Titleoflesson:Napoleon-B/D/AQuestioningStrategies

YourName:JoshuaGuastella

Lengthoflesson:55mins

ContextofLesson:Inthelastlesson,studentshavebeenlearningaboutNapoleonandhis
risetopowerinFrance.ThestudentshaveseenhowNapoleoncametopowerandsomeof
thechangesthathemadeinFrance,somebeingpositiveandsomebeingnegative.

Overview:StudentswilllearnmoreaboutwhoNapoleonwasbyreadingabouthiswhole
lifewhileworkingonbefore,during,andafterreadingquestioningstrategies.

Centralproblem/Essentialquestion:WhatwasNapoleonlikethroughouthislife?

Standards:CE2.1.1Useavarietyofpre-readingandpreviewingstrategies(e.g.,
acknowledgeownpriorknowledge,makeconnections,generatequestions,make
predictions,scanatextforaparticularpurposeoraudience,analyzetextstructureand
features)tomakeconsciouschoicesabouthowtoapproachthereadingbasedonpurpose,
genre,levelofdifficulty,textdemands,andfeatures.

CE2.3.4Criticallyinterpretprimaryandsecondaryresearch-relateddocuments(e.g.,
historicalandgovernmentdocuments,newspapers,criticalandtechnicalarticles,and
subject-specificbooks).

Objectives:

Studentswillknow/beableto:

Beabletodevelopbefore,during,andafterreadingquestioningstrategiesthatthey
canapplytoanytypeofprimaryorsecondarysource.

Anticipatedstudentconceptionsorchallengestounderstanding:Somestudentsmayhavea
difficulttimereadingthroughthewholedocumentsinceitisalmosttenpageslong.
However,thestudentsaregiventhewholehourtocompletethereading.Studentsmay
finditconfusingtoonlycompletetheafterreadingquestionsoncetheyhavereadthe
wholedocument.

Materials/Evidence/Sources:

NapoleonReading

Before/During/AfterQuestioningChart

InstructionalSequence:

1.StudentswillcompletetheDoNowontheboard:Fourhostilenewspapersare
 moretobefearedthanathousandbayonets.

-NapoleonBonaparte

WhatdidNapoleonmeanbythisquote?Doyouagreewiththisstatement?Whyor
whynot?(2mins)

2.StudentswillcompletetheDoNowandshareanswersasaclass(3mins)

3.Theteacherwillexplainthedirectionsfortheactivityandgothroughthe
PowerPointdirectionswiththestudents(5mins)

4.Oncetheteacherhasexplainedthedirections,theteacherwillmodelthe
questioningstrategiesforthestudents.Tobegin,theteacherwillmodelthebefore
readingquestions.Theteacherwilllookatthepictures,pullquotes,paragraphtitles,
andthetitleofthereadingtodevelopanyquestionstheteacherhas.Oncethe
teacherhaswrotedownsomeofthebeforereadingquestions,theteacherwillmove
ontotheduringreadingquestions.Whilereadingthetextoutloud,theteacherwill
writedownanyquestionsthatarise.Theteacherwillonlyreadthefirstsectionwith
thestudentsandthenwillwritedownanyquestionsafterthereading.(15mins)

5.Therestofthetimeinclassisdedicatedtothestudentsreadingthesecondary
sourceandfillingouttheirB/D/AQuestioningChart(25mins)

6.WrapupthelessonbypickingonePopsiclestickandhavingthatstudent'srow
sayonethingtheylearnedforthedaywithoutrepeatingthepersonwhospoke
beforethem.(5mins)

Assessment:Throughoutthemodelingactivity,theteacherwillaskquestionsofthe
students.Theteacherwillalsowalkaroundduringtheactivity,makingsurethestudents
aredevelopingadequatequestionsforeachsection.

Attachallhandouts,texts,images,lecturenotes,etc.

PowerPoint

NapoleonReading

B/D/AQuestioningChart