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Standards Correlations
R.1, R.3, R.4, R.6, R.7, W.2, SL.1, L.4, L.6
Learning Objective
Students will read a nonfiction article and identify text evidence to support conclusions drawn from the story.
Key Skills
text evidence, text features, vocabulary, central idea and details, inference, cause and effect, problem and solution, interpreting text, critical thinking, making connections, informational writing
Complexity Factors
Purpose: The article explains how deforestation harms orangutans and how a group in Borneo helps them.
Structure: The text contains narrative and informational passages.
Language: The language is conversational. Difficult words are defined in the vocabulary box.
Knowledge Demands: Some knowledge of how humans use natural resources will be helpful.
Levels
Lexile Level: 600L-700L
Guided Reading Level: R
DRA Level: 40
Lesson Plan: Can This Baby Orangutan Be Saved?
Essential Questions
Literature Connection
Novel: Endangered by Eliot Schrefer (Note: This is the first book in a series of four.)
1. Preparing to Read
Preview Text Features (15 minutes)
Have students open their magazines to page 8. Guide them to preview the text features by asking the following questions:
Preview Vocabulary (10 minutes)
Build Background (10 minutes)
Make a Plan for Reading (5 minutes)
Before students start to read, walk them through a reading plan:
2. Reading and Unpacking the Text
Guide students to read the article. Once they understand it well, discuss the following close-reading and critical-thinking questions.
Close-Reading Questions (15 minutes)
Critical-Thinking Questions (10 minutes)
3. Skill Building
Learn-Anywhere Activity
An enrichment activity to extend the learning journey at home or in the classroom
Write an Acrostic Poem
Gerhana’s story shows how greatly humans can affect animals. To make sure you remember the story, retell it in a creative way. In an acrostic poem, the first letters of the lines spell a word. Read the example below. Then write your own GERHANA poem:
ELL Springboard
Use common idioms found in this story.
Some expressions in the story may be new to ELLs. Below are four expressions, their meanings, and questions to help students use them in sentences.
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