UNIT X 8 | UNIT 1 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Gather a small group of students who need additional reading support to work through the text in a guided-reading format. Read through the entire text, then together reread it in chunks, pausing to read closely and analyze questions and answers. Review the question words: who, what, where, when, how, and why and the information that they give. Provide comprehensible input by using gestures and pantomiming to support comprehension. Amplify Support students who demonstrate reading proficiency in building fluency by partnering them with emerging readers. Direct students to read the text out loud with a peer, modeling pronunciation for partners to repeat and practice. Instructional Routine: Reading p. Txxv Text Genre: An Interview • Recognize characteristics of genre Ask: This text is an interview. What do we know about interviews? (It’s an article with dialogue.) What is dialogue? (speech) Read and discuss the informational text. • Discuss author’s purpose Ask students to think about why an author might interview someone or write about an interview. Guide students to understand that an author can use this genre to inform readers and help them to understand various topics. Say: Sometimes it is easier to understand a topic if we hear an expert talk about it. Preview Make a prediction Read the title A Meteorologist Talks Weather aloud and point out the images of weather. Ask: What is a meteorologist? (A meteorologist is a scientist who studies weather.) What do you predict they will talk about? (the weather) Have students read and answer the questions. ANSWERS 1. a meteorologist; 2. cloudy weather, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, blizzards; 3. Sample answer: I will learn about evacuating an area when there are hurricanes and floods. Essential Question: How does weather affect people? • Exchange ideas Ask students to predict the answer to the Essential Question. Note that weather can affect a person in different ways. Some people get sad when the weather is cloudy. If there are severe floods, some people can lose their homes. Both situations are negative effects of weather. Say: As you read the interview, you will confirm or change your answer. • Activate prior knowledge Have students share how dialogue from an expert helps them to visualize and understand the information better. EXPLORE AND LEARN Preview When you preview a text, you get an idea about the topic. To preview an interview, look at the title. Then, look at the interview questions. Imagine what the answers are. Use the pictures to help you. 1. Look at the title. Who does the author interview? 2. What kinds of weather will the person talk about? 3. Predict What will the “Stay Safe!” boxes teach you about? TEXT GENRE An Interview The article A Meteorologist Talks Weather is an informational text that includes an interview. In an interview, one person asks questions about a topic. The other person answers. When you read A Meteorologist Talks Weather, you will find: • questions from the writer • answers from the expert How does weather affect people? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION 8 UNIT 1 A Meteorologist Talks Weather Reading Reading UNIT 1 / READING
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