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Comprehension Plan for A Tear in the Ocean
Comprehension Plan for A Tear in the Ocean
Theme is the focus of our comprehension resources. A comprehension plan, recommended lesson sequence, whole-book assessment, and recommended multimodal responses are provided. To work towards and teach comprehension using A Tear in the Ocean, we focus on two skills: inferring and synthesizing. Two lessons are provided on specific strategies to help students learn and practice inferring. One lesson is provided to help students learn and practice synthesizing. Each lesson uses the gradual release of responsibility model to allow students to gain independence as they gain understanding of the strategy (Pearson & Gallagher, 1983). The following lessons are adapted from Goal 7 in The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo (2015).
Comprehension Lessons:
Comprehension Lessons:
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Tear in the Ocean Whole Book Assessment Questions A Tear in the Ocean Whole Book Assessment Questions with Potential Student AnswersWhole-Book Assessment
Whole-Book Assessment
While the lessons provided focus on theme, the whole book assessment reaches a wider scope. It evaluates students on themes & ideas, character, plot & setting, and vocabulary & figurative language. There are 8 questions placed throughout the text to allow students the opportunity to grapple with each question as they read. The whole-book assessment provided is based off of Jennifer Serravallo's book called Understanding Texts and Readers: Responsive Comprehension Instruction with Leveled Texts (2018). Serravallo states "I find that eight to twelve prompts or questions in each book gives me enough information to draw conclusions about readers, without bogging them down with too many interruptions or tasks while they read independently" (2018, p. 189).
Click the Google Docs to the left to see the Whole Book Assessment Questions we created for A Tear in the Ocean, as well as potential student responses.
References
References
Bouwman, H. M. (2019). A tear in the ocean. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Serravallo, J. (2015) The Reading Strategies Book: Your everything guide to developing skilled readers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Serravallo, J. (2018). Understanding Texts and Readers: Responsive Comprehension Instruction with Leveled Texts. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
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