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Step-by-Step Standards-Based Lesson Structure
Each of the text-based lessons in a chapter focuses on a key standard.
Unit—Essential Question
Chapter Focus—Literary Element
Preview Concepts Make Connections
• Complex texts
The point of the questions is to guide students to think about the text in effective ways.
—Tim Shanahan, shanahanonliteracy.com
Activities to engage students, develop context, and introduce academic vocabulary.
Reading Passage/Text • Range of genres
• Grade-level appropriate Lexile levels
Close Reading
Unpacking the standards and scaffolded instruction— develop proficiency and skilled readers—Students focus on a key skill standard as they read and respond to the text.
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Establish Purpose
Respond & Share
Close Reading Process
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Develop Questions
Focus 1
Focus 2
Focus 3
Skill/Standard 1— Skill Check
Skill/Standard 2— Skill Check
Skill/Standard 3— Skill Check
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Analyze & Discover Evaluate Evidence
Language Evaluation
Explore the writer's use of language in the selection.
• Project-Based Assessments
• On Your Own: Integrating Ideas
• Connect to Testing
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