Encourage good reading habits with an activity that asks class members to examine the title and cover of Out of the Dust, and then make predictions about the setting of and events in the tale.

 

Concepts

prereading, the dust bowl, active reading, making predictions, reading comprehension strategies

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask several class members to prepare a masterful reading of the stanzas of the three poems

Classroom Considerations

• Part of a series of resources designed specifically to accompany a reading of Out of the Dust

Pros

• The resource includes a rationale for the activity and step-by-step directions

Cons

• None