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The Marshmallow Challenge

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The Marshmallow Challenge

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  1. The Marshmallow Challenge In today’s lesson we will continue identifying supporting details and building vocabulary

  2. Vocabulary: Complete the sentences with the correct word.Tower designer experts structures stable plan products successful • 1. _____________ are people who have special knowledge. • 2. _____________ are buildings of any kind. • 3. If an object is ___________, it is strong and steady. • 4. If you are ____________, you reach your goal or get a good result.

  3. Choose the best option for each statement or question 1. A tower is normally _________. • tall and thin • short and round 2. A designer might work on a new __________ . a. text message b. cell phone 3. An example of a product is . • a box of spaghetti • b. a trip to Italy 4. Which of these are you more likely to plan? ____________ • a weekend activity • b. a yard of tape

  4. GETTING MEANING FROM CONTEXT

  5. What are supporting details? • The term supporting details can be defined as additional information that explains, defines or proves an idea. • They are reasons, examples, facts, steps, or other kinds of evidence that explain the main idea. 

  6. GETTING MEANING FROM CONTEXT A writer may explain certain words or phrases in a text using a definition or a synonym (a word or phrase with a similar meaning). These often follow words such as that is . . . or in other words . . . or are set apart with parentheses, dashes, or commas. Definitions may also be provided below the text, as footnotes • What does by itself mean in paragraph 1? Write another way to say it. • What synonym is given for collaborate in the passage? • How could you define prototype? Scan the passage and note a definition.

  7. Critical Thinking • Reflecting. Think about a team you are part of. Are you usually the expert, organizer, or experimenter? • Interpreting. What do you think Wujec means when he says, “Every project has its own marshmallow”?

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