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Pages to read: 118-119

Strategy

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Inferring Main Idea

Focus: Reread p. 119, paragraph 2. What is the main idea and one supporting detail?

Respond:

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Pages to read: 120-121

Strategy

Compare and Contrast/ Infer

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Pages to read: 122-123

Strategy

Inferring Main Idea

Focus: How is a visit to Yosemite today different from when the first tourists arrived? How is it similar?

Focus: Reread p. 122, paragraph 1. What is the main idea and one supporting detail?

Respond:

Respond:

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Pages to read: 124-125

Strategy

Inferring Fact and Opinion

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Page to read: 126-127

Strategy

Cause and Effect/ Critical Thinking

Focus: Which sentence in the first paragraph under the heading Glacier Point is an opinion? How can you tell?

Focus: What causes more water to go over Yosemite Falls in the spring and early summer than near the end of summer?

Respond:

Respond:

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"Letters Home from Yosemite" by Lisa Halvorsen Genre ______________________________________

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