Introduction

1. Introduction Literary Genres Active reading strategies Vocabulary Development Writing Process

2. Literary Genres • Fiction • Short stories • Novels • Novellas • Poetry • Odes • Sonnets • Narrative • Lyric • Drama • Comedies • Plays • Historical • Nonfiction • Biographies/autobio. • Essays • Speeches • Articles

3. Literary Genres • Media • Feature Films • News Media • TV shows • Advertising • Web sites

4. Types of Readers • Passive • Page flippers • Appear to be reading • Cannot remember what they read • Words get read but bounce off, do not get absorbed • Active Readers • Preview Text • Set a purpose • Connect personally • Use prior knowledge • Predict • Visualize • Monitor • Make Inferences

5. Active Readers… • Preview • Read titles, graphics, and subheadings • Skim 1st paragraphs • Set a purpose • Entertainment, information, or other • Purpose sets tone for reading-academic vs. pleasure • Connection • Compare yourself to characters’ personalities, actions, reactions • Use Prior Knowledge • List what you already know • Connect what you know to what you are learning

6. Active Readers… • Predict • Pay attention to strong statements or actions • Guess what will happen next • Visualize • Notice author’s descriptions of characters, setting, and events • Create a movie in the mind. • Monitor • Ask questions to yourself • Reread confusing passages • Make Inferences • Record specific details about characters, setting, and events. • Use prior knowledge to “read between the lines”

7. Vocabulary Development • Academic Vocabulary – high function and high utility words that occur in academic settings • Content-Specific – words related to ELA • Vocabulary Study – Greek and Latin roots and stems, prefixes and suffixes • Vocabulary in Context – words encountered in literary text

8. Writing Process • Prewriting: a.k.a. brainstorming • Drafting: a.k.a. rough draft or sloppy copy • Revising • Editing • Publishing