Today you need... Pencil Both papers from the sink counter Bellwork: Answer the following questions in the Monday section. 1. What does A.C.T.I. stand for? 2. What are the 3 types of connections? 3. What are 3 things we track when using ACTIVE?

What Why How What are we learning? Why are we learning it? ACTIVE reading strategies Why are we learning it? We are learning it to become better active readers and to comprehend texts. How will you know if you have learned it? You will know if you have learned it by completing assignments correctly and scoring above 70% on future tests and CFAs. What Why How

Make a movie in your mind as you read. Picture the characters, their facial expressions, and their actions. Pictures the setting(s). Visualizing

ACTIVE Reading Strategies - Summarizing Think about the most important people, ideas and/or events. Organize and connect the details in chronological order. For narratives, use the strategy SWBSThen For informative texts, use these six questions to develop your summary—Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why.

ACTIVE Reading Strategies See the Ocean by Estelle Condra – visualizing and eureka(summarizing) http://inclusivebooks.com/wp- content/uploads/2009/08/Artist As you listen to the reading of the book, add to the list provided any word or phrase that helps you in visualizing the text. Respond to Nellie’s description of the ocean.

ACTIVE Reading Strategies Exit Ticket Summarize Murfaro's Beautiful Daughters using the appropriate strategy. Be sure to put the title in the first sentence. ACTIVE Reading Strategies         In Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, Murfaro and his daughters found out the king was looking for a beautiful woman to become his wife and queen. Manyara wanted to become the queen. However, her beautiful sister, Nyasha, was also going to meet the queen. So, Manyara snuck away to meet the king before her sister. Then, the king knew Manyara did not have a beautiful heart and, instead, chose Nyasha because of her inward beauty.