4. With your partner, analyze the following fragments from the text you read and discuss to determine what their text patterns are. Write them on the lines provided. You may suggest students to continue working in pairs to recognize text patterns. Before they start working on the activity, invite volunteers to explain what each of the text patterns refers to; they may check them on page 114 while they perform the task. Check orally. Finally, read the task in the Time to Shine! box and invite different students to share information about jobs and professions in their community. Differentiated Instruction For this activity, you could use the Mini Lesson Strategy if you consider it necessary to review the text patterns before working on this activity. Ask students to mention common jobs from our times. Ask why there weren’t jobs related to the media or the Internet in ancient times. Elicit the answer to the question (because each period has different needs). Product: Illustrated report In this unit, students will write an illustrated report about a job or profession. Organize the class into pairs, read the first instruction aloud, and have them write their lists on a sheet of paper. Once they have them ready, they must vote to choose the job or profession that they will describe in their report. Then, read the second instruction aloud and explain that they will research information about that job or profession for homework, and they should bring notes. Remind them about the research skills they learned in Unit 3 and tell them to use them to assess their sources. This activity (the notes with researched information) will be your first evidence in this unit; ask students to file them following the procedure you prefer. Self-evaluation You could read the statements in the box together to make sure everybody understands what they need to self-evaluate. If necessary, go back to some of the previous activities so students understand what each statement refers to. Read the tip provided and make sure to offer individual support to those students who detected areas of opportunity. Why is it important to explore texts? Invite students to answer the question explaining what they did in this lesson (make inferences about images, analyze audience and purpose, identify main ideas, and recognize text patterns) and how these activities helped them understand the text better.
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3 Reread the text and underline main ideas.Then, compare your answers with a partner and find a secondary idea linked to each of the main ideas you found. Use your own words to write them in order. Follow the example. 119 Main idea: Professional athletes practice their favorite sports and compete. Secondary idea: Their careers are short.
What is the dierence
between a main and a secondary
idea? For information about this theme, go to page 119.
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Which text patterns do I remember? To recall them all, go to page 114.
• Mention the most common jobs or professions in your community. Time to Shine!
4 With your partner, analyze the following fragments from the text you read and discuss to determine what their text patterns are. Write them on the lines provided. 114
a “First, they require 4 or 5 years of medical school, and specialists study 3 to 8 more years of residency.” b “…those who become full-time athletes have short careers because of the physical demands this job implies…” c “…they must pass a series of written and physical tests, as well as take di erent courses such as an emergency medical technician course…”
Reader Why are there dierent professions in each era? (pp.102 -103)
Step 1
Illustrated Report
• On a sheet of paper, write a list of jobs and professions, and vote for one. • For homework, research information about the job or profession you chose and bring notes. Self-evaluation (Check the box or boxes.) The strategies that I used to gather information about jobs or professions were: Make inferences about images. Analyze the purpose and audience of a text. Recognize text patterns. Tip: Gather as many details as you can about the job or profession you chose.
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Achievement
Gather information about jobs or professions.
Teaching Guidelines
• Identify main ideas and their sequence. • Recognize text patterns.
Development
Learning to Know 119 Ask the question from the box and elicit students’ prior knowledge; encourage them to go to the Appendix if needed. 3. Reread the text and underline main ideas. Then, compare your answers with a partner and find a secondary idea linked to each of the main ideas you found. Use your own words to write them in order. Follow the example. You could organize the class into pairs and have them reread the text on page 86 to identify main ideas and their sequence. Monitor while they work and, when they finish, invite pairs to the board to write their sentences.
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