3/7 Wednesday

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Guiding Question: 
What were the effects of the Mexican-American war?

Objectives: 
Collaborative: Students will practice their fluency by reading an article about the Mexican-American War and answering text-dependent questions with at least 80% accuracy. 

Standards: 
RH.6-8.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source 
ELD B.6 - Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed.
Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 Minutes: 
Complete your objective tracker for today. 

Independent (Voice Level 0) 40 Minutes: 
Task 1: Complete a "cold read" of the text out loud. 
Task 2: Listen to me read the article 
Task 3: Re-read the article out loud
Task 4: Complete text-dependent questions in your small groups 

 Here is criteria for answering TDQs! 

Early Finishers: Complete any missing assignments, read another article on NewsELA, watch CNN student news, ponder the meaning of life. 

Homework: 
None

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