3/7 Wednesday

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