Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze informational narrative in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.
DO NOW - write into notes:
1. In 'Into Thin Air," the author's STYLE of writing is mostly FORMAL, using longer, more complex sentences.
2. The MOOD (how the words make you, the reader, FEEL) changes throughout the article.
Direct instruction
view the climb in 3d
Guided
Read together pages -221-224 soft holt reader and complete sidebars along the way.
Independent
1. How does POV affect your interpretation of this article?
2. Explain one event that caused a specific effect.(maybe Harris helping Krakauer with oxygen tank). What might have happened differently?
3. What was ironic about the weather that day?
4. Pick a sentence that we read that shows the author's style is Formal. Then rewrite the sentence in your own words.
5. Identify a few sentences that make you feel anxious (mood). What words make you feel that way?
6. Why does the author change his style of writing to short, concise sentences on page
View documentary. Write down 3 questions you have about Mt. Everest and climbing it.
Check for understanding
Review sidebars through page - 222
Closure
Discuss the Questions generated by students and plan to research the answers on Friday.
Exit Pass
These climbers risk everything for the chance to accomplish something very few people in the world ever have - standing on the "top of the world." What would inspire you risk everything?
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