UNIT X 52 | UNIT 2 Reading • Follow the instructional routine for reading. The following strategies are a sample routine. • Follow oral content Play the audio for pages 52–53. Ask students to listen to the story for a general understanding without looking at the text. • Match oral to written words Replay the audio. This time ask students to read along silently. • Imitate intonation, phrasing, and pace Play the audio a final time. Ask students to follow along in a whisper read, trying to match the speaker’s intonation, phrasing, and pace exactly. Model, if necessary, by playing a short excerpt then pausing to imitate these elements. Provide encouragement and feedback on students’ oral reading fluency. • Use visuals to support comprehension Have students look at the image of the Standing Stones at Al-Rajajil. Ask: What do you notice about the structure? What kind of landscape is it in? Is this a natural or human-made world wonder? How do you think the stones got there? What does the formation symbolize or show? • Visualize Have students read the paragraphs to further their understanding of the vastness of this structure. Students can see how tall the Standing Stones at Al-Rajajil are. • Generate questions during reading Ask students if they have any questions about the informational text so far. If they need prompting, provide an example, such as Why are they called the Standing Men? Guide students to discuss their questions with each other or encourage research. DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Help students to identify the facts in the text and list them in their notebooks. Amplify Have students add new information to their notebooks. They can research more information and find the answers to their questions about this structure. Suggest that they put the natural world wonders in one section and human-made world wonders in another section. Have students illustrate the world wonders and explain their characteristics. The Standing Stones at Al-Rajajil The Standing Stones at Al-Rajajil are similar to Stonehenge. They are standing columns of rock in Saudi Arabia. There are 54 groups of stones. Each group has four or five stones. Each stone weighs about 5 tons and is about 10 feet high. People made these structures over 6,000 years ago. People also call this structure the Stonehenge of Saudi Arabia, the Rajajil Columns, and the Standing Men. Picture It Two rhinos weigh about 5 tons. A one-story building is about 10 feet tall. Reading 52 UNIT 2 Secrets of the Ancient World UNIT 52 / CREOANDNINECGT TO THE THEME
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