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A reading and writing activity where students use a diagram to show relationships
among words or ideas
A middle-of-the-lesson activity in which students respond to a prompt framed on
the content of the lesson
An end-of-class activity where students respond to two or three open-ended
prompts about the day's lesson
A pre-reading activity in which students respond to two or three content-related
debatable questions before reading
A technique that students can use before, during, and after reading that provides
brainstorming, categorizing, and summarizing Ans✓✓✓ Graphic organizers
Quick writes
Exit cards
Anticipation guides
KWL charts
How can the teacher achieve this goal? Ans✓✓✓ Use a thematic-unit approach
to make connections between reading, writing, and speaking
How can the teacher modify the lesson to include developmentally-appropriate
technology to support reading, writing, and collaboration? Ans✓✓✓ Allow
students to create their report and receive feedback using a wiki
How can the teacher modify the lesson to include developmentally-appropriate
technology to support reading, writing, and collaboration? Ans✓✓✓ Provide
small groups with a guide to a rainforest WebQuest to complete specified tasks
, How can the teacher modify this lesson plan to address differences in society?
Ans✓✓✓ Have students compare how societal differences of each of the three
selected Americans had an impact on their lives
How do the ELL activities in this lesson support the district goal? Ans✓✓✓ They
use monitoring strategies to help ELL students learn academic math vocabulary.
How does this plan use developmentally appropriate accommodations for
students with a disability in reading? Ans✓✓✓ It uses skill building strategies that
are effective when working with students who have this disorder.
How is this teacher overcoming technology challenges for this assignment?
Ans✓✓✓ By eliminating inadvertent objectionable material
How should the teacher integrate developmentally appropriate texts and
activities into the unit to achieve this goal? Ans✓✓✓ Have students discuss texts
that are at their reading level and that emphasize the importance of cultural
heritage
In what way should the teacher use technology to support this activity? Ans✓✓✓
Use Wordle to make synonym clouds
What are two benefits of using a holistic scoring rubric for assessing students'
writing? Ans✓✓✓ The teacher can spend less time evaluating mechanics or style.
It is less time-consuming to complete than other scoring rubrics.