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Rain Forest Module 2A Unit 1 Lesson 3. Continued Close Read of “Sloth Canopy Researcher: Bryson Voirin”. Stephen J. O’Connor. steve@wellsny.com. ccss5.com. Based upon lessons created by Expeditionary Learning. I can actively listen to my partner while discussing our ideas. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Rain Forest Module 2A Unit 1 Lesson 3
Continued Close Read of “Sloth Canopy Researcher: Bryson Voirin”
Based upon lessons created by Expeditionary Learning
Stephen J. O’Connor
ccss5.comsteve@wellsny.com
• I can actively listen to my partner while discussing our ideas.
• I can determine the main idea of an interview with scientist Bryson Voirin.
• I can determine the meaning of new words from context in an interview with scientist Bryson Voirin.
• I can read the interview with scientist Bryson Voirin with fluency.
Learning Targets
Read your answer to the Journal ResponseQuestion to a partner.
• Glass=I was able to identify and write about a text feature/element that really helped me understand the text better
• Bug=I was able to identify a text feature/element, but I’m not yet sure how it helps me understand the text better
• Mud=I’m not sure about text features/elements or how they help me understand the text better
Glass, Bugs, Mud
You are going to continue to read the
interview with Bryson Voirin, paying
attention to key vocabulary as well as to
text features that help them find
information about rainforests
• I can actively listen to my partner while discussing our ideas.
• I can determine the main idea of an interview with scientist Bryson Voirin.
• I can determine the meaning of new words from context in an interview with scientist Bryson Voirin.
• I can read the interview with scientist Bryson Voirin with fluency.
Learning Targets
Take out your annotated copiesof “Interview with Sloth Canopy Researcher:
Bryson Voirin”
Review the gists that you wrote about
questions 1-3 of the interview in the
previous lesson
Work with your partner first to discuss and then to write answers to the Text-Dependent Questions for “Interview with Sloth Canopy Researcher: Bryson Voirin”
The worst thing, or hardest thing, is
actually finding the sloths to start with.
Sloths are very good at hiding. They
usually live at the tops of trees, and can
have greenish fur. We have to walk
through the forest all day with our heads
tilted up, looking for dark spots with hair.
Sometimes it can take us weeks to find a
single sloth.
What inspired you to first study science?
Ever since I was little, I was always
fascinated with National Geographic
magazine. I used to imagine I was one of
the scientists in each issue, exploring
unknown lands or catching wild animals.
I always knew that was what I wanted to
do.
What do you do in a typical day?On a typical
day working in Panama, I go out into the
forest looking for sloths. I usually hike with
someone else, and we use binoculars to look
for the animals. When we find a sloth, I use
my tree climbing gear to go up and catch it.
Even though sloths are pretty slow animals, it
can take hours to catch one once I am in the
trees. They can move about as fast as you can
walk fast, so in a tree 150’ tall, it can be hard
to catch them.
What advice would you give to someone
interested in becoming a biologist?I would
tell anyone interested in working in
biology to go outside and explore things.
Walk through parks and natural lands.
The things you can find in your own
backyard can be really cool. If you start
exploring young, it will stay with you
forever.
Rereading: What Else Can We Learn from
Bryson Voirin’s Research about the
Rainforest?
• I can actively listen to my partner while discussing our ideas.
• I can determine the main idea of an interview with scientist Bryson Voirin.
• I can determine the meaning of new words from context in an interview with scientist Bryson Voirin.
• I can read the interview with scientist Bryson Voirin with fluency.
Learning Targets
Partner read aloud: One person will be the
interviewer, and the other will be Bryson
Voirin.
What new things were you able
to learn about rainforests during
this read of the interview?
Add your new learning to the L
column in your journals.
In this module you will be focusing on
two different types of words, scientific
(words about science) and academic
(other words that help you understand
concepts) words.
Why do you think scientists choose
such specific words when
communicating about their
research?
What inspired you to first study science?Ever
since I was little, I was always fascinated
with National Geographic magazine. I used
to imagine I was one of the scientists in
each issue, exploring unknown lands or
catching wild animals. I always knew that
was what I wanted to do.
On a typical day working in Panama, I go out
into the forest looking for sloths. I usually
hike with someone else, and we use
binoculars to look for the animals. When we
find a sloth, I use my tree climbing gear to
go up and catch it. Even though sloths are
pretty slow animals, it can take hours to
catch one once I am in the trees. They can
move about as fast as you can walk fast, so
in a tree 150’ tall, it can be hard to catch
them.
What advice would you give to someone
interested in becoming a biologist?
Word Synonym Definition Picture
determine discoverfind out
discover facts about
something
typical ordinary ordinary
fascinatedinterested, spellbound
extremely interested
Academic
• I can actively listen to my partner while discussing our ideas.
• I can determine the main idea of an interview with scientist Bryson Voirin.
• I can determine the meaning of new words from context in an interview with scientist Bryson Voirin.
• I can read the interview with scientist Bryson Voirin with fluency.
Learning Targets
With someone at home, read the interview
again. Ask your partner to be the interviewer.
You be Bryson Voirin. After you are done
reading the interview, pretend to be Bryson
Voirin and answer one more question: “What
would you like to explore further in the
rainforest? Why?”
Write your answer to this question. Have the
person who interviewed you sign your
interview. Bring the signed interview and
your written answer back to class with you.
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