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Read an interesting text that is regularly scheduled so that students can listen to an expert reader. This can still involve student input in the comprehension and construction of meaning.

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Students should experience:
*Biographies
*Essays
*Speeches
*Historical documents

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Try:
*Dramatizations
*Story Theater (pantomimes)
*Reader's Theater (read aloud)

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Analyze:
*Characters
*Plot
*Themes
*Mood/Tone
*Point of View

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Discuss vocabulary, find language-meaning connection, discover personal connections, and read a large sampling

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Teach about morals and lessons from stories

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*Quality Talk- teacher selects text and driving question (without an answer), with scaffolding and guidance students discuss
*Literature discussions (assign roles: leader, summarizer, reporter, etc.)
*Teach comprehension strategies explicitly (summarizing, analyzing, questioning, etc.)
*Discussion Moves- teach how to discuss (how to agree, disagree, question, etc.)

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*Annotations
*Response Journals

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1. Prepare to Read (including selecting appropriate text)
2. Initial Read (Gist)
3. Interpretation (Diving Deeper)
4. Personal Connections
5. Read to Evaluate
6. Extend and Evaluate

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Two types:
Aesthetic: Feelings
Efferent: Reading to do or learn

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Accounts of someone else's life with the inclusion of multiple sources of information.
*Life Lines
*Bio Boxes (connection to the Autobiographical tool)
*Biography Poster
*Collaborative Biographies
*Multigenre Biographies (combination of strategies, student choice)

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Student relives and documents their life experiences.
*All About Me Books
*Life Boxes
*Bio Bags
*"Me" Quilts
*Chapter Books

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Writing about the self without a specific topic. Students draw from their own lives about things that interest them.

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Write Biographies- compare and contrast, personality study, viewpoints, and multigenre entries

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Biographies- read, role-play, simulated journals, biography clusters, multi-character entries, and oral presentations

Autobiography- Read and examine, "me" quilts, and chapter-book autobiographies

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Write Personal Narratives- personal narratives, writing process, bind writing into books

Autobiographies- "All About Me," Life Boxes
Write Autobiographies

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