Current Unit

Reading Unit 1:

Unit Goals:

*become better close readers

*develop analytical thinking about how small parts of a story feed into larger ideas

*use evidence to support claims they make about text

*recognize how reading changes them giving them new perspectives or insights into others' experiences

Skills we will use:

• Use text evidence to analyze issues
• Explain how theme relates to the circumstances of the social issue
• Analyze how a character responds or changes as the plot moves towards resolution
• Determine how word choice affects meaning and tone
• Explain how the social issue relates to other texts or ideas

Skills we will use:

• Students will read independently for a sustained period of time.
• Students will write consistently for extended periods of time.
• Students will keep their writing pieces organized and easily accessible.
• Students will collect and explore ideas and information from their world in one place (notebook) that they can refer to at any time.
• Students will select just right books to read independently.
• Students will determine which strategies will help when reading and use a variety of different strategies.
• Students will use thinking maps to organize their ideas for writing.