Wednesday, February 29, 2012 periods 8-9 and 10

Do Now: What do you know about the Guinness Book of Records? What do you want to know?
How about this?

OR THIS?

Classwork: PSSA Focus: Informational Text Strategies
1. Using the MC questions to give yourself a purpose for reading.
2. Make a connection to the topic.
3. Questioning the text to stay focused.
4. Highlighting and making margin notes to remember what you've read.
5. Idnetifying main ideas.
Homework: Apply the strategies to the next passage on your handout.