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English · Grade 10

Reading Complex Texts with Purpose

Learners build habits for reading hard texts on purpose. They choose strategies to match a reading purpose, untangle long sentences from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by finding their core, write objective summaries of an informational article about why bridges move, and practice noticing and repairing confusion as they read.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 125 minutes
  • Complex reading check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Set a purpose for reading and choose matching strategies: previewing, skimming, chunking, annotating and rereading.
  • Untangle complex sentences by finding the core subject and verb and setting modifiers aside, then paraphrase accurately.
  • Write objective summaries of literary and informational texts that capture the central idea and key points without opinion.
  • Monitor comprehension and repair confusion with fix-up strategies such as rereading, reading ahead, using context and asking questions.

Lessons

  1. Read with a purpose 6 steps3 practiceabout 28 min
  2. Untangle complex sentences 7 steps3 practiceabout 34 min
  3. Objective summary 5 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  4. Notice and repair confusion 5 steps3 practiceabout 26 min
  5. Complex reading check 10 questions at the end

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