9. Resources

What resources and materials do you need for this unit, the lessons, and the activities?

Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 1: How does the reader determine the main idea or essential message? 

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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 2: What is the author's purpose? 
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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 3: How do readers determine author's purpose and use that evidence to construct support for that purpose?
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Various adopted programs (Daybook, rBook, Voyager, Read XL, etc.),
graphic organizers, trade books 
Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 4: How does an author's technique contribute to the effectiveness of his writing?  
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Various adopted programs (Daybook, rBook, Voyager, Read XL, etc.),
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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 5: How does the information within text support the author's purpose? 
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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 6: How does the reader use inference, paraphrasing and summarizing to determine main idea of a narrative text? 
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Various adopted programs (Daybook, rBook, Voyager, Read XL, etc.),
graphic organizers, trade books
Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 7: How does prior knowledge help in making predictions?
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 Various adopted programs (Daybook, rBook, Voyager, Read XL, etc.),
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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 8: How do readers draw conclusions? 
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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 9: How does a reader identify elements of plot structure in a text? 
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Various adopted programs (Daybook, rBook, Voyager, Read XL, etc.),
graphic organizers, trade books
Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 10: How do readers use predicting to comprehend text? 
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graphic organizers, trade books
Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 11: How do readers determine shades of meaning between words/phrases? 
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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 12: How do readers determine if words/phrases have most opposite meanings? (antonyms) 
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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 14: How do you write a summary? 

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Various adopted materials or programs (Daybook, rBook, Voyager, Read XL, etc.), graphic organizers, trade books

Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 15: How does the reader set a purpose for reading? 

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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 16: How do details support the main idea? 
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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 17: How do readers use context clues to determine the meaning of words? 

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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 18: How do connotation and denotation help in understanding new words?  

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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 19: How do readers determine the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings? 

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Various adopted programs (Daybook, rBook, Voyager, Read XL, etc.), graphic organizers, trade books

Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 20: How do readers identify word/phrase relationships to make meaning of text?   

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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 21: How do readers determine if words/phrases have similar meanings? (synonyms) 
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Resources and Materials from Acquisition Lesson 22: How do readers use cause and effect relationships to help with comprehension? 
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Various adopted programs (Daybook, rBook, Voyager, Read XL, etc.),
graphic organizers, trade books
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Acquisition Lesson:

1. How does the reader determine the main idea or essential message? 2. How does a reader summarize the main idea from text? 3. How do you write a summary? 4. How does the reader set a purpose for reading? 5. How do details support the main idea? 6. How do readers use context clues to determine the meaning of words? 7. How do connotation and denotation help in understanding new words?  8. How do readers determine the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings? 9. How do readers identify word/phrase relationships to make meaning of text?   10. How do readers determine if words/phrases have similar meanings? (synonyms) 11. How do readers determine if words/phrases have most opposite meanings? (antonyms) 12. How do readers determine shades of meaning between words/phrases? 13. What is the author's purpose? 14. How do readers determine author's purpose and use that evidence to construct support for that purpose?15. How does an author's technique contribute to the effectiveness of his writing?  16. How does the information within text support the author's purpose? 17. How does the reader use inference, paraphrasing and summarizing to determine main idea of a narrative text? 18. How does prior knowledge help in making predictions?19. How do readers draw conclusions? 20. How does a reader identify elements of plot structure in a text? 21. How do readers use predicting to comprehend text? 22. How do readers use cause and effect relationships to help with comprehension? 
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