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DURING READING
Reader Response
Open for Discussion Personal Response
Think Aloud MODEL Some of Earth's
layers are liquid. The liquid
can come out of the earth
through loud volcanoes.
Comprehension Check Critical Response
1. Responses will vary. Author's
Purpose
2. Volcanoes look like fireworks from far away because they light up the sky with flames; up close, you can see they are made up of lava and ash. Target Skill Compare and Contrast
3. I stopped occasionally to ask myself questions and reread information I didn't understand.
Target Skill Monitor and Fix Up
4. Possible response: The volcano looked like a giant chimney on Earth's surface. Hot lava poured from deep beneath the earth.
Target Skill Vocabulary
TEST PRACTICE Look Back and Write For test practice, assign
a 10–15 minute time
limit. For assessment,
see the Scoring Rubric at the right.
Retell
Have students retell Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks using the photographs and graphics.
SUCCESS PREDICTOR
Monitor Progress
then… use the Retelling Cards and the Scoring Rubric for Retelling on
p. 395 to assist fluent retelling.
If… students
have difficulty
retelling the
selection,
Check Retelling Rubric
ELL
Assessment Have students tell what is happening in each photograph or graphic, using words from the selection. Let them listen to other students' retellings before attempting their own.
Write Now
Look at the Prompt Have students identify and discuss key words and phrases in the prompt. (two natural events, paragraph that compares and contrasts)
Strategies to Develop Word choice
Have students
  • brainstorm and list words that signal both comparisons and contrasts.
  • write sentences about volcanoes using three comparison/contrast words.
  • use words besides and to indicate similarities.
NO:  Volcanoes are dangerous and
  earthquakes are dangerous.
YES: Volcanoes and earthquakes are
both dangerous.
For additional suggestions and rubric, see pp. 399g–399h.
Hints for Better Writing
  • Carefully read the prompt.
  • Use a graphic organizer to plan your writing.
  • Support your ideas with information and details.
  • Use words that help readers understand.
  • Proofread and edit your work. Check for correct forms of irregular verbs.
Retelling: SUCCESS PREDICTOR
Reader Response
Open for Discussion Your friend says, "I'm glad I live on this quiet, solid Earth." After reading this article, what can you tell your friend about this Earth?
1.
The author provides many interesting facts about volcanoes. What was the most interesting fact you learned? Why? Think Like an Author
How are volcanoes and fireworks alike from far off? How are they different up close? Compare and Contrast
How did you make sure that you understood the information about volcanoes as you read this selection? Monitor and Fix Up
You are a newspaper reporter. Tell your readers what it is like to watch a volcano erupt. Use words from the Words to Know list to describe the event. Vocabulary
4.
2.
3.
Look Back and Write Look back at pages 386–387. What can happen when a volcano erupts? Use details from the selection in your answer.
Meet author David Harrison on page 416.
TEST PRACTICE
Write Now: Compare/Contrast Paragraph
Volcanoes describes natural events,
such as volcanoes and earthquakes.
Think about two natural events you have seen or read about.
Now write a paragraph that compares
and contrasts these two natural events.
Prompt
Writing Trait
Word choice can
show comparisons
and contrasts. Words
such as also, both,
but, and however
show likenesses and
differences.
Student Model
Student Model
Word choice
includes
words
that signal
likenesses and
differences.
Use the model to help you write your own
compare/contrast paragraph.
Writer
begins
and ends
with
likenesses.
First sentence
tells what
two natural events
are being
compared.
 
   
Close  
Scoring Rubric
Look Back and Write
Top-Score Response A top-score response will use details from the selection to tell what can happen when a volcano erupts.
Example of a Top-Score Response When a volcano erupts, lava can fly into the air. The sky can turn dark with ashes and gases. Some volcanoes explode. These can throw huge rocks for miles. Rivers of hot lava can run down a volcano. This lava can move very fast. It can destroy everything it touches.
For additional rubrics, see p. WA10.
Scoring Rubric    Expository Retelling
Rubric 4 3 2 1
Connections
Makes connections and generalizes beyond the text
Makes connections
to other events, texts, or experiences
Makes a limited connection to
another event, text,
or experience
Makes no
connection to
another event, text,
or experience
Author's
Purpose
Elaborates on author's purpose
Tells author's purpose with some clarity
Makes some connection to
author's purpose
Makes no
connection to
author's purpose
Topic
Describes the main topic
Identifies the main topic with some details early in retelling
Identifies the main topic
Retelling has no sense of topic
Important Ideas
Gives accurate information about events, steps, and ideas using details and key vocabulary
Gives accurate information about events, steps, and ideas with some detail and key vocabulary
Gives limited or inaccurate information about events, steps, and ideas
Gives no information about events, steps, and ideas
Conclusions
Draws conclusions and makes inferences to generalize beyond the text
Draws conclusions about the text
Is able to draw few conclusions about the text
Is unable to draw conclusions or
make inferences about the text
Retelling Plan
  • Week 1 Assess Strategic Intervention students.
  • Week 2 Assess Advanced students.
  • Week 3 Assess Strategic Intervention students.
  • Week 4 Assess On-Level students.
  • This week assess any students you have not
    yet checked during this unit.
Selection Test To assess with Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks, use Selection Tests,
pp. 29–32.
Fresh Reads for Differentiated Test Practice For weekly leveled practice, use pp. 85–90.
Use the Retelling Chart on
p. TR17 to record retelling.