THINKING JOBS
THE THINKING JOB FOR NON-FICTION
TEACH AND POV - WHAT IS AUTHOR TEACHING YOU? WHAT IS THE AUTHOR'S POINT OF VIEW ON THE TOPIC?
IMAGERY
THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO AFTER READING A QUESTION
ANNOTATE THE QUESTION BY DETERMINING KEY WORDS + ANNOTATING FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NEXT AS A TEST TAKER
CPSL - CHARACTERS, PROBLEM, SOLUTION, LESSON LEARNED
MOTIF
REPEATED IMAGE, IDEA OR OBJECT THAT HINTS AT A THEMATIC ISSUE IN THE TEXT AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEMES
MY NEXT STEP IF I'M STUCK BETWEEN TWO ANSWER CHOICES
FIND EVIDENCE FOR BOTH...PICK THE ANSWER CHOICE THAT HAS THE MOST EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IT
THINKING JOB FOR FICTION - 7TH & 8TH GRADE EDITION
CCRTS - CHARACTER, CONFLICT, RESOLUTION, THEME, SETTING
TONE
THE APPARENT ATTITUDE OF THE AUTHOR CREATED THROUGH DICTION, DESCRIPTION, DIALOUGE, ETC.
A QUESTION STATES: "HOW DOES THE AUTHOR DEVELOP...HOW DOES THE AUTHOR CONVEY..."
IS ASKING ME TO NAME WHAT?
AN AUTHOR'S MOVE / AUTHOR'S CRAFT MOVE
LM & DM - LITERAL MEANING AND DEEPER MEANING
DICTION
THE CHOICE OF WORDS A WRITER USES
YOUR THINKING JOB ANSWER
WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR THINKING JOB
ANNOTATE FOR IT WHILE YOU READ, ANSWER IT WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING, AND USE IT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
INNER STORY + OUTER STORY
OUTER STORY - CHARACTER'S DIALOGUE + ACTIONS
I'M STRUGGLING TO IDENTIFY THE THEME...I SHOULD ASK MYSELF THESE QUESTIONS
WHAT WAS THE CONFLICT? HOW DID THE CHARATCER CHANGE THROUGH THE CONFLICT? WHAT MESSAGE IS THE AUTHOR TRYING TO SEND THROUGH THE CHARACTER'S CONFLICT & CHANGE?