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Chasing Vermeer: Reading the Clues to Comprehension

Participants: Mal Cutaiar, Bryan Gottlob, Kate Messner, Barbara Napper

Overview:
The purpose of this unit is to introduce a number of reading comprehension and problem-solving strategies that will be reinforced throughout the school year. Using the young adult novel Chasing Vermeer as a jumping off point, students will explore strategies for reading many varieties of text, including novels, articles, textbook materials, mathematical problems, poems, films, songs, and works of art. These strategies will be reinforced in all content areas throughout the school year.

Grade Level: 7th

Length of Instructional Time for Unit: 4 weeks

NYS Learning Standards Addressed:

English Language Arts:

• Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding
• Standard 2: Language for Literary Response and Expression
• Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation

Social Studies

• Standard 1: History of the United States and New York
• Standard 2: World History
• Standard 3: Geography

MST

• Standard 1: Analysis, Inquiry, and Design
• Standard 3: Mathematics
• Standard 4: Science
• Standard 6: Interconnectedness: Common Themes
• Standard 7: Interdisciplinary Problem Solving

The Arts

• Standard 3: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art
• Standard 4: Understanding the Cultural Contributions of the Arts