| Lesson Plan |
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| Goal |
To transfer self-monitoring of reading comprehension to students. |
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| English SOL |
6.4, 6.5 |
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| Text |
Buffalo Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne |
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| Reading level |
Instructional for most, potentially frustrating for a few. |
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| Comprehension focus |
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Asking and answering questions |
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| Before reading activities |
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Predict. |
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Review the times when we ask questions. |
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Restate questions.Number sticky notes to correspond to the questions. |
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Write one extra question. |
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| During reading activities |
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Read with partners. |
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Mark answers to questions with numbered sticky notes. |
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Writing the answers to questions. |
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| After reading activities |
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Review reflective and predictive questions. |
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Write questions for the next chapter. |
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| Homework |
Organize a question chart. |
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| Self evaluation |
Quite a few of the students still need help with restating the question to prepare to answer it. I will plan a mini-lesson. The text seems to be instructional for most and their literal comprehension is good so far. They seem to have formulated appropriate questions for the next chapter, so I will need to model less. |
