This is a disaster. Scholars look through the book Eight Days: A Story of Haiti and discuss their wonderings about the text and natural disasters. They then complete a first read to determine gist and second read to answer text-dependent questions. Pupils finish by completing a third read for a deeper text analysis. 

Concepts

direct quotes, note-taking skills, narrators

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Instructional Ideas

• Prior to reading, discuss different types of natural disasters

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson one of nine in Grade 5 ELA Module 4, Unit 2
• Order of lessons matters
• Create hetergeneous groups of four in advance

Pros

• Includes answers for text-dependent questions
• Offers a graphic organizer for note taking

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.1 SL.5.1.a SL.5.1.b SL.5.1.c SL.5.1.d