Grade 9 Exposition 1

Intervention Resource Guide

Grade 9

Exposition

Grade 9 Exposition 2

Table of Contents

Seven sections of Reader’s Handbook are suggested for instruction.

Skill Set and Topic Page

Skill Set One: Reading a Web Site 3

Skill Set Two: Reading a Graphic 6

Skill Set Three: Reading a Driver’s Handbook 9

Skill Set Four: Focus on Reading Instructions 12

Skill Set Five: Focus on Reading for Work 15

Skill Set Six: Reading Tests and Test Questions18

Skill Set Seven: Focus on English Tests 21

Three Sections of Write Source are suggested for instruction.

Skill Set and Topic Page

Skill Set Eight: Writing a Comparison Essay25

Skill Set Nine: Explaining a Process 27

Skill Set Ten: Writing for Assessment28

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Unit: ExpositionSkill Set 1: Reading a Website

Lesson Resources

I. Overview

Teacher’s Reader’s Content Guide Handbook

page page

Selections National Gallery of Art Home Page 518-519 Web page containing a biography

entitled “Johannes Vermeer”521

Reading Reading Critically 334, 437 520, 726-727Strategies Skimming 337, 437 525, 728-729

Tools Website Profiler 334, 336 520, 524, 757Web 335 522, 757Timeline 338

527, 755

II. AncillariesContent Page

Overhead NumbersTransparency Previewing a Website31

Blackline Masters Website Profiler, Web, Timeline(back of Teacher’s Guide)

Student Applications Web site for sports fans 182-188Book with the URL www.sportsfans.com

Texts PagesLesson Plan Book 174, 176-179Reader’s Handbook 513-527Teacher’s Guide 331-339Student Applications Book 182-188Blackline Masters [back of Teacher’s Guide]Overhead Transparency No. 31Website (visit the rehand link) www.greatsource.com/rehand

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Skill Set 1: Reading a Website

Part 1: Before Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 513-520

-Preview home page of the National Gallery of Art -Introduction of reading strategy: Reading Critically -Tool for applying the reading strategy:

Website Profiler

Additional Activities:Teacher’s Guide, page 333-334Lesson Plan Book, pages 176-177

Part 2: During Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 521-524

-Read the home page for the National Gallery of Art. Read the web page entitled “Johannes Vermeer.”

-Additional tool for applying the reading strategy:Web

-Read for information: How Websites Are Organized

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, pages 335-336Lesson Plan Book, page 178

Part 3:After Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 525-527

-Rereading strategy: Skimming

-Tool for applying the rereading strategy: Timeline

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, pages 337-338 Lesson Plan Book, page 179

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Skill Set 1: Reading a Website (continued)

Part 4: Assessment and Application Resources: Teacher’s Guide, page 339 Teachers might structure activities so that students work with partners or in groups of four to complete them.

Student Applications Book, pages 182-188 Teacher guides students to apply the steps followed in the lesson resources above when reading the home page for the website www.sportsfans.com. Activities may be structured so that students complete only part of a task (1-2 minutes) and then report to the rest of the class.

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Unit: ExpositionSkill Set 2: Reading a Graphic

Lesson Resources

I. Overview

Teacher’s Reader’s Content Guide Handbook

page page

Selection “Digital Kids” presentation of data 543, 547in circle graphs and bar graphs

Reading Paraphrasing 349, 435 545, 722-723Strategies Reading Critically 352, 437 551, 726

Tools Paraphrase Chart 349 545-546, 549, 749Critical Reading Chart 352 551,

743Summary Notes 353 553, 754

II. AncillariesContent Page

Overhead NumbersTransparencies Previewing a Graphic 32

Reading a Graph 33

Blackline Masters Paraphrase Chart, Critical Reading Chart,(back of Teacher’s Guide) Summary Notes

Student Applications Data from the United States Electrical 189-196Book Agency entitled “U.S. Kilowatt Climb”

Texts PagesLesson Plan Book 175, 180-183Reader’s Handbook 541-553Teacher’s Guide 346-354Student Applications Book 189-196Blackline Masters [back of Teacher’s Guide]Overhead Transparencies Nos. 32 and 33Website (visit the rehand link) www.greatsource.com/rehand

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Skill Set 2: Reading a Graphic

Part 1: Before Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 541-545

-Preview data presented in a report entitled “Digital Kids.” -Introduction of reading strategy: Paraphrasing -Tool for applying reading strategy:

Paraphrase Chart

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, pages 348-349 Lesson Plan Book, pages 180-181

Part 2: During Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 545-549

-Read the graphics showing data from “Digital Kids.”

-Additional tool for applying the reading strategy: Organization of a Graphic

-Read for information: How Graphics Are Organized

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, pages 349-351 Lesson Plan Book, page 181

Part 3: After Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 550-553

-Rereading strategy: Reading Critically -Tool for applying the rereading strategy:

Critical Reading Chart Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, pages 351-353 Lesson Plan Book, pages 182-183

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Skill Set 2: Reading a Graphic (continued)

Assessment and Application Resources:

Teacher’s Guide, page 354 Teachers might structure activities so that students work with partners or in groups of four to complete them.

Student Applications Book, pages 189-196 Teacher guides students to apply the steps followed in the lesson resources above when reading data from a line graph entitled “U.S. Kilowatt Climb.”

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Unit: ExpositionSkill Set 3: Reading a Driver’s Handbook

Lesson Resources

I. Overview

Teacher’s Reader’s Content Guide Handbook

page page

Selection from Rules of the Road 573-574, 578

Reading Skimming 368, 437 575, 728Strategies Visualizing and Thinking Aloud 370, 440

579, 736

Tools Key Word or Topic Notes 368 575-576, 746Web 369 577,

757Summary Notes 370 579-580, 754

II. AncillariesContent Page

NumbersOverhead Previewing a Driver’s Handbook 34

Transparency

Blackline Masters Key Word or Topic Notes, Web,(back of Teacher’s Guide) Summary Notes

Student Applications Right-of-Way Rules 197-204Book from Driver’s Handbook

Texts PagesLesson Plan Book [None]Reader’s Handbook 571-580Teacher’s Guide 365-371Student Applications Book 197-204Blackline Masters [back of Teacher’s Guide]Overhead Transparencies No. 34Website (visit the rehand link) www.greatsource.com/rehand

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Skill Set 3: Reading a Driver’s Handbook

Part 1: Before Reading

Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 571-575

-Preview excerpt from Rules of the Road -Introduction of reading strategy: Skimming -Tool for applying reading strategy:

Key Word or Topic Notes

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, pages 367-368

Part 2: During Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 576-578

-Read excerpt from Rules of the Road

-Additional tool for applying the reading strategy: Web

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 369

Part 3: After Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 579-580

-Rereading strategy: Visualizing and Thinking Aloud -Tool for applying the rereading strategy:

Summary Notes

-Read for information: Summing Up

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 370

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Skill Set 3: Reading a Driver’s Handbook (continued)

Assessment and Application Resources:

Teacher’s Guide, page 371 Teachers might structure activities so that students work with partners or in groups of four to complete them. Activities may be structured so that students complete only part of a task (1-2 minutes) and then report to the rest of the class. Student Applications Book, pages 197-204 Teacher guides students to apply the steps followed in the lesson resources above when reading pages from a Driver’s Handbook entitled “Right-of-Way Rules.”

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Unit: ExpositionSkill Set 4: Focus on Reading Instructions

Lesson Resources

I. Overview

Teacher’s Reader’s Content Guide Handbook

page page

Selection Cell Phone Instructions 583DVD Player Instructions 584

Reading Close Reading 373, 433 585, 714Strategies

II. Ancillaries

Content Page

Student Applications “Memory Dialing: Storing Numbers” 205-206Book from About Your Cordless Telephone

Texts PagesLesson Plan Book 188Reader’s Handbook 581-587Teacher’s Guide 372-376Student Applications Book 205-206Website (visit the rehand link) www.greatsource.com/rehand

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Skill Set 4: Focus on Reading Instructions

Part 1: Before Reading

Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 581-585

-Preview two selections: Cell Phone InstructionsDVD Player Instructions

-Introduction of reading strategy: Close Reading

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 373 Lesson Plan Book, page 188

Part 2: During Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 585-586

Presentation of six ideas for implementing Close Reading:

-Highlight or Mark-Think Aloud-Reread-Go Step by Step-Read the Diagram-Ask Yourself Questions

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 374 Lesson Plan Book, page 188

Part 3: After Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, page 587

Read for information: -Ask a Friend for Help -Check Off the Steps -Summing Up

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 375 Lesson Plan Book, page 188

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Skill Set 4: Focus on Reading Instructions (continued)

Part 4: Assessment and Application Resources:

Teacher’s Guide, page 376 Teachers might structure activities so that students work with partners or in groups of four to complete them.

Student Applications Book, pages 205-206 Teacher guides students to apply the steps followed in the lesson resources above when reading a selection from About Your Cordless Telephone.

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Unit: ExpositionSkill Set 5: Focus on Reading For Work

Lesson Resources

I. Overview

Teacher’s Reader’s Content Guide Handbook

page page

Selections Memo on Workplace Safety 590Job Description 591Work Schedule 592

Reading Skimming 378 593, 728Strategy

II. Ancillaries

Content Page

Student Applications “Dress Code Policy” 207-209Book

Texts PagesLesson Plan Book 184 and 189Reader’s Handbook 588-595Teacher’s Guide 377-380Student Applications Book 207-209Website (visit the rehand link) www.greatsource.com/rehand

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Skill Set 5: Focus on Reading for Work

Part 1: Before Reading

Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 588-593

-Preview three selections: Memo on Workplace SafetyJob DescriptionWork Schedule

-Introduction of reading strategy: Skimming

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 378 Lesson Plan Book, page 189

Part 2: During Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 593-594

Presentation of six ideas for implementing Skimming:

-Read Titles or Headings-Highlight-Connect the Information to Yourself

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 378 Lesson Plan Book, page 189

Part 3: After Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 594-595

Read for information: -Reread -Ask for Help -Summing Up

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 379 Lesson Plan Book, page 189

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Skill Set 5: Focus on Reading for Work (continued)

Part 4: Assessment and Application Resources:

Teacher’s Guide, page 380 Teachers might structure activities so that students work with partners or in groups of four to complete them. Activities may be structured so that students complete only part of a task (1-2 minutes) and then report to the rest of the class

Student Applications Book, pages 207-209 Teacher guides students to apply the steps followed in the lesson resources above when reading a memo that explains a “Dress Code Policy.” Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards

Set 2: Exposition

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Unit: ExpositionSkill Set 6: Reading Tests and Test Questions

Lesson Resources

I. Overview

Teacher’s Reader’s Content Guide Handbook

page page

Selection Passage from a sample English test 601-604, 607-611entitled “The Laugher” by Henrich Boll 613-615

Reading Skimming 385, 437 605, 728Strategies Visualizing and Thinking Aloud 388, 440 614-616, 736

Tools Inference Questions Chart 386 609Main Idea Organizer 386 611, 747Think Aloud 388 616

II. AncillariesContent Page

NumbersOverhead Previewing a Test 35Transparencies Reading Fact or Recall Questions 36

Reading Inference Questions 37Reading Essay Questions 38

Blackline Masters Main Idea Organizer(back of Teacher’s Guide)

Student Applications From Thirteen Senses: A Memoir 210-216Book by Victor Villasenor

Texts PagesLesson Plan Book 185, 190-193Reader’s Handbook 599-616Teacher’s Guide 382-390Student Applications Book 210-216Blackline Masters [back of Teacher’s Guide]Overhead Transparencies Nos. 35-38Website (visit the rehand link) www.greatsource.com/rehand

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Skill Set 6: Reading Tests and Test Questions

Part 1: Before Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 599-605

-Preview a sample reading test. -Introduction of reading strategy: Skimming -Presentation of steps to answer test questions

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, pages 382-385 Lesson Plan Book, pages 190-193

Part 2: During Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 606-613

-Read selections from the sample reading test.

-Tools for applying the reading strategy: Inference Questions

Main Idea Organizer -Read for information:

How Tests Are Organized

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 385-387 Lesson Plan Book, pages 191 and 193

Part 3: After Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 613-616

-Rereading strategy: Visualizing and Thinking Aloud -Tool for applying the rereading strategy:

Think Aloud Chart

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, pages 388-389 Lesson Plan Book, page 193

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Skill Set 6: Reading Tests and Test Questions (continued)

Part 4: Assessment and Application Resources:

Teacher’s Guide, page 390 Teachers might structure activities so that students work with partners or in groups of four to complete them.

Student Applications Book, pages 210-216 Teacher guides students to apply the steps followed in the lesson resources above when studying a selection from a sample reading test entitled Thirteen Senses: A Memoir by Victor Villasenor.

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Unit: ExpositionSkill Set 7: Focus on English Tests

Lesson Resources

I. Overview

Teacher’s Reader’s Content Guide Handbook

page page

Selection Passage from A Tale of Two Cities 620by Charles Dickens

Tools Think Aloud 620

II. AncillariesContent Page

Numbers

Student Applications Sample Test 217-218Book

Texts PagesLesson Plan Book [None]Reader’s Handbook 617-623Teacher’s Guide 391-394Student Applications Book 217-218Blackline Masters [back of Teacher’s Guide]Website (visit the rehand link) www.greatsource.com/rehand

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Skill Set 7: Focus on English Tests

Part 1: Before Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 617-618

Read for information -Make Note Cards -Take a Practice Test -Build Your Vocabulary

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 392

Part 2: During Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, pages 619-623

-Read from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

-Tool to assist with answering a multiple choice question about the selection:

Think Aloud Chart

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, page 393

Part 3: After Reading Resource: Reader’s Handbook, page 623

Read for information: Summing Up

Additional Activities: Teacher’s Guide, pages 393

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Skill Set 7: Focus on English Tests (continued)

Part 4: Assessment and Application Resources:

Teacher’s Guide, page 394 Teachers might structure activities so that students work with partners or in groups of four to complete them. Activities may be structured so that students complete only part of a task (1-2 minutes) and then report to the rest of the class.

Student Applications Book, pages 217-218 Teacher guides students to apply the steps followed in the lesson resources above when attempting to answer questions from sample tests.

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards Set 2: Exposition

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Unit: Exposition Overview of Instruction from Write Source

Skill Sets 8-10: Expository Writing

Synopsis of Concepts

Writing Forms Comparison Paragraph Comparison Essay How-To Essay

Writing for Assessment: Responding to Expository Prompts

Focus on Six Ideas: Present a significant similarity in a thesis Traits of Writing supported by details.

Organization: Arrange points of comparison chronologically

in the middle paragraphs.

Voice: Engage the reader by sounding knowledgeable.

Word Choice: Select precise nouns and active verbs. Do not include unnecessary modifiers.

Sentence Fluency: Construct simple, compound, and complex sentences that read smoothly.

Conventions: Check for errors in punctuation,

capitalization, spelling, and grammar.

Opportunities to Explain what you think succeeding in school means. address writing Provide vivid details to support your ideas.prompts

Describe what two musical artists, writers, or athletes have in common. Then tell how they differ.

Texts PagesWrite Source, Pupil’s Edition 144-199Write Source, Teacher’s Edition 144A-199Website (visit the iwrite link)www.greatsource.com/iwrite

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Skill Set 8: Writing a Comparison Essay

Part 1: Introduction Resource: Write Source, pages 145-150

-Writing Warm-Up Emphasis: Key Points

-Writing an Persuasive Paragraph

-Understanding the Goal Discussion of the Six Traits of Writing

-Presentation of a model student essay

Part 2: The Writing Process Applied to a Comparison Essay Resource: Write Source, pages 151-179

-Prewriting

-Writing -Revising

Focus on five of the six traits -Editing Focus on conventions -Publishing

Part 3: Evaluate Comparison Essays Resource: Write Source, pages 180-184 and 797-804

-Presentation of rubric

-One student response essay in textbook

-Two student response essays on blackline masters

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards

Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards

Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards

Set 2: Exposition

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Skill Set 8: Writing a Comparison Essay (continued)

Part 4: Integrated Writing Skills Resource: Write Source, pages 543 and 557

-Unnecessary Adverbs

-Sentence Errors

Part 5: Integrated Grammar Skills Resource: Write Source, pages 547, 608, 656, 734

-Commas

-Plurals

-Coordinating Conjunctions

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards

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Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards

Set 2: Exposition

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Skill Set 9: Explaining a Process

Part 1: Introduction Resource: Write Source, pages 185-187

Opportunity to evaluate a model student essay

Part 2: The Writing Process Applied to Explaining a Process Resource: Write Source, pages 188-192

-Prewriting

-Writing

-Revising

-Editing

-Publishing

Part 3: Integrated Writing Skills Resource: Write Source, pages 555 and 566

-Combining Short, Choppy Sentences

-Expository Paragraphs

Part 4: Integrated Grammar Skills Resource: Write Source, page 732

Prepositions

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards

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Set 2: Exposition

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Skill Set 10 : Writing for Assessment

Part 1:Introduction Resource: Write Source, page 193

Read about expository prompts

Part 2: The Writing Process Applied to Expository Writing on Tests Resource: Write Source, pages 194-198

-Prewriting

-Writing Presentation of prompt and sample response -Revising

-Editing

Part 3: Expository Writing on Tests Resource: Write Source, page 199 and 840-841

-Review of the writing process as applied to expository writing -Presentation of two additional opportunities for persuasive writing. -CAHSEE Review -CAHSEE Scoring Guide

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards

Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards

Set 2: Exposition

Refer to LAUSD’s 9th Grade Standards

Set 2: Exposition