Illustration of the selection 2 title page, “The Constitution”
Selection 2 Overview

  • ► Build Background

    Language & Grammar

    Summarize

    Use Participles

    as Adjectives

  • ► Prepare to Read

    Learn Key Vocabulary

    Learn a Reading Strategy

    Determine Importance

  • ► Read and Write

    Focus on Genre

    Social Science Textbook

    Apply the Reading Strategy

    Determine Importance

    Critical Thinking

    Reading Fluency

    Read with Phrasing

    Vocabulary Review

    Write About the Guiding Question

  • ► Connect Across the Curriculum

    Literary Analysis

    Analyze Text Structure:

    Logical Order

    Analyze Poetry: Symbol

    Vocabulary Study

    Use Word Origins:

    Greek, Latin, and

    Anglo-Saxon Roots

    Writing/Speaking

    Compare Texts

    Across Time

    Language and Grammar

    Summarize

    Writing and Grammar

    Write to Add Details to Sentences

Build Background
Connect

KWL Chart Create a KWL Chart about the Constitution. After you read the selection, you will record what you have learned.

KWL Chart
WHAT I KNOWWHAT I WANT TO KNOWWHAT I LEARNED
Sets up branches of governmentWhich branch of government is most important?
Explore the Constitution

How did our nation create a system of fairness for all? In 1787, 55 people met in Philadelphia to write a plan of government.

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Benjamin Franklin is one of the best known signers of the U.S. Constitution.

Benjamin Franklin is one of the best known signers of the U.S. Constitution.