The objective for our Week 16 lessons is to teach critical reading and thinking skills using current news about “Tips for making music good medicine” (Level 1 lesson) and “‘No more excuses for not exercising” (Level 2 lesson).
Some of the exercises of this week’s Level 1 lesson include:
- Vocabulary: Use a dictionary and thesaurus to find synonyms for musical terms in the article
- Characterization: List words and phrases that characterize music therapy, and cite evidence.
- “Drawing Conclusions Making Inferences”: Discuss ideas about how music can inspire healing
- More exercises are available in the Extensions Activities
Some of the exercises of this week’s Level 2 lesson include:
- Vocabulary: Dictionary and contextual clues about exercising during the pandemic
- Main Idea and Key Details: Write a sentence that expresses the main idea of the article.
- “Drawing Conclusions Making Inferences”: Discuss a couple of ways to adapt exercising during a pandemic.
- More exercises are available in the Extensions Activities
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