Language Objective: Join small group discussion about a reading passage and corresponding questions.
Essential Question: Are my reading comprehension skills improving?
Today we continued reading comprehension skills practice. We checked the homework and discussed practical and proven methods used to find correct answers on a multiple choice test. We read a poem entitled The Spider, discussed stanzas in Casey at the Bat and the North Carolina State Toast, and created more examples of free verse. Next, we read a reading comprehension practice passage entitled The History of Chocolate. After answering the corresponding questions, students worked in pairs to compare answers. This gave the students the opportunity to defend their choices and consider other viewpoints. Finally, we reviewed figurative language terms.Homework: Reading comprehension practice #48, SSR.
