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Close Reading of informational Texts in social studies/history (continued)
ACTIvITy 1
Guided Practice
You will read the texts in this activity at least three times, focusing on a different purpose for each reading.
First Reading: First Impressions
Read the following passages silently. Your focus for this first reading is on understanding the meaning of the text. As you read, practice diffusing the words you may not know by replacing unfamiliar words with synonyms or definitions for the underlined words. Use the definitions and synonyms in the margins to help your understanding.
From
The United States Constitution
Preamble
domestic: existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international posterity: future generations constitution: a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
abridging: lessening the strength or effect of something, such as a right) redress: to correct something that is unfair or wrong
and First Amendment
Preamble
1 We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish
Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
First Amendment
2 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
2 SpringBoard® English Language Arts Grade 6
historical document
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