Reading PALS: Peer Assisted Learning Strategy

An actual photo of Tip Top Lodge where Tim stayed
when he was trying to make his decision: run
for the border or stay in the US? 

Goal: Keep reading "On the Rainy River"

Agenda: 
Journal
Keep Close Reading

1. Journal: 
If you had a tough choice to make, would you make it alone or would you want someone to talk to about it? Please give detail.

2. KWL Chart 
We are going to make a KWL Chart for this reading. What do we already know about Tim?

3. PALS: Peer Assisted Learning Strategy

• Instead of reading as a whole class, I'm going to show you a new strategy for reading. 
• Your partner is the person sitting next to you at your table. 
• I will use the timer to keep track for you. 
• Partner A will read for five minutes, then Partner B will retell what Partner A read. 
• Then Partner B will read for five minutes, and Partner A will retell what Partner B read. 
• You should feel free to help each other through this. If neither of you know a certain word, ask me. I'm here to help!

4. Draft Dodgers

To extend our knowledge, let's learn more about people who escaped the draft by fleeing to Canada (hint: they're now Canadian citizens and have lived in Canada since they fled the US).

5. Would you have been drafted? 
Put the month and day of your birthday in on this website. It's a pretty accurate measurement of whether you would have been drafted or not. 

Reminders: 
ASB meets today after school. Come check it out!