Lesson 15 - Keep Reading

🕐 Lesson Overview

Bellringer
Read: Chapter 16 & 17

⭐ Objectives

I can reflect on my experiences as a reader.

📏 Standards

🗽 NYSNGSS

7R9:
Use established criteria in order to evaluate the quality of texts. Make connections to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, and personal experiences.
7W5:
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

💖 SEL

1A.3b:
Apply self-regulation skills to effectively express emotions, including strong emotions.

🗒️ Lesson Plan

Anticipatory Set

Students will respond to the following bellringer prompt in their journals.

In your journal, write down some thoughts about A Long Walk to Water. What have you thought of the book so far? Which parts have you enjoyed, and which parts did you not like? Why? Did it keep your interest? Would you read another book by Linda Sue Park?

The teacher will take attendance then circulate to monitor students' writing. After sufficient time has elapsed, the teacher will invite students to share their responses. The class will then review the agenda and objectives.

Developmental Activity

The class will then read aloud Chapter 16 and 17. The teacher will use the Equity Sticks strategy to select readers on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis. The teacher will pause the reading to check for understanding, introduce new vocabulary, or explain unfamiliar concepts. In particular, the teacher should show examples of the Arabic alphabet and Arabic writing to help students visually understand the differences between the two.

Closure

Students will complete the ALWtW Reading Reflection assignment.

ALWtW Reading Reflection:
Directions: Tomorrow, we will finish reading A Long Walk to Water in class. Write a response of about a paragraph (at least four complete sentences) that reflects on your experiences with the book. Have you enjoyed the book so far? What did or didn't you like about it? Did you ever want to read ahead? Why? If you are completing this assignment after finishing the book, comment upon the ending. What did you think?

🧠 Rationale

This lesson amplifies student voice by allowing them to share their thoughts and feelings on the text. The teacher should make clear that students can be honest as long as they are constructive and give specific reasons to justify their feelings on the text.

⚙️ Modifications

If in a co-taught class, a co-teacher may pull a small group of students and read with them in a smaller group setting where more individualized reading interventions may be used.