A good reader keeps an eye on his own reading. Five steps will show you when you've lost the thread and how to get it back.
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Students will learn the five metacognition steps (Preview, Question, Reread, Record, Reflect), see each one used at a stop point inside Jack London's The Story of Keesh, and write a short reflection on their own reading.
Metacognition is thinking about your own thinking. Preview happens before reading; Question, Reread and Record happen during; Reflect happens after. The three stop points in the story each name the step being used, so the student sees a step done before he's asked to do it.
The story is an underdog story: a boy the village dismisses wins respect by using his brains, which London calls headcraft, instead of strength.
Students treat the five steps as a checklist to finish rather than habits to use when they get lost. Ask which step he'd reach for if he stopped understanding. The spies' report in the middle of the story is the natural place for a Reread, since it's confusing on purpose until Keesh explains.
Another slip is confusing Record with Reflect: Record is writing down key events as you go, and Reflect is thinking back afterward.
Keep a sheet of paper beside the student for the Record step, and let him fill in his own notes before the page shows its own. The written Reflect has no single right answer. Look for one thing he learned about Keesh and one thing he learned about how he reads.
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Before You Start
The words this lesson uses. Tap a card to see what it means, then come back to them whenever a question uses one.
Part One
Questions about the story you just read. Pick your answer straight off, or press Find it in the story if you would rather hunt for the sentence first.
Part Two
The word cards are at the top of this page. Look back at them as often as you need, then answer.