Tuesday, November 4, 2014

WEd, November 5 - Author's purpose / benchmark prep

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine author's purpose in order to improve literal and interpretive reading comprehension skills and make real world connections


DO NOW

Author's purpose handout

Direct Instruction

Author's purpose can be to entertain, to inform or to persuade. 

However, once that is determined, the question often is, "how does the author, or what does the author use in order to achieve his/her purpose?  

Analyze questions and determine TRIGGER words that may help determine author's purpose.

TO ENTERTAIN = to add humor, to shock, to create suspense
 To PERSUADE = to emphasize,  to encourage, to convince
TO INFORM = to clarify, to explain, to provide details

Look at your constructed responses from Notes in a Bottle  to determine some of the things you could have used to answer the questions based on the fact that NOTES FROM A BOTTLE was to entertain (fiction), but also delivered the message (or theme) that no one of any age or social class is exempt from disaster.

Read the TEST PRACTICE and answer the questions. What kind of passage is it? Informative, entertaining or persuasive??Then - constructed response (restate, explain, quote, concluding sentance):

Why does the author use chronological / sequential order in this passage and what effect does it have on the reader?




Guided / Independent

1. Laptops will be used to set up passwords and perform a practice "test" in preparation for the benchmarks next week. 

2. The benchmark will be implemented electronically so today's process is just to prepare you. 

3. The "test" part is not real - it does not count. It is just to show you how the questions will be asked and how you should go about answering them.


Closure

review processes

Exit Pass

Write down your full name and your password on the index card provided.

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