Unit 2: Instructional Strategies/Planning Support

Instructional Strategies

Serravallo Strategies 

Goal 11: Understanding Vocabulary and Figurative Language pages 296-323 includes a variety of strategies to support standards 9-10RI4 and 9-10RL4.

ELAGSE9-10RI3 Strategies:
9.1 Compare New to Known page 250        
8.12 Track Down Opinion Clues in Solutions (problem/solution) page 233       
8.13 Opinions-Reasons-Evidence page 234
8.19 Consider Structure pages 240-241 
9.19 Event Connections page 268          
9.17 Following Procedures page 266          

ELAGSE9-10RL3 Strategies:
Goal 6 Thinking about Character
6.1  How’s the Character Feeling? page 166  
6.6 Back Up Ideas About Characters with Evidence page 171 
6.11 Character Comparisons  page 176 
6.13 Yes, But Why?  page 178 
6.14 Interactions Can Lead to Inferences page 179 
6.18 Complex Characters  page 183 
6.19 More Than One Side page 184
6.20 Conflict Brings Complexity page 185 
Goal 5 Understanding Plot and Setting
5.15 Where am I? page 148 
5.17 Two-Sided Problems page 150 
5.18 Does the story Have to Be Set There, and Then? page 151 
5.22 Vivid Setting Description and Impact on Character page 155 
5.23 Map It page 156
5.28 Micro-/Meso-/Macroenviroment Systems: Levels of Setting page 161 

 

Goal 9: Conventions: Grammar and Punctuation pages 320-358 includes a variety of strategies to support standard W5.

ELAGSE9-10W3
5.7 Organize in Sequence page 174
5.8 Uh-Oh ... UH-OH... Phew page 175
5.9 Beef Up the Middle page 176
5.12 End with Last Words from the Character page 179
5.27 Draw Out (Don't Summarize) to Build Suspense page 194
5.29 Multiscene Story Board page 196
5.38 Parallel Story page 205 
6.9 "What Else Happened?" page 220

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