Lesson 10: Visualizing
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
After reading and discussing a model, students will be able create mental images in order to improve reading comprehension.
Checklist for Visualizing:
In order to identify information that you can use to visualize a story you are reading, note the following:
- descriptions of characters
- descriptions of settings
- descriptions of events
- sensory details
Visualize in order to deepen your understanding of the text, using the following questions as a guide:
- Am I having trouble following the story? Would it help if I tried to visualize the characters, settings, and events?
- How do the descriptions and sensory details help me to visualize the story?
- How does my understanding of a detail in the text change after visualizing it?
RL/1.8.10, SL.8.1.A, SL.8.1.C, SL.8.2, L.8.6
DOK 2 & 3
Text Chunking
Guiding Questions
Sentence Starters & Response Frames
Small Group Support
Graphic Organizers
Visual Glossary
Modeling
Think-a-Louds
Quiz questions, Open-Ended Response Questions, Discussion and Notes
StudySync Lesson for Visualizing