UNIT X 300 | UNIT 8 COMMUNICATE Instructional Routine: After You Read p. Txxvi Apply the Reading Strategy: Problem and Solution Review academic language Review the concept of word families. Ask: What are some of the word families we have seen in the text? (nature, edible) If necessary, point out some examples in the story. (nature, page 293; natural, page 292; edible, page 297; inedible, page 298) Create a word bank on the board and list students’ responses. A Cite text information Have students work in small groups to discuss what they see in the illustrations and to identify the innovation in each one. ANSWERS poncho, rope bridge, terraces. B Use a T- chart Draw the graphic organizer on the board and work together to determine what belongs in the problem box and what belongs in the solution box. Model writing notes to describe the first problem and solution. (cold weather; ponchos) Then have students complete the organizer. ANSWERS 2. chasquis/message runners traveled the long distances 3. used terraces for farming C Retell Have students work in pairs to describe their T-charts to one another. ANSWERS A: What problem did the first inhabitants have? B: There were enormous distances. A: What did they do to solve the problem? B: They used chasquis/message runners. D State problems and solutions Have students revisit the information in their T-charts. Call on a volunteer to read the problem sentence and the sentence starter for the solution sentence. Direct students to write two sentences for each problem and solution in their chart. ANSWERS Sample answers: The first inhabitants solved this problem by making ponchos. They needed to cross a deep valley. They solved the problem by constructing rope bridges. They needed to farm on steep hills. They solved the problem by planting on terraces. EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold For Activity A, provide students with language frames to scaffold their responses and their use of words to state problems and solutions: The first inhabitants solved the problem by ______. Amplify Have students state other problems and solutions they learned about in the text. Talk and write: Secrets of the Ancient World Ask and answer questions about the important innovations of the first inhabitants with a partner. Apply the Reading Strategy Problem and Solution A What are some innovations from the first inhabitants of Latin America? B Look at the problems in the T-chart. Complete the chart with a solution from the reading. C Discuss the central idea of each problem and solution in your chart. D Write sentences about a problem and solution from the text. Use your notes. The weather was cold in the mountains. The first inhabitants solved this problem by . . . What problem did the first inhabitants have? The weather was cold. What did they do to solve the problem? problem solution 1. cold weather 2. enormous distances 3. slopes on mountains—planting difficult AFTER YOU Read UNIT 8 300 UNIT 8 / AFTER YOU READ
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