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"Strategies to Achieve Reading Success" Book 6 Book 7 Please note: We will be going through each lesson in class. You are expected to reread and check your answers at home before the next day's class. You must also add at least 3 facts about the topics we are reading about. Yes--this can count towards some of your Reading Log time. Use a search engine like Yahooligans Reference to start your research on the following topics. Use www.m-w.com to look up the definitions of any unfamiliar vocabulary words. STARS Book 6  Strategy 1: Finding Main IdeaReading Passage Topics: Africa Fads How the Tulip Hurt and Helped the Dutch Narcissus (Greek Mythology) Folktale from Trinidad -"How Trouble Made the Monkey Eat Pepper" by Rita Cox Strategy 2: Recalling Facts and DetailsReading Passage Topics: Flowers Roses Bramley Hall Kansas Pioneer Diary The Stranger Moving to a New Home Kosher Rules Strategy 3: Understanding SequenceReading Passage Topics: Bedouin coffee How Does a Fax Machine Work? Liddy of Strawberry Hill Farm Pola Mullah Nasrudin Adrian Targett's DNA Skunks Dismiss Students at Area School Review Strategies 1-3 Reading Passage Topics: Iroquois Tale -"Creation" by Joseph Bruchac Duke Ellington Strategy 4: Recognizing Cause and EffectReading Passage Topics: Raul's Computer Crash 1 Light- Reflection, Transparency 1 2 3 Vikings 1 2 3 Cowboy Fashion 1 2 3 Balder - Viking Mythology 1 2 3 Diabetes 1 2 3 "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost 1 2<---listen to the poem WOWOW!!! Strategy 5: Comparing and ContrastingReading Passage Topics: Romeo and Juliet vs. West Side Story 1 2 3 Lightning 1 2 3 4 Cavedweller vs. We Live in Darkness Choosing a Musical Instrument 1 2 3 Shoe Styles Jamaica 1 2 3 Canouan Island (Carribean-Grenadines) 1 2 3 Biographical Sketch (Puerto Rican Immigrant) Strategy 6: Making PredictionsReading Passage Topics: Vathana's Problem Charles Chief Eagle 1 2 3 Fencing Boiling Point of Water Job Interview Rachel and Grandma The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit Review Strategies 4-6 Reading Passage Topics: The Call of the Wild by Jack London It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville Strategy 7: Finding Word Meaning in ContextReading Passage Topics: Gina Stays with Grandma Africa's deforestation Jose' learns the Importance of Geography Bones The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Asthma Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Strategy 8: Drawing Conclusions and Making InferencesReading Passage Topics: Tara starts her day Billy digs Smoking Rabbi story Shoeless Joe Jackson Static Electricity Ibo Landing Story Strategy 9: Distinguishing Between Fact and OpinionReading Passage Topics: Empire State Building The Sears Tower Maya Yang Lin Vietnam Veterans Memorial Austin & Jo-jo Letter to the Editor Zlata, diary from Sarajevo Triathletes Melinda Moves Review Strategies 7-9 Reading Passage Topics: Joaquin Murieta: The Mexican Robin Hood Addie's Garage Sale treasure Strategy 10: Identifying Author's PurposeReading Passage Topics: There Was and Old Man in a Tree by Edward Lear The Secret Garden by Frances Hodges Burnett Guifa- folktale form Italy What is a Paleontologist? The New MACHINA has Arrived! Stargazing Alaska Strategy 11: Interpreting Figurative LanguageReading Passage Topics: Los Kitos by Martha Montoya http://www.loskitos.com Danae's Crispy O's Baseball Mummy Slept Late and Daddy Fixed Breakfast by John Ciardi The Ocean in Your Hands Aida (opera) Strategy 12: SummarizingReading Passage Topics: Traffic Lights Capt. Markus & Edie in Space Dragons Barbed Wire Folklore from India WW2 Navajo Code Talkers Mexican Folktale Review Strategies 9-12 Reading Passage Topics: Letter from Summer Camp Friend Book Review of Unlocked Lockers Final Review Strategies 1-12Reading Passage Topics: Autobiography of Frederick Douglas Rock Science Experiment Diary of a Cat STARS Book 7 Please note: We will be going through each lesson in class. You are expected to reread and check your answers at home before the next day's class. You must also add at least 3 facts about the topics we are reading about. Yes--this can count towards some of your Reading Log time.  Strategy 1:
Finding Main
IdeaReading Passage Topics: Beluga Whales and Echolocation World Cup Soccer Miranda Travels to Mexico Cambodian Dancers Animal Fossils Aztec Myth Popcatepetl Pancho Villa and the Mexican Revolution Strategy 2: Recalling Facts and DetailsReading Passage Topics: Overcoming Challenges - Kristi Yamaguchi, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Danny Glover Marine Ecologist Laughter and Your Health Tale of the Forty-seven Ronin William Bradford (journal entry) at Plymouth The Highwayman Opo the Dolphin Strategy 3: Understanding SequenceReading Passage Topics: Overlord of the Earth The Soil Cycle Kingdoms of Salt and Gold Career Exploration Day Wilma Mankiller Review Strategies 1-3 Reading Passage Topics: Coyote's Sad Song to the Moon Wilma Mankiller's Speech Strategy 4: Recognizing Cause and EffectReading Passage Topics: Jasmine's Problem Julie First Balloon Flight Waves of Sound Athletes in Action You Want to Know King Claudius Strategy 5: Comparing and ContrastingReading Passage Topics: Musical Instruments Is it a Career or a Job? Meteors and Meteorites Extreme Sports Curse of the Mummy's Image Three Appearances of the Morrigan Homer and Ancient Greece Strategy 6: Making PredictionsReading Passage Topics: Jackie's Piano Recital The Straw Millionaire Shobei Computer History Wilma Rudolph I Hear America Singing Trick or Treat Review Strategies 4-6 Reading Passage Topics: Henry Bates, Explorer and Scientist Gothic Story Strategy 7: Finding Word Meaning in ContextReading Passage Topics: Mealtime for Rhylla Odin Norse Mythology Roman Homes The Heart The Harlem Renaissance Travel to Montreal Mrs. Larson's Story Strategy 8: Drawing Conclusions and Making InferencesReading Passage Topics: Salsa Dancing Clytie Fairy Tale Giza Pyramids Negro Spirituals Reading Emails Eyeglasses Strategy 9: Distinguishing Between Fact and OpinionReading Passage Topics: Potato Chip Study Haitian-American Immigrant Children's Express Stranded Whale Found Beached City Zoo Vietnamese Folktale Earthworm African Leader Kwame Nkrumah Review Strategies 7-9 Reading Passage Topics: Land of the Gold Mountain Standing Up to the Monster Strategy 10: Identifying Author's PurposeReading Passage Topics: Today's Bicycles History of Hanukkah Wear Your Helmet Islam Deranged Dinosaurs Destroy Dallas The Four Elements- Hispanic Folktale Elderly Dogs with Alzheimer's Disease Strategy 11: Interpreting Figurative LanguageReading Passage Topics: Metaphors and Similes Journal - Hike through the Wilderness The Eagle Order of Dervishes Pygmalion's Only Love Shadow A Midsummer's Night (Wind in the Willows) Strategy 12: SummarizingReading Passage Topics: Buddha Laos My New Home Maya Angelou Basketball Playing Dreidel Paula's Problem Review Strategies 10-12 Reading Passage Topics: The Swans Women's Rights Final Review Strategies 1-12Reading Passage Topics: Eureka! Archimedes Greek Mathematician Mending Wall Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois | |||||||
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