1. Warm-Up
Use at least TWO of your vocabulary words from “Single Room, Earth View” in a SINGLE complete sentence.

2. Learning Goal
Today I determine the main idea and supporting details of a passage and identify the author’s use of description, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect by completing a reading activity on “Single Room, Earth View.”

3. Copy this idea map onto a sheet of paper:
Supporting Detail:
Type:__________
Supporting Detail:
Type:__________
Supporting Detail:
Type:__________
Main Idea
Supporting Detail:
Type:__________
Supporting Detail:
Type:__________
Supporting Detail:
Type:__________

4. Working In Groups
TASK #1: Reread “Single Room, Earth View” and answer questions from the margins:
Literary Analysis (2 total)
Reading Skill (1 total)
Reading Check (2 total)
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5 questions total
TASK #2: Complete Your Idea Map As a Group

5. Exit Reflection
In a brief paragraph, please discuss how the author of “Single Room, Earth View” uses description, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect in her essay.