Thursday 03/22 Reading - Thomas Paine and Integrating Information from Multiple Sources

Purpose: I can integrate information from multiple sources to help me understand historical events.

1. Connection:  "Patrick Henry" Main Ideas
2. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that by reading multiple sources about a topic, you can increase your accuracy and depth of knowledge; you combine the most important facts, the main ideas, from each source.  When you read, ask yourself "What is the main idea of the text?"
3. Engagement:  "Thomas Paine" Main Ideas
4. Application: Read and comprehend "Thomas Paine" in the American Revolutionary War Heroes Packet
• Integrate information from multiple sources to write a paragraph explaining why speakers and writers were important to the revolutionary cause.
• Answer at least three (3) comprehension questions.
5. Free Reading Time