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• Ask:“What do you think a Language Dive is? I’ll give you some time to discuss this with your partners.” After provid-
ing time and inviting responses, write udent ideas on the board. (A Language Dive is a conversation about a sentence from a complex text. Students dive beneath the surface of the sentence to under and how the phrases, the ructures, and the details create the meaning of the entire sentence. They discuss how the sentence is import- ant to the text and to writing.)
• Ifproductive,cue udentstoclarifytheconversationbycon- rming what they mean:
“So, do you mean _____?” (Responses will vary.)
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• Tell udents about the r ep in the Decon ruct age:
“When we do a Language Dive, r we read the sen- tence. We talk about what we think it means and how it might help us
under and our focus que ion.”
• Placeyour ngeronthesentence:Brianlooksatthe oor, wishing he could draw a hole right there to swallow him up.
• Readaloudthesentencetwice,followingalongwithyour nger.
• Invite udentstochorallyreaditaloudwithyou.
• Ask:“What is the meaning of this sentence?”
(Responses will vary.)
“How does this Language Dive help you under and how Brian is feeling? (Responses will vary.)
• After inviting responses, write and display udent ideas.
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• Say:“Next,wetakethesentenceapart,chunkbychunk.We gure out what each chunk means, and why it is import- ant. Let’s talk about the r chunk of this sentence.”
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