1. Come in, take a seat and put your cell phone away. 2 1. Come in, take a seat and put your cell phone away. 2. Bell Work: Quietly study your vocabulary words or your prepositions. 3. Materials for the day: Notebook Pencil or Pen “An Open Letter to Ninth Graders” (provided) Critical reading strategies (provided) Thursday, August 18, 2016

Agenda Overview of Critical Reading Strategies Read “An Open Letter to Ninth Graders” by Patrick Sullivan Annotate “An Open Letter to Ninth Graders” Set-up notes for “An Open Letter to Ninth Graders”

Objective Use critical reading strategies to annotate the article “An Open Letter to Ninth Graders” in order to distinguish between main ideas and details. By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: Preview a text Annotate the text for main ideas Take focused notes on a text Write a summary

Annotating the Text Analyze the writing task. Number the paragraphs. Before you begin to annotate, you should know why you are reading the text. What are you being asked to do with it? This will help guide you in your annotations. Number the paragraphs. Circle key words. Look for words that are repeated, defined by the author, used to represent an idea or seem relevant to the author’s purpose. Underline the main ideas and other information relevant to the writing task.

Set up your focused notes Set up your notes Take Notes Annotate your notes Review your notes

EQ: What skills should ninth graders start developing in order to be college ready in 4 years? This EQ came from Sullivan’s main claim! Reading College students are required to read in order to learn. They must: Understand the material Engage with it critically College students must be able to think about what they read. Why is reading an important skill in college? What are the characteristics of a college-ready reader?

Vocabulary Exercises Due Monday Preposition Test on Tuesday Homework Vocabulary Exercises Due Monday Preposition Test on Tuesday