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This is a page devoted to PEG. As I find interesting and useful sites, I will add them to our page. Please feel free to email me sites that you think could make your life and other PEG students' lives easier. If you find an especially engaging website, let your pals know about it. This is our key communication spot. Even if you have a question on the current packet, post it on our blog so another student or I can clarify it for you.
Enjoy, engage, enliven, explore...
SFMandell
READING STRATEGIES
Blast through your Language Arts novels by utilizing your metacognitive strategies discussed in class. Here they are:
Schema- activate prior knowledge...What do you already know about the topic?
Visualization- What pictures do I see while I am reading?
Questioning- What am I wondering about while reading the text?
Inference- What can I predict will happen in the text?
Determining Importance- What are the key concepts in the text?
Synthesis- Can I summarize what is happening in the text?
Monitor for Meaning- Use any, some, or all of the strategies to make better sense of the text?
Schema- activate prior knowledge...What do you already know about the topic?
Visualization- What pictures do I see while I am reading?
Questioning- What am I wondering about while reading the text?
Inference- What can I predict will happen in the text?
Determining Importance- What are the key concepts in the text?
Synthesis- Can I summarize what is happening in the text?
Monitor for Meaning- Use any, some, or all of the strategies to make better sense of the text?
LITERATURE CIRCLE ROLES
Discussion Director-create 5 questions to engage the class in discussion of the required pages for PEG class.
Connector-create 5 questions that connect the novel to your personal life or the world around you.
Literary Luminary-select 5 passages from the required pages that either confused you, were well written, humorous, exciting, frightening, etc...
Summarizer-give a brief summary of the pages read. This should only be about 5-8 sentences. Only focus on the main events, not all the nitty gritty details. Remember, book summaries are brief and to the point. This summary should be just like that.
Travel Tracer-this role traces the main action of the story. Cover the who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Investigator-research something that has been discussed in the novel so background information can be supplied to your classmates. You may use the computer, but make sure to place all researched information into your own words. Research topics cannot be repeated within the current novel selection.
Illustrator-pick a portion of the pages read and draw a picture of what happened. It can be stick figures- you are not being graded on your ability to draw. It must be colored in and demonstrate that time was spent on the assignment. Do not label what the picture is; allow your classmates to guess!
Word Wizard-create a 10 word vocabulary quiz. First find 10 words from the week's reading, define them in the top section of the quiz, and then create 10 sentences with fill-in-the-blanks below for your classmates to choose from the vocabulary words above. Make sure that your sentences make sense!
Connector-create 5 questions that connect the novel to your personal life or the world around you.
Literary Luminary-select 5 passages from the required pages that either confused you, were well written, humorous, exciting, frightening, etc...
Summarizer-give a brief summary of the pages read. This should only be about 5-8 sentences. Only focus on the main events, not all the nitty gritty details. Remember, book summaries are brief and to the point. This summary should be just like that.
Travel Tracer-this role traces the main action of the story. Cover the who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Investigator-research something that has been discussed in the novel so background information can be supplied to your classmates. You may use the computer, but make sure to place all researched information into your own words. Research topics cannot be repeated within the current novel selection.
Illustrator-pick a portion of the pages read and draw a picture of what happened. It can be stick figures- you are not being graded on your ability to draw. It must be colored in and demonstrate that time was spent on the assignment. Do not label what the picture is; allow your classmates to guess!
Word Wizard-create a 10 word vocabulary quiz. First find 10 words from the week's reading, define them in the top section of the quiz, and then create 10 sentences with fill-in-the-blanks below for your classmates to choose from the vocabulary words above. Make sure that your sentences make sense!