READING STRATEGY Possible Sentences EPIC EPIDEMICS BY MARCIA

READING STRATEGY: Possible Sentences EPIC EPIDEMICS BY MARCIA AMIDON LUSTED COBBLESTONES MAGAZINE

Epic Epidemics: Key Vocabulary �Think about the definitions for the following terms: disease epidemic yellow fever contagious parasite dysentery vaccination mosquitoes virus pandemic influenza polio paralysis sanitation devastating malaria �On your paper, pair any words that seem to be closely related.

Epic Epidemics : Sentence Generation With a partner: �Share pairs that you came up with and explain your reasoning behind them. Share definitions if your partner doesn’t know one of the terms.

Epic Epidemics : Sentence Generation With a partner: �Share pairs that you came up with and explain your reasoning behind them. Share definitions if your partner doesn’t know one of the terms. �Incorporate your favorite matched words into sentences that you might expect to encounter in the text. Each sentence must include 2 or more DIFFERENT terms.

Epic Epidemics: Sentence Generation With a partner: �Share pairs that you came up with and explain your reasoning behind them. Share definitions if your partner doesn’t know one of the terms. �Incorporate your favorite matched words into sentences that you might expect to encounter in the text. Each sentence must include 2 or more DIFFERENT terms. �Choose 2 sentences (as a partnership) to share with the class. Have one person write these on the board.

Epic Epidemics : Purposeful Reading Individually: �Read the text selection about epidemics, paying particular attention to those sections in which the key vocabulary terms occur.

Epic Epidemics : Sentence Evaluation As a class: �Evaluate the accuracy of the possible sentences on the board. Keep correct sentences and modify incorrect sentences so that they are accurate.

Epic Epidemics : Further Sentence Generation As a class: �Construct additional sentences that express important ideas not reflected in those that survived the sentence evaluation phase.

Epic Epidemics : Why They Work �Focuses students prior to reading.

Possible Sentences: Why They Work �Focuses students prior to reading. �Allows reflection of prior knowledge.

Possible Sentences: Why They Work �Focuses students prior to reading. �Allows reflection of prior knowledge. �Blends technical vocabulary introduction with purpose setting.

Possible Sentences: Why They Work �Focuses students prior to reading. �Allows reflection of prior knowledge. �Blends technical vocabulary introduction with purpose setting. �Increase students’ level of mental engagement.

Possible Sentences: Why They Work �Focuses students prior to reading. �Allows reflection of prior knowledge. �Blends technical vocabulary introduction with purpose setting. �Increase students’ level of mental engagement. �Stress clusters of related terms and the relationships among terms.

Possible Sentences: Why They Work �Focuses students prior to reading. �Allows reflection of prior knowledge. �Blends technical vocabulary introduction with purpose setting. �Increase students’ level of mental engagement. �Stress clusters of related terms and the relationships among terms. �Improves vocabulary knowledge and comprehension of material containing targeted words.

Bonus! �Students get to think like scientists when they read

Bonus! �Students get to think like scientists when they read �Easy to set up lesson plan

Research �Moore, D. W. , & Moore, S. A (1986). "Possible sentences. " In Reading in the content areas: Improving classroom instruction. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. �Stahl, S. A. &Kapinus, B. A. (1991). Possible sentences: Predicting word meaning to teach content area vocabulary. The Reading Teacher, 45, 36 -45.