Plan of Attack
What is the first step in tackling a text?
Previewing the passage and identifying the genre and thinking job to guide our thinking as we read
What is the thinking job for poetry?
Literal meaning & Deeper meaning
What is the thinking job for Non-fiction texts?
Teach me/author's purpose
Character, problem, solution, and lesson learned
What kind of question is this: Which sentence best describes the main idea of the text?
Main Idea Question
How do we closely read passages?
We read with our thinking job in mind and make purposeful jots that deepen our understanding of the text
True or False:
Stanzas are words that rhymes in each line of a poem.
False; stanzas are paragraphs in a poem
What is the purpose of Non-fictions texts?
Teach/inform/explain
This genre has characters, settings, and events that could happen in real life. Which kind of fiction text am I?
Realistic Fiction
What kind of question is this:
"In lines 15 through 20, what is the bird most likely doing"?
Key detail/Effort question
What is the last step in tackling the text?
Writing a strong and concise main idea that answers the thinking job
Define literal meaning and deeper meaning.
Literal meaning describes what is happening in the poem (what the speaker is doing, the problem they are facing, or what the speaker is saying)
Deeper meaning describes the message or lesson learned in the poem
When previewing non-fiction texts, what text features can we look at to get a understanding of the genre and what you are about to read?
The blurbs, charts, diagrams, headings, pictures and the captions
A story set in a real place in the past (like the Civil War or World War II) with made up, but believable characters. Which kind of fiction text am I?
Historical Fiction
What kind of question is this?
"What does the word “stirred” mean as used in these lines?"
Vocabulary & Context Clues
The first thing we do in tackling the question is...
We read and interpret the question
What are the elements of a poem?
Speaker or narrator
Lines
Stanzas
Rhymes, rhythm, and repetition
This is a feature of non-fiction text. It is organized to tell the reader about different parts or main ideas of the section. What am I?
Headings/Subtitles
True of False:
There is usually a strong narrative voice in fiction texts.
True
What kind of question is this:
"What did the author want to accomplish by writing this text?
Author's Purpose
How do we determine which answer choice is the BEST answer?
We answer the question by coming up with a claim supported by evidence, and then we go through each one and slash/trash or magic maybe choices that do not match our claim and evidence
What is the difference between the speaker and the poet?
The difference is that the poet is the person who writes the poem, and the speaker is the person who tells the story.
What is the main idea:
Native people in early North America liked to play games. Their favorite games were played with a stick and a ball, like lacrosse. In lacrosse the rule is that you can't touch the ball with your hands. You catch the ball in a net on the end of a stick and use the stick to throw the ball.
Native people in early North America liked to play games.
In fiction, ideas are usually supported by list of details and examples.
False, this is usually seen in non-fiction texts.
What kind of question is this:
"So many seals were killed that several species almost became extinct. Today,
Antarctic seals are protected by international agreement, and their populations
have increased again."
What is the relationship between these two sentences?
Craft and Structure