The objective for our Week 18 lessons is to teach critical reading and thinking skills using current news about “Morgan State University president offers inauguration poet Amanda Gorman a job” (Level 1 lesson) and “‘How the COVID pandemic has impacted issues of obesity” (Level 2 lesson).
Some of the exercises of this week’s Level 1 lesson include:
- Vocabulary Homophones: Identify and define at least three homophones in the article.
- Cause and Effect: What was one result of the poet’s recital at the inauguaration? Cite evidence to support your answer.
- “Drawing Conclusions Making Inferences”: Discuss ideas about fruit, quinoa, and other foods.
- More exercises are available in the Extensions Activities
Some of the exercises of this week’s Level 2 lesson include:
- Vocabulary Multimeaning Words: Define and explain three multimeaning words in the article.
- Main Idea and Key Points: Write a sentence that expresses the main idea. Then, identify at least three details in the article that support the main idea.
- “Drawing Conclusions Making Inferences”: Give three examples of nutrient-dense foods.
- More exercises are available in the Extensions Activities
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