Friday, March 2, 2012 Periods 8-9 and 10

Do Now: What's your experience with lobsters? 5 lines/5 minutes

Classwork: PSSA Focus: Informational Text Strategies
1. Read the "blurb" above `the passage to preview the passage
2. Using the MC questions to give yourself a purpose for reading.
3. Make a connection to the topic.
4. Questioning the text to stay focused.
5. Highlighting and making margin notes to remember what you've read.
6. Identifying main ideas.
7. Use eliminating strategies with MC Questions - but be sure to read the question carefully.
8. Know when you will need to make an inference!
Homework - Enjoy the weekend