• Identify details that support main idea(s) in one or more passages

Mapping the Mockingbird [To Kill a Mockingbird but adaptable to other novels]
Students collect data that creates a mental image of the novel's setting. Creating a database of important location references to characters and events, they use the database to construct a physical map of Macomb.

Blooming Up—Teaching the Art of Questioning
After raising questions about pieces of fruit, students write and answer several questions about core literature. The questions represent different levels of Bloom's taxonomy
 

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)
(B) For non-speaking ESL students, see Language Guide for an on-line picture dictionary with pronunciations for English practice.  See Logos Translator Site or Universal Dictionary for translation resources.
(I, T) Students complete a graphic organizer listing the topic sentence and supporting sentences of a given paragraph.
 

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