Grade 6, Module 1:unit 2, lesson 2

1. OpeningA. Share Evidence FlagsB. Unpack the Learning Targets

2. Work TimeA. Image Analysis: Making PredictionsB. Reading Closely: Guiding QuestionsC. Reading for the Gist and Selected-Response Questions

3. Closing & AssessmentA. Exit Ticket

4. HomeworkA. Read Chapter 11: Flag allusions to classic myths

The Lightning Thief: Sharing Evidence Flags

Triad Discussion

Share your findings and add more flags if you need to.

Chiron pursed his lips. “Even I am not old enough to remember that, child, but I know it was a time of darkness and savagery for mortals. Kronos, the Lord of the Titans, called his reign the Golden Age because men lived innocent and free of all knowledge. But that was mere propaganda. The Titan king cared nothing for your kind except as appetizers or a source of cheap entertainment. It was only in the early reign of Lord Zeus when Prometheus the good Titan brought fire to mankind, that you species began to progress, and even then, Prometheus was branded a radical thinker. Zeus punished him severely, as you may recall. Of course, eventually the gods warmed to humans, and Western civilization was born.”

Understanding the Allusion to Cronus in Chapter 10

Things I learned from the passage

Words and phrases that helped me to learn this

Reasoning / Explanation

1.23.

Unpacking the Learning Targets1. I can use details from images to

make predictions about the myth of Cronus.

2. I can get the gist of the myth of Cronus.

3. I can reflect on the things that close readers do.

Work TimeI notice…. I wonder Prediction

“Reading Closely”: Guiding Questions

Image Analysis: Making Predictions

Cronus and RheaD”Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths

On an Index Card

Write a response to this question:

Based on what you noticed and wondered about the illustrations, what is on prediction you have about the myth of Cronus?

Things Close Readers Do Anchor Chart

Back To Back / Face To Face- What strategies have you found

most useful as you’ve been learning to read closely? Why?

What do you notice?What do you wonder?

Notes: don’t shareO This handout is a guide for the types

of questions that savvy readers ask themselves when they read closely

O Interacting with the text just like you would when you watch a movie or tv show or even a video game

O Today we are going to focus on approaching the text – that’s when you get the reading in your hands or your viewing it for the 1st time

Reading Closely: Approaching the Text

What is this section telling us to do as readers? Why?

Notes on app. the text DON’T SHARE

O Read silently to class as they read alongO Think – pair – shareO In your own words paraphrase (in your own

words) what these descriptors mean to you

O This is saying that before I begin reading, I need to think about why I am reading it.

O Am I reading for entertainment?O Am I reading to gather information?

Focus: Approaching The Text

Descriptor of Approaching Text

O Reading closely begins by considering my specific purposes for reading and important information about a text.

OTHINK-PAIR-SHARE

The Myth of CronusPages 14-15

Read for the Gist1. Silently read to yourself the myth.2. Use your sticky notes and write the

gist for each paragraph (just like in “Shrouded in Myth”)

3. Share your gists with a partner.

Reading for Gist and Selected-Response Questions: The Myth of Cronus Questions from the TextWhich statement below best expresses Cronus’ motivation for swallowing his children?A. Cronus liked being the Lord of the

Universe.B. Cronus loved his wife, Rhea, and

feared that one of his children would harm her.

C. Cronus was afraid that one of his children would become more powerful than he was.

D. Cronus was being punished by Mother Earth.

Exit Ticket:

Odell Ed: Approaching the Text

Which question was most helpful to you in understanding the text on your first read?

Homework:

Read Chapter 11: Flag any allusions to classic myths