Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology - EngageNY
Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology - EngageNY
Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology - EngageNY
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Discussing the <strong>Read</strong>-<strong>Aloud</strong><br />
15 minutes<br />
Comprehension Questions<br />
10 minutes<br />
1. Literal What was the main topic, or main idea, of this lesson?<br />
(The Pilgrims entered a strange new land and needed help<br />
from the native people to survive there.)<br />
2. Literal What is the legend of Plymouth Rock? (traditional story<br />
told about the Pilgrims’ first landing in the New World, on a<br />
rock near shore)<br />
3. Evaluative If you were one of the Pilgrims and had to choose<br />
a good place to start a colony, what would you look for?<br />
(Answers may vary.)<br />
4. Inferential How did the Pilgrims feel when they first saw<br />
Samoset come out of the forest? (fascinated, afraid) Why? (He<br />
looked different from them, and they were not sure if he was a<br />
friend or an enemy.)<br />
5. Literal To which tribe of Native Americans did Squanto<br />
and Chief Massasoit belong? (Wampanoag) Where did<br />
the Wampanoag live? [Show image 8A-1 if necessary.] (in<br />
Massachusetts near the Plymouth Colony)<br />
6. Why was Squanto able to talk to the Pilgrims in their own<br />
English language? (He had been forced to go to Spain, but<br />
then got to England, where he learned the English language.<br />
He then returned to Massachusetts.)<br />
[Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for<br />
students, as necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the<br />
process.]<br />
I am going to ask you a question. I will give you a minute to think<br />
about the question, and then I will ask you to turn to your neighbor<br />
and discuss the question. Finally, I will call on several of you to<br />
share what you discussed with your partner.<br />
7. Evaluative Think Pair Share: The read-aloud says that the<br />
Pilgrims needed the Wampanoag in order to survive. Name<br />
some of the ways that you think the Wampanoag might help<br />
the Pilgrims survive. (Answers may vary.)<br />
100 Columbus and the Pilgrims 8A | The Wampanoag<br />
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