Interactive Read Aloud

1st Nine Weeks - 3rd Row

2-1.6  Explain the effect of the author’s craft (for example, word choice and the use of repetition) on the meaning of a given literary text.

2-2.3  Distinguish between facts and opinions in informational text.

SS

2-2.4 Summarize changes that occurred in the life of the local community over time, including changes

in the use of the land and in the way that people earn their living.

2-2.5 Compare the history and features of the local community with those of different communities around

the world.

Book: River by: Debby Atwell

Book Introduction: In our book today we will go back in time to learn what a river was like before any people had discovered it. We will read how people changed the river overtime and how they learned to take care of the river.

* Teacher might decide to make this a one day read.

Day 1 Questions:

Interactive Read Aloud Questions / Correlation to Standard / Testing as a Genre Item
Read pages 4 to 10.
On this page it sounds as if problems are beginning.
What words has the author used on this page to give us this hint/clue? (Examples: They fought with the people and the first people had to leave.) / 2-1.6  Explain the effect of the author’s craft (for example, word choice and the use of repetition) on the meaning of a given literary text. / Which of the following is an opinion?
a.  Steamboats took the place of sailing ships.
b.  Automobiles took the place of horses.
c.  Everyone loved the new inventions.
d.  Train tracks were beside the water.
Test Strategy: Sometimes test makers change the wording from the passage and use it in the answer choice. (Choice D) This does not always make that choice the answer.
Some questions require you to know definition of some terms from reader’s workshop.
2-1.7  Distinguish between facts and opinions in informational text.
Read pages 12 to 18.
Do you think good things are happening along the river?
Why or why not?
Turn and Talk
Teacher points out any facts or opinions heard during the turn and talk. / 2-2.4  Distinguish between facts and opinions in informational text.
Read page 20.
Some really big problems seem to be happening here.
What has caused all of these problems?
Turn and talk about three reasons the river is in trouble. / 2-1.9 Explain cause and effect
relationships in literary
texts.

Day 2 Questions:

Interactive Read Aloud Questions / Correlation to Standard / Testing as a Genre Item
Show students pages 20 and 21. Say: When I turn the page the writer begins with the word “but.” Does this set us up to think that things will be getting worse or start getting better?
Discuss
What might we read after the word but? / 2-1.6  Explain the effect of the author’s craft (for example, word choice and the use of repetition) on the meaning of a given literary text.
Read page 22 to 30.
What might the reader want us to learn about taking care of our natural resources? / 2-1.7 Create responses to
literary text through a
variety of methods.
2-1.2 Analyze a given literary
text to make, revise, and
confirm predictions.
I want us to take a look at the craft moves the author used.
Listen as I read how the author began each of the first four pages. (In the beginning/One morning/After awhile/ Then).
Do you see how the author led us through time with these words? What did this make us think the following pages would do?
(This sets us up to know that the story will move through time.) How might we add this to our own writing? / 2-1.6  Explain the effect of the author’s craft (for example, word choice and the use of repetition) on the meaning of a given literary text.
Listen how the author concludes the story.
Read page 26.
Listen to see if you notice anything similar at the beginning.
Read page 6.
Turn and Talk
This is called a circular ending. Writers can end their pieces by creating an ending that is similar to the beginning. / 2-1.6  Explain the effect of the author’s craft (for example, word choice and the use of repetition) on the meaning of a given literary text.