With the Blueprint in hand, we read the text from our core curriculum.  This video is an example of the notes I made as I read this text using the questions in the Blueprint as a guide.  You'll hear my thinking about places in the text where students might need support in relation to the Language Comprehension strands of The Reading Rope.

After reading the text and considering our notes about its demands, we turn to our curriculum resources.  What will be covered and provided in the lessons and supplemental curriculum materials that will help us plan supportive lessons for our students' needs?  Where can we find evidence of the Blueprint and Language Comprehension strands in the curriculum?

If we identify that additional small group planning is needed, or some enhancements of the curriculum might prove helpful, how can we use The Reading Comprehension Blueprint Activity Book for support?  This video explains how a teacher might use the activity in the sample lesson from Chapter 7 in the book.  This could be a support for students who require deeper practice with understanding character development and therefore the theme of this text.

This model lesson builds off of the lesson and text used in the unconstrained lesson video.  The Skills-Based lesson template is used for planning.  That template is linked here.