Who Was Alvin Ailey?

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Pass out the Star graphic organizer.
• Tell your students that when they read, they should be asking who, what, where, when, and why about the information in the text.
• Instruct your students to come up with additional questions based on the information in the text.

Guided Practice

• Read aloud the Clara Barton text.
• As you read, ask the 5 W questions. Have the students use the Star graphic organizer to record the sample questions.
• Using the subheading on the worksheet, point out Clara Barton's role as the founder of the American Red Cross. Explain that this answers the "who" question.
• Come up with an example question based on that fact, such as: Who was the founder of the American Red Cross? What else did Clara Barton do?
• Continue to guide the students through the remaining questions.

Independent working time

• Tell the students that they are going to use specific details from the text about Alvin Ailey to formulate questions.
• Inform them that once the questions are complete and are apporoved by you, they are to switch papers with a partner and correctly answer the questions.