Tiny Invaders” that are still a problem today.
Academic Vocabulary: Contain, Exposed, Pandemic and Epidemic.
Students will also learn how to Identify the Central Ideas and to add important details as they read a text.
Technology: Students will work on Student App/Software Zones. Students will work on Mindset Matters Segments and Systems 44 students will work based on their individual levels as generated by the program.
Independent Reading: Everyone will read a book based on their Lexile & I will be reading also.
Small Group: Small group will focus on Vocabulary & Reading Comprehension.
All students will take a reading count quiz online & complete a weekly reading log due on Friday’s and all grades go directly to the gradebook. Weekly Do Now/Warm-up from last week and this week will be graded.
Students will start the Odysseus today.
A Powerpoint on Greek Mythology and a background introduction to the poem will be provided in class.
Students will complete a Character Analysis of Odysseus on page 31.
Class Project: Students will create one visual from the poem that should include textual evidence from the poem that identifies mood, descriptive verbs, and three sentences to interpret the visual. (Project grade)
Students will complete a Sequencing thinking map based on the poem Odyssey.
Students will complete Text-dependent questions after reading the poem.
I will continue to work with students to make up work this week.
Reading logs are due on Fridays for a grade.
Vocabulary focus this week: Talents, Draught, Devoid, Premonitions, Ambrosia, Treachery, Fleece.
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