The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
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Theme: |
Comprehension and Vocabulary
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Grades: |
9 - 12
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Subject: |
Reading and Language Arts
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Duration: |
Two class periods
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Standards
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Florida State Learning Standards
- The student will listen to, read and discuss familiar and conceptually challenging text.
- The student will use background knowledge of subject and related content areas, pre-reading strategies (e.g., previewing, discussing, generating questions), text features and text structure to make and confirm complex predictions of content, purpose and organization of a reading selection.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read or listen to Chapter 4 of The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.
- Record new and unfamiliar vocabulary and symbols.
- Use context clues to make educated guesses about meanings of the unknown vocabulary and symbols.
- Identify controversial themes.
- Answer comprehension questions.
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