Objectives:

I can annotate my reading to help myself understand it.

I can comprehend my reading and present a summary of it to the class.

I can take notes while my classmates present important information about the assigned reading.

Today’s Activities:

• Bellwork: Choice book reading
• Go over World War Z presentation assignment
• Example presentation / practice note taking

Assessment:

• Presentations will be ongoing to end of quarter.  They count as an alternative assessment.

Documents/Texts:

• World War Z
• WWZ Presentations
• WWZ Presenter Rubric
• WWZ Questioner Rubric
• WWZ Presentation Notes

Accommodations/Modifications:

• Teacher/aide will work with some students to help them on this assignment as necessary.

Objectives:

I can annotate my reading to help myself understand it.

Today’s Activities:

• Bellwork – Choice book reading
• Group/Partner/Individual reading – pg. 76-83:  76-83 Guided Reading
• HOMEWORK:  Read pgs. 83-89; make two non-vocab annotations per page

Assessment:

• Guided reading questions collected
• Annotations checked next class
• Annotations used for weekly quizzes

Documents/Texts:

•  World War Z
• 76-83 Guided Reading

Accommodations/Modifications:

• Teacher & aide work with reading groups and check in with individual readers.

Objectives:

I can annotate my reading to help myself understand it.

Today’s Activities:

• Bellwork
• Read World War Z pg. 18-21.  Make annotations that will help you answer the following questions.  These questions will be on an open-book quiz on Tuesday.
  • Who is Stanley MacDonald?  (What is his job?)
  • What happens to him in the tunnels?
  • What happens to him when he gets home to Edmonton?
• HOMEWORK
  • Finish reading & annotating 18-21
  • Map worksheet

Assessment:

• Bellwork discussion
• Quiz on Tuesday
• Map worksheet due Tuesday

Documents/Texts:

• World War Z
• Bellwork – pg. 15
• Map worksheet

Accommodations/Modifications:

• Teacher/aide checks in with all students as they annotate to ensure they are making good notes.

Objectives:

I can annotate my reading to help myself understand it.

Today’s Activities:

• Bellwork: Read and annotate WWZ pgs. 8-11
• Read pgs. 8-11 as whole class and make annotations
• HOMEWORK:  Read World War Z pgs. 12-18 & a make annotations.  Choose 4 words you circled to look up in the dictionary.

Assessment:

• Whole class discussion/annotation
• Students will use their annotations to complete a quiz later in the week
• Homework will be checked for completion next class.

Documents/Texts:

• World War Z

Accommodations/Modifications:

• Teacher/aide checks in with all students as they annotate to ensure they are making good notes.