Preview Task
What are five things that you should write on your blank paper when setting it up?
title
genre
topic
shopping list
skill / topic
gists
What is the skill & topic for question 1?
Topic - quote / "pack a bag"
Skill - suggest about Tomer
What information should a gist contain?
who + what = relevant information (where, when, why)
Who are the two main characters in the story?
Irina and Tomer
Why is it important to use quotations marks in your writing task?
To show that the words you are using are not your own and that they are a quote that come from the text.
What are three things you should try to figure out when previewing the text?
- title
- topic
- genre
- prediction
What is the skill & topic for question 2?
topic - quote / extruding
skill - word extruding mean
What information should your first gist contain?
Irina's trip is delated because the construction rover hasn't returned.
Read the sentences from the passage.
“ ‘Pack a bag,’ said Tomer. ‘We’re going to go out and take a look.’ ”
What do the sentences most suggest about Tomer?
d. He is a practical thinker
What are two strong sentence starters for commentary?
This evidence shows that.....
Specifically, this quote shows that....
What is the genre of the text " Under Construction" and how do you know?
Fiction
Dialogue
Characters
What is the skill & topic for question 3?
topic - quote / smiled humorlessly
skill - suggest about Irina
Another planet
Space
Future
3. Read the sentence from the passage.
“She found Tomer monitoring the crane-crafter’s progress, watching status readouts as the huge print head shuttled back and forth over the building site, extruding a steady flow of thick gray paste to build up the structure layer by layer.”
Based on the sentence, what does the word extruding mean?
c. squeezing out
What are two strong sentence starters for evidence?
In the text it says, “_____.”
The text states, “_____.”
According to the text, “_____.”
On page , it says, “__.”
When writing out your shopping list, what is important to note about the evidence that is needed for the writing task on question number 7?
Students need 1 piece of evidence to support their analysis of Irina and 1 piece of evidence to support their analysis of Tomer.
What is the skill & topic for question 5?
topic - construction delay
skill - Tomer's point of view
Based on your gists, what are the swarmbots doing in the story?
The swarmbots are building a research station
4. Read the excerpt from the passage.
“ ‘The robots must have been scouring and rescouring this thing for material; they’ve used everything there was . . .’ ”
How does the phrase “scouring and rescouring” affect the reader’s understanding of the passage?
b. it conveys the image of small robots moving helplessly around
Please write a piece of commentary for the following quote about Irina
“Muttering, she grabbed her deskpad and went in search of one of the engineers.”
This evidence shows that Irina responded to the situation with frustration and that she took action to ask help. Specifically, when she "muttered" you can tell that she is frustrated.
What does the claim have to prove for the writing task on #7?
The claim has to prove how Irina and Tomer responded and what their personalities are like.
What is the skill & topic for question #6?
Topic - Part 1
Skill - which evidence
What do Tomer and Irina discover at the sight?
A strange metal structure (alien artifact)
5 - 6
Please write a piece of commentary for the following quote about Tomer
“Okay, well, then we’ve got an interesting puzzle to solve… Let’s start at the beginning.”
This evidence shows that Tomer responded to the situation calmly and logically. This evidence shows that he is a analytical person who is quick to solve problems. Specifically, when he says "start at the beginning" we can see that he wants to think through the issues step by step.