Unit 19 - Voyager Learning

COMPREHENSION AND SKILL ACTIVITY, MY BOOK JOURNALENTRY 2COMPREHENSION PROCESSESUnderstand, Apply, Create, EvaluateWRITING TRAITSIdeas and ContentWord ChoiceConventions—Complete Sentence,Capital, PeriodPresentationResponding; Generating Ideas; UsingVocabulary—adventure, round-trip,eventful, fascinating, uniqueUnit 19 Use after Exercise 2 and Chapter 2Entry2Chapter 2Being FlatI think traveling in an envelope would beadventure.It would bean adventureanI could travel to new places and see newthings.becausePROCEDURESFor each step, demonstrate and guidepractice, as needed. Then have studentscomplete the page independently.Try to use asnazzy word:adventureround-tripeventfulfascinatinguniqueI would go tobecausea volcano!HawaiiI would like to meet Miss Tam and seeDraw a picture of yourself being mailed toHawaii.Personal Response: CreativeWriting—Specific Instructions• Have students complete thesentences with creative ideas aboutwhat it would be like to travel in© 2009 Sopris West Educational Services. All Rights Reserved.an envelope.• Encourage students to use a snazzyword. Think aloud with students. Saysomething like:Find Entry 2 in your Book Journal. Read the first two sentence starters. Use the word blank whena word is missing. (I think traveling in an envelope would be blank. It would be blank because . . . )This is going to be fun. I’m going to look forward to reading your responses.Read the snazzy words. (adventure, round-trip, eventful, fascinating, unique)Those would be great words to use in our journals.I’m going to try using the word unique. I might write, “I think traveling in an envelope would beunique.” It really would be unique! Now I need to think about why . . .It would be unique because no one has ever traveled in an envelope.Hmm . . . I think I’d like to write a little more. It would be unique, but it wouldn’t be comfortable!• As time allows, have students brainstorm other possible answers with the group orwith partners.75Self-monitoringHave students check and correct their work.41