Reading Objectives: Use active reading strategies to aid comprehension.
Use active reading strategies for silent sustained reading.
Analyze reading using active reading strategies.
Evaluate characteristics of nonfiction and fiction writing using text evidence.
Evaluate a story and/or nonfiction text with support.
Compare/contrast fact vs. fiction using text evidence.
Summarize and paraphrase reading.
Main idea.
Reasearch: Evaluating sources.
Citing sources.
Researching information.
Note-taking to process information.
Thesis statement
Writing Objectives:
Use complete sentences.
Use correct punctuation and capitalization in a sentence.
Use paragraphs in writing.
Writing a summary & paraphrasing.
Write, revise, and edit a piece of writing using the RAFT strategy to present to the class.
Listening/Speaking:
Present research to class.
Evaluate speaker's messages.
Adjust rate, volume, pitch of voice to give an oral presentation.
Appreciate speaker's messages.
Cross curricular:
Draw a free-hand map and plot the frequency of sightings of the cryptid.
Does the cryptid or a variation of the cryptid exist in other contries?
How does the country or the landscape influence the nature of the cryptid?
What is the cryptid's habitat?
How does a culture support or influence the sightings of a cryptid?
Activities:
1. Research
2. Complete frame.
3. Intro. RAFT writing strategy.