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A Portrait of Our World: Making Connections and Developing Comprehension
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| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Unit |
| Estimated Time | Nine 60-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
San Bernardino, California |
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LESSON PLANS
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Cultural Connections and Writing for Change
A little understanding can go a long way. After learning about difficulties that Palestinian youths face, students will write a letter to an official discussing these issues.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Young Adult Literature about the Middle East: A Cultural Response Perspective
Adapted from Sheryl L. Finkle and Tamara J. Lilly’s Middle Ground: Exploring Selected Literature from and about the Middle East, this variation on traditional literature circles exposes students to a variety of young adult fiction from and about the Middle East. Students read and share research and responses in collaborative groups. At the end of the lesson, they write a letter to welcome an immigrant student to their school and community.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Guided Comprehension in Action: Teaching Summarizing With the Bio-Cube
Students learn the ins and outs of writing biographies by researching a contemporary or historical figure and writing a summary.
Grades 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Guided Comprehension: Self-Questioning Using Question-Answer Relationships
Guided comprehension moves your students beyond decoding to become independent readers. Generating questions to guide reading helps readers make connections with the text and supports independent comprehension of new texts.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Using QARs to Develop Comprehension and Reflective Reading Habits
Students are introduced to question-answer relationships (QARs). Using the QAR strategy, students identify different types of questions and learn how to determine the appropriate response for each question type.
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
Bio Cube is a useful summarizing tool that helps students identify and list key elements about a person for a biography or autobiography.
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The interactive Cube Creator helps students identify and summarize key elements. It can be used as a prewriting or postreading activity.
ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS
Grades 3 – 5 | Activity & Project
Telling My Story: Make a Bio-Cube
Let children explore an interesting subject—themselves. An online tool will teach them to summarize and organize information as they write.