Covid-19: A Challenging Pandemic

Covid-19:

A Challenging Pandemic

Covid-19

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 had become a pandemic. This virus swept throughout the world, deeply affecting the lives of many. COVID-19: A Challenging Pandemic is an informational text that provides students with a detailed look at the causes of pandemics, both past and present, as well as strategies for containing and controlling COVID-19.

KWLS Chart

• K stands for the knowledge we already know

• W stands for information we want to know and find out

• L is the information we learn from the text

• S is what we still want to know about the topic

Open Ended

(Answer here!)

What I know about Covid-19

What do you see on the cover?

Table of content

provides an overview of the book

Open Ended

What do you expect to read about in the book based on the table of content?

(Reading Strategy):

Ask and answer questions

Active and engaged readers pause to ask and answer questions about the text while reading in order to better understand and enjoy what they are reading.

(Reading Strategy):

Ask and answer questions

Let's review this table of contents, and use the section titles to develop questions about COVID-19.

(Reading Strategy):

Ask and answer questions

For example: As I view the table of contents, I noticed a section about detecting COVID-19. This makes me wonder how COVID-19 can be detected. I will record this question in the W section of KWLS chart.

Open Ended

(What I want to know about in this book)

KWLS Chart

• K stands for the knowledge we already know

• W stands for information we want to know and find out

• L is the information we learn from the text

• S is what we still want to know about the topic

(Comprehension skill)

MAIN IDEA AND DETAILS

Engaged readers ask themselves the following questions while reading:

What does the author want me to know about the topic I'm reading about?

What is the author teaching me?

These questions will help the readers pinpoint the main idea of the text or a specific section within the text.

MAIN IDEA

Main idea is a complete sentence that include the topic, the general subject of the book or section and what the author most wants the readers to know about it.

Open Ended

Explain the main idea of 'A new virus' section!

DETAILS

Details are the information or description provided by the author that help the reader better understand the main idea.

When stating the main idea, it is important to not include details.