Week 1 Day 1 - IRLA

2. EQ: Why does reading matter?
Turn and ask your table partner
“Who are you and why are you here?”

3. Read
Write
Think
Talk
 What is reading? How are these words related?
 Power
Freedom

4. - What can you determine about this
book?
- How many claims can you make and
support with evidence or rationale?
- For example: This book was
probably written by a woman. The
first name Dinah is usually a
female name.

5. 1. I will read
2. You are expected to follow along in your copy
3. You will use evidence from your text to support
your thinking
Open to page 14

6.  What did the author say?
 Why did s/he say it?
 How did s/he say it?
 Which parts of the book so far drew your interest? Why?
 Which parts weren’t interesting? Why?

7. “Clothes come in all different shapes and
sizes to fit our needs. The same goes for
the books we read!”

8. Read
Read
Read

9. Reading Autobiography
What is an autobiography?
What role as reading played in your life so far?

10. Autobiography of a Reader
Student Sample/ Draft
My family has always been very attached to reading. I started reading at age five with short picture books and now at age fourteen have
progressed to large chapter books. I would call myself an avid reader because I love to read and I read quite frequently. Being an avid
reader has helped me with many things. It has improved my vocabulary tremendously, as well as taught me about places or things I didn’t
know about before.
There are two people that really helped me to love reading; my mother and my old librarian, Mrs. Hart. They taught me that books are
these passageways to a whole new world. When you really connect with a book, you begin to love the characters and it feels like you’re in
the story. You cry when something bad happens or rejoice when something good happens. I think that’s one of the coolest things in the
reading world. And, by teaching me to love and to care for books, my mom and Mrs. Hart gave me the chance to experience that feeling.
As I grow older, my passion for reading will never die. I will teach my kids to love reading as I have come to know and love it.

11. Think about the following …
- How often do you read?
- How do you feel about it? Has your attitude about reading changed? Why or why
not?
- If you don’t enjoy reading, what or who turned you off to it?
- Was there a person who has made you want to read? Or made you enjoy reading?
- Were there any books that you loved as a small child?
- “As a reader, I would compare myself to a…”
- “I now realize the following things about myself as a reader…”
- A reading goal you have.