The objective for our Week 13 lessons is to teach critical reading and thinking skills using current news about “Mayo Clinic Minute: A healthy approach to holiday meals” (Level 1 lesson) and “Commentary: For dogs’ sake, please stop yelling” (Level 2 lesson).
Some of the exercises of this week’s Level 1 lesson include:
- Vocabulary: Antonyms related to holiday meals
- “Characterization”: Discuss words related to holiday meals
- “Drawing Conclusions Making Inferences”: Discuss things people do at holiday meals
- More exercises are available in the Extensions Activities
Some of the exercises of this week’s Level 2 lesson include:
- Vocabulary and idioms related to how to treat dogs
- “Author’s Purpose”: Discuss the author’s intent
- “Drawing Conclusions Making Inferences”: Discuss methods for training dogs
- More exercises are available in the Extensions Activities
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