Reciprocal Teaching: The Migrants
	Passage One and Passage Two
Procedures	Read Passage One below to students. Remind students to highlight any word or idea that they do not understand. As we drove home Papa did not say a word. With both hands on the wheel, he stared at the dirt road. My older brother, Roberto, was also silent. He leaned his head back and closed his eyes. Once in a while he cleared from his throat the dust that blew in from outside. Review the Reciprocal Teaching strategies and use the questions below to "model" the strategies: Clarifying: Are there any words or ideas in this passage that you do not understand? Visualizing: What image comes to your mind as you hear this being read? Questioning: Teacher-Like Questions: Who is this story about? What do we know about the speaker? Summarizing: What is the main idea of this passage? What is it mostly about? How do you know that? Predicting: What do you think the next part will be about? Repeat the above process using Passage Two below. Yes, it was that time of the year. When I opened the front door to the shack, I stopped. Everything we owned was neatly packed in cardboard boxes. I sat down on the box. The thought of having to move to Fresno and knowing what was in store for me there brought tears to my eyes. That night I could not sleep. I lay in bed thinking about how much I hated this move. Clarifying: Are there any words or ideas you don't understand in this passage? Visualizing: Tell me what images and sounds came to your mind as I read this paragraph. Questioning: What does the speaker mean when it says "it was that time of year"? What is Fresno? Summarizing: What is the main idea of this paragraph? Predicting: Who has Predicting Card #1? What do you think the author may tell us in the next paragraph?
The Migrants Lesson