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Then
and Now First Reading
By
George Ancona
Text Strategy – Reading Information Text
See Chapter 4 Guided Reading the Four
Blocks Way pages 47-52.
Before reading
What’s for reading? Guided Reading the
Four Blocks Way pages 58-59.
During reading
- Who
is the selection about?
- Who
is telling the story?
- What
is this man’s job?
Remind the students of the title. The author
uses words in the past tense to tell about his life when he was a boy.
He uses the words in the present tense to tell about his life now as a
grown up.
After reading
Fill in this chart as a class. Use the text
to support your answers.
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Facts I know about George as a boy
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Facts I know about George as a man
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Then
and Now Second Reading
By
George Ancona
Before reading
Discuss what the Main Idea and Details supporting
main idea are. Sometimes the main idea is really easy to find. The main
idea is the most important idea in a story. When it is not easy to figure
out, they have to find story clues that will help them determine the main
idea.
During reading
Find details to support this main idea in
the text:
George had experiences as a child that made
him want to be a photographer.
After reading
Share the details that support the main ideas.
Find the places in the text that support the answers.
George
had experiences as a child that made him want to be a photographer.
- George’s
family said he would be an artist.
- George
daydreamed.
- George
painted pictures of ponies.
- George
loved the sight of the ocean.
Biography
Poem
Writing
Connected to Reading
Have the children complete a biography poem
about George Ancona using the book to fill in the answers.
Line 1: First Name
Line 2: Four adjectives describing line 1
Line 3: son/daughter of __________
Line 4: who loves ________, __________, _________
Line 5: who feels ________, __________, _________
Line 6: who needs ________, __________, _________
Line 7: who gives ________, __________, _________
Line 8: who fears ________, __________, _________
Line 9: who would like to see ________, __________,
_________
Line 10: resident of _________.
Line 11: Last name
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