Content Area Literacy Techniques: HistoryThe main objective of this lesson is to help the students to learn about the Chicago fire that burnt half of the city. After the lesson, the students should be able to identify the cause of the fire. Additionally, the students should be able to identify the extent of the damage that was caused by the fire. Since it is a fictional story, the students are expected to come up with a moral teaching from the story.: Activate Prior Knowledge: This is where the students may have some knowledge of the content they are about to read. In this case, The Chicago fire. In accordance to the title, the students are expected to discuss what they think about the title. The students will say what they think about the story. Answers like what caused the fire are expected. Moreover, the students are expected to come up with ideas of the extent of the damage, which was caused by the fire. Additionally, the students are supposed to come up with different theories of what they think is the moral teaching of the story (Burgan, 2008). It is worth noting that in this strategy, the teacher has to provide some background information so that the students can gain ideas.: The main reason for this strategy is to evaluate how long the student will take before they understand the context of the story. Additionally, it will provide the students with an idea of what to expect in the story; hence, it will help the students to understand it easily. It is because of this reason that the strategy is going to be used in the lesson.: Guided Reading: In this strategy, the students will read the story together with the teacher. The teacher will provide several instructions about what the students are expected to learn as they are reading. For instance, as the students are reading they will have to answer the different questions that they have learned in the pre-reading strategies. From the beginning of the story, the students will be guided through by a set of instructions where by the end of the lesson they should be able to give the course of the fire, the extent of the damage and the moral teaching of the story.: The main reason for this strategy is to help the students through in the shortest time possible. Additionally, this strategy helps the students to concentrate on the important things and leave those things that are not important. Therefore, the students will be able to grasp the concepts that are there in the story and what is expected of them.: Interpretation: After the students have read the story, they need to write what they have understood about the story. Using the objectives of the story as the guide, the students should write about the story answering the various questions that have been raised in the objectives of the lesson. For example, what caused the fire and who were the main key players? What is the moral teaching of the story? Additionally, the students will discuss their answers to see whether they have understood the story.: The main reason for this strategy is to help the students learn what they have read. In most cases, after the students have read some thing, they usually tend to forget what they have learned due to lack of follow up by the teacher. Therefore, when the students are instructed by the teacher to write immediately what they have understood about the story, most likely they will not forget about the story.ReferencesBurgan, M. (2008). Bloomington, MN: Capstone Press.