RI. 6.6- Author's Purpose/Perspective
RI.6.1 Cite textual evidence/make inferences
RI.6.4- Word Meaning/Figurative Lang
RL.6.2-Central Idea/ other standards
RI.6.8 Arguments/Claims
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To determine the author's purpose or perspective.
How should we look at the problem/conflict, the character's actions, feelings, and Language/dialogue?
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The strategy used to CITE/ show PROOF of your answer is.....
The RACES strategy.
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This strategy can be used to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
I-Inferences. What is the IDEAS strategy?
D- Definition
E-Examples
A-Antonyms
S-Synonyms
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The similarities between Passage 1 and Passage 2 are....
How are both challenges old ways of doing things?
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Analyze the Author's Claim about an argument.
Determine what the Claim- main point, Reasons- why he believes this, and what is the Evidence- to support the reasons?
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This is the meaning of the author's perspective.
How does the author feel about a topic (his opinion or beliefs)?
200
To make an inference, you should...
Use prior information + CLUES from the text= An INFERENCE
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A simile and a metaphor is....
- What is a comparison of two or more things using LIKE or AS?
- What is a comparison of two or more things that DO NOT use LIKE or AS?
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Passage 1: Don’t Daydream
This excerpt from paragraph 11 of the Passage reads....How does the author develop this idea throughout the text?
What is...?
By describing how she saw the world with the ring and without it
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Passage 1: How Smartphones Are Killing Conversation
The word from paragraph 2 of Passage 1 that provides a context clue to help the reader determine that eroding means “causing to decline or weaken.”
What is transform?
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Think about the reading Passage 1-Don't Daydream.
Reread lines 6–12 from Passage 2. The figurative language in lines 11–12 means...
What is M’ija can be both beautiful and imperfect.
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Passage 1: Don’t Daydream. Part A-With the speaker of Passage 2, most likely agree to accept your faults.
Which lines from Passage 2 best support the answer to Part A?
What is beauty folded into / its imperfection (lines 9–10)
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Think about the Passage 2: Marked
Which lines in Passage 2 use a simile?
What is like a piece of turquoise / marked? (lines 11–12)
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Passage 1: Don’t Daydream
The sentence from Passage 1 that shows a change in the author’s attitude about daydreaming.
What is...Or could it ??
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Passage 1: How Smartphones Are Killing Conversation
The sentence from paragraph 11 reads,
Turkle’s use of hyperbole in the underlined phrase creates what mood?
What is humorous?
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The two words that help create the speaker’s tone in
Passage 2: Marked / Part B is....
What is PROUD and BRAVE?
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There are 3 main ways to cite textual evidence.
What is rereading back through the text, evidence-based terms, and summarizing?
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The following sentence from paragraph 10 of Passage 1- Don’t Daydream.
The word exotic comes from the Latin exo, which means “outside.” Based on this information, the meaning of the word exotic as it is used in the text is....
What is distant and unfamiliar?
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Passage 1: How Smartphones Are Killing Conversation
The two sentences that best express Sherry Turkle’s perspectives as conveyed in Passage 1.
What is ?....
- She thinks it’s healthy to be bored sometimes.
- She views smartphones as obstacles to meaningful social interaction.
400
Passage 1: How Smartphones Are Killing Conversation
Which phrase best explains why Turkle most likely uses repetition and parallelism in this excerpt?
What is to emphasize the idea that conversation is important for human connection?
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In part A of "Don’t Daydream", what is the most likely reason the author wrote Passage 1?
A. to share a life experience that made the narrator value daydreaming
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In Passage 1: Don’t Daydream, Part A stated that the most likely reason the author wrote Passage 1 was to share a life experience that made the narrator value daydreaming.
Part B- Which excerpt from the text supports the answer to Part A?
My surroundings felt a little more special. I realized for the first time how much our imagination—allowed to roam free in our daydreams—can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. (paragraph 11)
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Think about sentences from paragraph 8 of Passage 1- Don’t Daydream.
* The mood that the author’s use of the word dimmed helps create this meaning in the passage.
What is disappointed ?
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Passage 1: How Smartphones Are Killing Conversation
The excerpt from paragraph 5 reads, Which phrase best explains why Turkle most likely uses repetition and parallelism in this excerpt?
What is to emphasize the idea that conversation is important for human connection ?
500
Passage 1: How Smartphones Are Killing Conversation
The buttons to indicate which evidence is used to support each claim made in Passage 1...
What is a study that illustrates how cell phones decrease the quality of face-to-face conversations and the empathic connection between people?