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Reading for Gist, Answering Text-Dependent Questions, and Determining Author’s Purpose: Industrial Organic Food Chain Lesson PlanReading for Gist, Answering Text-Dependent Questions, and Determining Author’s Purpose: Industrial Organic Food Chain Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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8th
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English Language Arts
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45 mins
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2014
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Reading for Gist, Answering Text-Dependent Questions, and Determining Author’s Purpose: Industrial Organic Food Chain

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After re-reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma using a Reading Closely: Guiding Questions handout, class members use sticky notes to annotate and determine the gist of the text. Finally, they use an Author’s Purpose graphic organizer to determine how the author supports his view.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

author's purpose, textual evidence, answering questions, reading, responding to reading

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Discuss the meaning and significance of the word organic

Classroom Considerations

  • The fifth lesson of 15 in the Grade 8 ELA Module 4, Unit 1
  • Uses sticky notes and dictionaries 

Pros

  • Offers tips for meeting the needs of struggling learners
  • Includes a list of vocabulary words

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.8.2 RI.8.4 RI.8.6 RI.8.8

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