Reading+Unit+1

9th grade reading materials will be found here.

Friday (1/25/13) Objective: Practice previewing, chunking, and charting the text.

Warm up: Write a paragraph about why you think you are in this reading class. What do you hope to get from this class?

Monday (1/28/13) Objective: Students will identify and categorize words for a vocabulary inventory.

Warm up: Write for 3 minutes about what it must be like to survive a natural disaster like a hurricane or tornado.


 * 1) Watch this video about tornadoes: []
 * 2) Skim "Surviving the Storm."
 * 3) Vocabulary discussion.
 * 4) Read the article as a class and underline words you know well, words you kind of know, and words you don't know at all.
 * 5) Reread the article on your own and complete the vocabulary inventory chart.
 * 6) Take a quiz.

Tuesday (1/29/13) Objective: Students will identify and synthesize the central ideas in an article.

Warm up: When Gertrude entered the plane she caused her own death and the deaths of 200 people. Yet she was never blamed or criticized for her actions. What happened?

Clue #1: Gertrude caused a mechanical failure in the plane.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #2: It was a jet aircraft.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Preview "I Was Getting Death Threats" making note of bolded words, titles, pictures.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Paraphrase each paragraph.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Central Ideas handout.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Comparison piece with questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Wednesday (1/30/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Objective: Students will compare and contrast elements of two pieces of literature.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: A boy scout was anxious to win maximum points at his monthly inspection. However, despite his mother's best efforts, she could not remove some blue felt-tip marker stains from his hands. What did she do?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #1: She sent him to the inspection with the marks still on his hands.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #2: She ensured that the marks would not be seen.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Finish the companion piece about bullying.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Preview and chunk the elephant story.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Complete the KLEW chart.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Comparison piece with questions.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Complete final handout for the elephant story.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Go to the library, check out a book.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read for 15 minutes.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Write a diary entry for the main character of the book. 5 - 7 sentences.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Friday (2/1/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Objective: Practice previewing, chunking and charting the text for understanding.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: A man was trapped on an island in the middle of a large and deep lake. He could not swim and had no boat or means of making one. He waited desperately for help, but none came. Eventually he managed to escape. How?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #1: He did not attract or receive help in the form of a boat or a plane. He crossed the lake under his own power.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #2: He was lucky to have found shelter.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Begin reading "Thank you, M'am" by Langston Hughes.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Preview, chunk, chart.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Monday (2/4/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Objective: Practice previewing, chunking and charting the text for understanding and analysis.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: It was reported in the paper that Jim Jones had married his widow's sister. How did he do this?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #1: When Jim Jones died, his wife became a widow.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #2: No bigamy is involved and no life after death.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #3: He had married his widow's sister quite legally and legitimately.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Finish annotating "Thank you, M'am"
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Answer questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Tuesday (2/5/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Objective: Practice inferencing and drawing conclusions. Support ideas with evidence from the text.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: If you could travel faster than the speed of light, then you could catch up with the light which radiated from your body some time ago. You would then be able to see yourself as you used to be when you were younger. Although faster-than-light travel is impossible, at least at this time, how can we catch up with the light that we radiated earlier and see ourselves directly - as we used to be? (photographs, movies, and videotapes do not count)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #1 - There is a way in which we can see the light which we radiated and therefore an image of the way we were.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #2 - It is a common experience to view this image.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Practice short answer questions using the ATE strategy.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Wednesday (2/6/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Objective: Practice inferencing and drawing conclusions. Support ideas with evidence from the text.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: Write three things you learned from yesterday's activity.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Practice reading drama and a companion piece.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Answer OER questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Friday (2/8/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Objective: Assess previously learned skills: previewing the text and annotating; answering questions; supporting ideas with evidence from the text.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: Prepare materials for the test. You need:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">your folder
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Pen/pencil

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Monday (2/11/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Objective: Practice reading and annotating a story. Show understanding by answering a short answer question.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: Jim and Joe were fighting, so their mother punished them by making them both stand on the same sheet of yesterday's newspaper until they were ready to make up. She did this in such a way that neither of the boys could touch the other. How did she manage to do this?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #1: Jim and Joe were normal boys age seven and eight.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #2: They both stood on the same sheet of newspaper, but try as they might, they could not touch or even see each other without leaving the newspaper.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read and annotate a story.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Answer questions and OERs

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Tuesday (2/12/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Objective: Practice annotation and analysis of text.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: A man buys coconuts at $5 a dozen and sells them at $3 a dozen. As a result, he becomes a millionaire. How come?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #1: He lost money on every coconut he sold.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #2: He did not make money by any related activity.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read and annotate an excerpt from //The Book Thief//​.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Wednesday (2/13/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Objective: Assess reading comprehension and analysis.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up - get materials ready for a test. Pencils sharpened. Grab your folder.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Test.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Wednesday (2/20/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Objective: Practice building reading analysis skills.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up - Look back at the handout called "Kim." What is the theme of this story? How did you know?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Get in teacher-assigned partners.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read "Ana" (p. 5) and complete the handout with your partner.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read "Wendell" (p. 11) and complete the handout with your partner.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read "Gonzalo" (p. 17) and complete the handout with your partner.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Quiz
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Put everything in your folder and return your folder and copy of //Seedfolks//.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Friday (2/22/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Objective: Assess reading analysis skills through a quiz.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up - Sharpen pencils. Grab your folder and get out the three handouts from Wednesday ("Ana," "Wendell," and "Gonzalo").

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Quiz
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Discuss new arrangements for Monday.