Description
Ten minutes reading the morning paper or your favorite news.com, one of these strategies, and five minutes at the copier yields a relevant high-order thinking activity.
News bombards students constantly. They need ways to engage current events and to consider how events can impact their lives. These B-D-A and PACE activities join traditional reading strategy formats with problem solving to foster nonfiction text reading skills and high-order thinking. You will find in this product detailed teacher directions, both strategies, accommodated versions of these strategies for special needs students, and a rubric for assessing summary paragraphs.
The strategies are appropriate for students in grades 7 through 10 and address the following Common Core Standards: 6-8RH.1, 6-8RH.2, 6-8RH.4, 6-8RH.10, 6-8W.1a, 6-8W.1b, and 6-8W.1e. Since you pick the article, these strategies can be used in any middle or early high school classroom-- Science, Social Studies, Reading, English, and the list continues.
PDF and modifiable Word versions of this activity are included in the "zipped" download file.
News bombards students constantly. They need ways to engage current events and to consider how events can impact their lives. These B-D-A and PACE activities join traditional reading strategy formats with problem solving to foster nonfiction text reading skills and high-order thinking. You will find in this product detailed teacher directions, both strategies, accommodated versions of these strategies for special needs students, and a rubric for assessing summary paragraphs.
The strategies are appropriate for students in grades 7 through 10 and address the following Common Core Standards: 6-8RH.1, 6-8RH.2, 6-8RH.4, 6-8RH.10, 6-8W.1a, 6-8W.1b, and 6-8W.1e. Since you pick the article, these strategies can be used in any middle or early high school classroom-- Science, Social Studies, Reading, English, and the list continues.
PDF and modifiable Word versions of this activity are included in the "zipped" download file.
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Two Reading Strategies To Engage Students In Current Events Problem Solving
David Cooper
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Highlights
Grades
7th - 10th
Standards
CCSSRH.6-8.1
CCSSRH.6-8.2
CCSSRH.6-8.4
Pages
24
Answer Key
Rubric only
Teaching Duration
1 hour
Description
Ten minutes reading the morning paper or your favorite news.com, one of these strategies, and five minutes at the copier yields a relevant high-order thinking activity.
News bombards students constantly. They need ways to engage current events and to consider how events can impact their lives. These B-D-A and PACE activities join traditional reading strategy formats with problem solving to foster nonfiction text reading skills and high-order thinking. You will find in this product detailed teacher directions, both strategies, accommodated versions of these strategies for special needs students, and a rubric for assessing summary paragraphs.
The strategies are appropriate for students in grades 7 through 10 and address the following Common Core Standards: 6-8RH.1, 6-8RH.2, 6-8RH.4, 6-8RH.10, 6-8W.1a, 6-8W.1b, and 6-8W.1e. Since you pick the article, these strategies can be used in any middle or early high school classroom-- Science, Social Studies, Reading, English, and the list continues.
PDF and modifiable Word versions of this activity are included in the "zipped" download file.
News bombards students constantly. They need ways to engage current events and to consider how events can impact their lives. These B-D-A and PACE activities join traditional reading strategy formats with problem solving to foster nonfiction text reading skills and high-order thinking. You will find in this product detailed teacher directions, both strategies, accommodated versions of these strategies for special needs students, and a rubric for assessing summary paragraphs.
The strategies are appropriate for students in grades 7 through 10 and address the following Common Core Standards: 6-8RH.1, 6-8RH.2, 6-8RH.4, 6-8RH.10, 6-8W.1a, 6-8W.1b, and 6-8W.1e. Since you pick the article, these strategies can be used in any middle or early high school classroom-- Science, Social Studies, Reading, English, and the list continues.
PDF and modifiable Word versions of this activity are included in the "zipped" download file.
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Good for writing portfolios!
Hello Angelica:
Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review. Best of luck to you, and I am glad to see you are addressing current events with your middle school students!
Dave
so helpful, great resource thanks
Hello Cynthia:
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback, and I'm glad you found these reading strategies to be helpful. From time-to-time I've used these as springboards for persuasive writing. Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have: dcooperwriting@gmail.com.
Dave
good resource!
Hello Christine:
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback, and I'm glad you found these reading strategies to be helpful.
Dave
Thanks!
Hello Amy:
You are very welcome, and I hope you have a great end to your school year. Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have at dcooperwriting@gmail.com.
Dave
Wonderful! Great for my AP class.
I'm glad you found these strategies useful! Thank you for taking the time to provide me with feedback, and I wish you the best for a great rest of the school year.
Very useful
Thank you for the feedback, and I am glad you found these materials to be helpful. Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have. dcooperwriting@gmail.com
Great activity
I'm glad you found this to be helpful. Please feel free to contact me with nay questions or suggestions you may have-- I also enjoy hearing about how activities were received by students!
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSRH.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
CCSSRH.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
CCSSRH.6-8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
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