Homework this week:

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Word Study: G/L U 13 

Students will identify characteristics of informational text and identify the controlling idea/thesis in a text.

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

Students will first read a text using the reading comprehension strategy of generating questions, using context clues to define new vocabulary, and demonstrating comprehension by responding to questions using text evidence.

Skill: Controlling Idea or Thesis and Skill: Text Evidence

Students will analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence, and students will demonstrate an understanding of a text by using text evidence to support an appropriate response.

Independent Read: Blind

Students will read a text and demonstrate understanding by responding to comprehension questions, participating in a collaborative conversation, and writing a personal response.

Extended Constructed Response for Paired Passages “Blind” and “Phineas Gage”

In this lesson’s short comparative constructed response, students will analyze the theme and controlling idea to draw conclusions about how authors make their writing compelling. Students will begin drafting their ECR by constructing a KERNEL Essay.

Students will complete the assessment for G/L U13 and a multiple choice assessment over the two stories from this week.