Objectives
Students will:
- Use knowledge of word parts and context clues to identify the meanings of unfamiliar words in a passage of science writing.
- Use prior knowledge to identify the central idea in a passage of informational text.
- Analyze in detail how an idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text.
Skills Needed
Students must be able to:
- Define and identify examples of diversity.
- Identify the parts of a multisyllabic word (roots and affixes).
- Define context clues.
- Identify main ideas.
