Transcript SQUADS #4 - Ronald W. Reagan IB High School

CPW
11th Grade Reading
Learning Intentions - Today, we will address these College Readiness
Standards in Reading:
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Main Idea and Author’s Intent
Sequential Relationships
Supporting Details
Meanings of Words
Generalizations and Conclusions
Success Criteria – I am successful if I…
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Identify a main idea.
Recognize a sequence of events.
Identify an important detail.
Use context clues to help define a word.
Recognize the conclusion to a passage.
11th 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 5 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 – The new dogs aren’t able to help the team.
#4 – In paragraph 7, what is the best
definition of the word “inexorable”?
A – Unattractive
B – Unbelievable
C – Uncontrollable
D – Unavoidable
#5 – 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 pulling a sled with 14
dogs is a bad idea.
C – The author portrays the humans as being
unrealistically confident.
D – The author portrays the journey to Dawson
as being impossible.
CPW 11th Grade Reading
• OK, repeat the questions with your squad
members. Discuss and argue with your group
members about what the correct answers are.
• 90 seconds per question for Squad Mode.
• After the group answers, trade answer sheets
and launch the Answers Video.