THESEWALLSCANTALKHowdidtheearliesthumanbeingsexpressthemselvesthroughart?RealWorldReadingComprehensionGenreNonfictionArticleSummarizeProblemandSolutionIEXPLORINGEUROPE’SCAVESComprehensionGENRE:NONFICTIONARTICLEHavestudentsreadthedefinitionofanonfictionarticleonStudentBookpage650.Studentsshouldlookforfactsandinformation.STRATEGYSUMMARIZEAsummaryisashortstatementofthemostimportantideasinapassage.Whensummarizingreadersidentifywhatthepassageortextisaboutandthenrestatethemostimportantideasintheirownwords.SKILLPROBLEMANDSOLUTIONRemindstudentsthatmanynonfictionarticlesuseaproblemandsolutiontextstructure,whichpresentsaproblemoraseriesofproblemsandthenofferssteps,oractions,thataretakentotryandsolvetheproblem.MAINSELECTION•TheseWallsCanTalk•Skill:ProblemandSolutionTESTPREP•“LanguagesatRisk”•TestStrategy:ThinkandSearchSMALLGROUPOPTIONS•DifferentiatedInstruction,pp.657M–657V����������VocabularyWordsReviewthetestedvocabularywords:anthropologists,presumably,immense,portable,andnuisance.SelectionWordsStudentsmayfindthesewordsdifficult.Pronouncethewordsandpresentthemeaningsasnecessary.trove(p.650):collectionofvaluableobjectsintricately(p.650):inacomplexway,inanelaboratemannerpristine(p.651):immaculate,spotless,completelyclean650SAVINGTHEROCKARTOFAFRICAAcolleagueofJean-MarieChauvetinspectstheStoneAgecavepaintingsfoundinFrance.PreviewandPredictAskstudentstoreadthetitleofthearticle,previewtheillustrations,andmakepredictionsabouttheselection.Whatproblemsdoyouthinktheselectionwillpresentandhowdoyouthinktheywillbesolved?Havestudentswriteabouttheirpredictions.SetPurposesFOCUSQUESTIONDiscussthequestionunderthetitleofthearticlewithstudents.PointouttheProblemsandSolutionsChartonLeveledPracticeBookpage202.Explainthatstudentswillusethischarttolistproblemsandsolutionstheylearnaboutintheselection.ReadTheseWallsCanTalk1STRATEGYSUMMARIZETeacherThinkAloudAuthorsdonotalwaysusesignalwordsandphraseswhenusingaproblem-and-solutiontextstructure.Summarizingcanhelpyouidentifytheproble...
