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TEKSINTERNET GUYe -mail address hereGame on Saturdayhttp://www.url.hereeSelectionDifferentiatedInstructionDAY4On-LevelPractice Retelling■ Retell To assess students’ comprehension,use the Retelling Cards. Monitor retelling andprompt students as needed.Genre Focus26021st Century SkillsE-mail Texting is fun butemail can be even better.Share documents and workon a common project inschool. Email skills get youready for the world of work.Yes, email can be prettyuseful!The letter e in e-mailstands for “electronic.”An e-mail is a messagesent by computer overthe Internet.E-mail lets you quicklycommunicate withpeople all over theworld. Like letters,they can be formalor informal.Communicationchanges when youattach videos or photos.Read “The Big SoccerGame. ” Comparethe language inthese e-mails with thelanguage you wouldread in a text messageor a web-based newsarticle.The BigSoccerGameFrancisco and Jos é used to attendschool together until Jos é moved. Theyalso played together on the soccerteam. Jos é knows Francisco needs someencouragement and support because hehas a big soccer game coming up. Eventhough the two friends do not go to thesame school anymore, they can keep intouch using e-mail.Francisco used his e-mail provider to write tohis friend , Jos é.The e-mail address of theperson you are writing togoes here.Dear Jos é,How do you like your new school? I wish youwere still playing on our soccer team. We have ahuge game on Saturday and could really use youas our goalie. Maybe you could come and cheerus on. We are playing our rival, the Jets.Go Tigers!Sometimes, you are writingto a friend so your closingFranciscocan be casual or less formal.This e-mail would havebeen shortened if Franciscohad sent it as a text!261Grade 3RetellingCardsISBN-13:978-0-328-38592-8ISBN-10:0-328-38592-1■ Before Reading or Revisiting “The Big Soccer Game” on pp. 260–263, readaloud the genre information about e-mails on p. 260. Explain that e-mails arean easy and fast way to communicate with friends and family. Have studentspreview “The Big Soccer Game” and set a purpose for reading.• How are the parts of an e-mail similar to or different from the parts of a regularletter? (alike—greeting, message, closing, signature; different—To: box,subject line, icons)• What is the purpose of the boxed text? (to help readers understand the partsof an e-mail)■ During Reading or Revisiting Have students read along with you while trackingthe print.• How is the story organized? (as a series of e-mails)• Why do you think Francisco used e-mail instead of regular mail? (A lettermight not reach José before the game.)■ After Reading or Revisiting Have students share their reaction to “The BigSoccer Game.” Then divide students into two groups. Have them conduct abrief debate about who is more persuasive: Alex or Francisco. Tell them touse details from I Wanna Iguana and “The Big Soccer Game” to compare andcontrast the characters and their problems and to support their choice of whichcharacter is more persuasive.TEKS3.16.A Understand how communication changes when moving from one genre of media to another.I Wanna IguanaDI•35