7RI-Range+of+Reading+and+Level+&+Text+Complexity

RI.7.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Anchor Standard/Mathematical Practice(s)**=== 10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Learning Target/Task Analysis:**===
 * ===**Common Core Standard**===
 * ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Information Technology Standard**=== || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Revised Bloom's Level of thinking:**=== ||
 * Standard RI 7.10**
 * Students will be able to determine when they are not comprehending and making meaning, and they will be able to apply appropriate strategies in order to increase comprehension when encountering difficult text.
 * Students should encounter appropriately complex texts at each grade level in order to develop the mature language skills and the conceptual knowledge needed for success in school and life.
 * Whatever they are reading, students must also show a steadily growing ability to discern more from and make fuller use of text, including making an increasing number of connections among ideas and between texts, considering a wider range of textual evidence, and becoming more sensitive to inconsistencies, ambiguities, and poor reasoning in texts.”

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**I can...**

 * I can read and comprehend nonfiction text from my grade level with success.

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Essential Vocabulary:**

 * proficient
 * comprehend

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Instructional Resources**=== Instruction Manual - Have students go through instruction manuals to analyze and determine how the parts are structured. Then have students write their own instruction manuals. This will help students be aware of the importance of headings, subheadings, organization and structure.

Stump the Teacher - Students and teachers read a selection independently. The students ask the teacher questions for a set amount of time. Then the teacher asks students questions for a brief amount of time.

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