READING UNIT
Title of Unit: Reading a Classic Novel Aloud with Fluency
Duration: Jan. 3 – Feb. 4 (5 weeks, 8 lessons)
1. Objective(s) of the unit:
Students will read passages from A Tale of Two Cities with reasonable expression and at an appropriate speed.
Students will read passages from A Tale of Two Cities with reasonable expression and at an appropriate speed.
2. How the students’ work will be assessed:
In each day’s lesson, each student will be asked to demonstrate an understanding of the objective of that lesson.
In each day’s lesson, each student will be asked to demonstrate an understanding of the objective of that lesson.
3. Daily objectives:
Lesson 1: While reading aloud, students will “make music” by emphasizing groups of words.
Lesson 2: While reading aloud, students will emphasize the two or three most important words in the passage.
Lesson 3: While reading aloud, students will pay special attention to transition words (after, instead, suddenly) and comparatives and superlatives (darker, faster, saddest, fullest).
Lesson 4: While reading aloud, students will apply an expression the teacher identified and recommended. (“Stryver is upset. Can you read the sentence in a way that shows that?”)
Lesson 5: While reading aloud, students will use dialog tags to help them read with expression. (“The sentence reads ‘Carton replied sadly’. Try reading it that way.”
Lesson 6: While reading aloud, teacher will ask several students to give a different expression to the same passage.
Lesson 7: While reading aloud, students will use inflection to demonstrate their understanding of the punctuation and syntax.
Lesson 8: While reading aloud, students will be asked to reread passages using different expressions.
