Before

1. Skim through the text and identify at least 10 words/terms you are not
familiar with and predict what you think they may mean.
2. Look through the chapter making sure to pay attention to titles and subtitles.
Using the notecards I gave you at the beginning of class and think of
whatever is on the back of your card that relates to the chapter.
EX: The article is on the development of children and the notecard given to
you at the beginning of class said movie on it. A movie about the
development of babies universal is called Babies.

MOVIE

Babies

During
1. Students will pick 6 words that amaze, amuse or puzzle them in the
reading. Then they will summarize what they just read and get a bonus point
if they use one of the words that amazed, amused or puzzled them. Finally
they will draw a picture or a symbol of what they just read.

In this box students

collect six words that
amaze, amuse or
puzzle them.

In this box students

summarize what they just
read- and they get extra
credit for using a word in
the box above.

In this box they draw a symbol

or a picture of what they just
read.

2. Students will create a T Chart. What they want to know about the reading
and what they learned after the reading.

Book Title: _______________________________

What I Want to Know About Child
Development

What I Now Know About Child

Development

(Questions)

(Answers)

After
1. The students will write a paragraph off a prompt of This article is important
to me because This will help the students gain aspect on why it is they had
to read the article and make a connection with it to their personal lives which
makes it more meaningful.
2. The students will pair the reading like they do with wine and meals in a fine
restaurant. They will do this by clump a couple paragraphs together and
giving them a title based on the contents of the paragraphs.