CPW 10 th Grade Reading

Learning Intentions -

Standards in Reading: Today, we will address these College Readiness 1. Main Idea and Author’s Intent 2. Sequential Relationships 3. Supporting Details 4. Main Idea and Author’s Intent

Success Criteria –

I am successful if I… 1.

2.

3.

4.

Identify the main idea.

Understand an important sequence.

Identify an important detail.

Recognize the author’s intent.

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Grade Notes

• • • Take 7 minutes to carefully read the entire passage.

If you see a word you don’t understand, keep reading and use context clues to guess the word’s meaning.

There will be 4 questions this week.

• You will have 2 minutes to work on each question individually.

• You will have 1 minute to work on each question as a group.

#1 – After reading paragraphs 1-4, what do we know about Mercedes?

A – Mercedes doesn’t understand how to operate a dog sled.

B – Mercedes is angry with Hal for whipping the dogs.

C – Mercedes is abusing the dogs.

D – Mercedes is preventing the dogs from pulling the sled.

#2 – In paragraph 5, how does Buck take revenge on Hal?

A – He bites Hal in the leg.

B – He causes the sled to overturn.

C – He refuses to listen to Hal.

D – He trips Hal, causing him to fall.

#3 – According to paragraph 8, what is Buck’s newest problem?

A – The new dogs won’t follow his lead.

B – He has to control a team of 14 dogs on a long journey.

C – The new dogs are eating too much food.

D – He can’t help the new dogs learn how to pull the sled.

#4 – How does the author use paragraph 9 to foreshadow future events?

A – The author explains that the dogs are exhausted.

B – The author explains why a sled pulled by 14 dogs is a bad idea.

C – The author portrays the humans as being unrealistically confident.

D – The author explains how impossible it is to travel to Dawson.

CPW 10

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Grade Reading

• • • OK, repeat the questions with your squad members. Discuss and argue with your group members about what the correct answers are.

1 minute per question for Squad Mode.

After the group answers, trade answer sheets and launch the Answers Video.