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Warm-Up

Warm-Up. Name one similarity between Annie Johnson and the old washwoman. Name one difference between Annie Johnson and the old washwoman. Agenda. Obj .: Determine a theme or central idea of a text. Obj.: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text .

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Warm-Up

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  1. Warm-Up • Name one similarity between Annie Johnson and the old washwoman. • Name one difference between Annie Johnson and the old washwoman.

  2. Agenda • Obj.: Determine a theme or central idea of a text. • Obj.: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text. • Obj.: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. • Learning Centers • Word Study • This Week • Reinforcement

  3. Learning Centers Practicing Good Learning Habits

  4. Learning Center Procedures • Follow the Student Success Checklist • Stay focused, work quietly, show respect • Don’t understand? • Ask a partner first • Still stuck? Raise your hand for help • Finished? • Staple together all your papers from one center • Study your Word Book or bring a book back to your center for quiet independent reading

  5. Learning Center: Word Study • Review yesterday’s vocabulary words • Complete the vocabulary worksheet • Read the passage first • Circle the appropriate words • Write your responses on a piece of lined paper • Note: Antonym means “opposite of” • Study your Word Book • Copy down yesterday’s vocabulary words

  6. Learning Center: Word Study • Review Unit 1 Big Question vocabulary • Look in your Word Book, or check the handout • Complete both vocabulary worksheets • Forgot details of the essays? There is a copy of each for you to review • Important: Use Big Question vocabulary words in each of your answers!

  7. Learning Center: This Week • Important: On a piece of lined paper, write down the reasoning behind each of your answers. • Reading: Make Predictions • Predictions are based on information from the text and knowledge from your own experience • As you read, notice details and clues • Ask yourself what you think will happen • Literary Analysis: Narrative Essay • A narrative essay is a short piece of nonfiction • It tells a true story, and includes significant details

  8. Learning Center: Reinforcement • Important: On a piece of lined paper, write down the reasoning behind each of your answers. • Reading: Author’s Purpose • An author’s purpose is his or her reason for writing • To entertain, to inform, to describe, and to persuade • Literary Analysis: Theme • A theme is the message, insight, or lesson that a writer presents in a work • Sometimes the writer states the theme directly • Sometimes the theme is implied; you must figure out the theme by noticing what happens in the story

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