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Big Idea: FIction & Non-Fiction

Presentation for JeffCo Schools, Colorado, Summer \'08

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Big Idea: FIction & Non-Fiction

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  1. BIG Ideas In Fiction

  2. “Book” Story “Life” Story (THEME) Fiction = Stories of Life

  3. © Maiers, 2007

  4. BIG IDEAS in Nonfiction

  5. Signal Words Point the Way… Text Structure & Signal Words Description/ Hierarchical List Cause & Effect Compare/ Contrast Problem/ Solution Question & Answer Sequence For instance For example Furthermore Such as Also To begin with Most important Also In fact In addition And to illustrate Since Because This led to On account of Due to As a result of For this reason Consequentially Then…so… Therefore thus In like manner Likewise Similar to The difference between As opposed to After all However And yet But Nevertheless On the other hand One reason for the… A solution A problem Where The question is One answer is Recommendations include How When What Next Why Who How many The best estimate It could be that One may conclude Until Before After Finally Lastly First…last… Now…then On (date) At (time) First, second Meanwhile Not long after initially © Maiers, 2007 ©Maiers, 2007

  6. 1. Topic of Writing :(What or Who Am I Writing About) Clearing Things Up! 2. Audience (Who Do I want to Say Something To?) Authors Purpose: To inform (Reason for Writing) To Instruct To entertain To persuade Features Structures Organization Text Form Tone Opinions Background/Bias Style Words Choose Perspective Author’s View Point/Pt of View Position, attitude, beliefs about The topic they are writing about Identified By… Validity Objectivity Relevancy Types of Support Decided By… Author’s Credibility/Craft © Maiers, 2007

  7. Lesson One: The Orange

  8. BIG IDEA (Whole text) Main Idea ( Section Level)

  9. Main Idea vs. Big Idea

  10. Big Idea: © Maiers, 2007

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