Objective: I can fix roadblocks or unknown words and phrases by applying the written strategies and consulting with my elbow partner.
BW: Copy the image on the Promethean board of the 4-Step Process for finding the meaning of a word.
Activities:
- Model: Teacher explain the 4-Step Process used in the image.
- Independent Activity: Students apply the 4-Step Process for today’s vocabulary: inextricable(adj), myriad(adj), poignant(adj), fatality(n), undermine(v).
- Reflection: What happens if I’m taking the SAT? Can I use Google or a dictionary?(3 sent.)
- Model: Teacher models with a whole class input how to solve the roadblocks of “commonplace” and “fluid intelligence” by using the strategies of breaking the word into parts and applying context clues.
- Think Pair/Share: Students will fix two more roadblocks while consulting each other.
- Share Out: Which sentence in “Having Your Smartphone…” answers the question of the title? How does knowing the claim help us to understand a phrase like “exerting a gravitational pull”?
- HW: Complete the 4-Step Process for today’s vocabulary and add 5 more roadblock solutions to the exemplars illustrated in class.