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Understanding Text

Understanding Text. Miss Escano 5 th Grade English. Objectives. Students will be able to differentiate among the first-person, limited-omniscient (third person), and omniscient (third person) points of view.

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Understanding Text

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  1. Understanding Text Miss Escano 5th Grade English

  2. Objectives • Students will be able to differentiate among the first-person, limited-omniscient (third person), and omniscient (third person) points of view. • Students will use context clues to generate the meanings of unfamiliar and multiple-meaning words. • Students will use Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine the meanings of words within texts. South Carolina Standards: 5-1.2, 5-3.1, 5-3.2

  3. Review― Point of View • What is first-person? • Writing using “I” and “we” • Something we read that was in first person: “My name is Peak. Yeah, I know: weird name. But you don’t get to pick your name or your parents. (Or a lot of other things in life for that matter.)”

  4. Third Person • Limited Omniscient • The narrator can see into the minds of some of the characters, but not all. They usually see through the eyes of the main character. • Omniscient • The narrator is all-knowing, can interpret events and relate the thoughts and feelings of any character. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOVMM60Sm2c

  5. Understanding Text • Context Clues • Sometimes the meaning to a word is in the text around it. • You have to read the text before and after the word to figure it out. • Let’s try a few…

  6. Context Clues • The first review on the movie was favorable. Many people attended and enjoyed the movie. Some people even saw the movie three times! • Negative • Uncertain • Positive • Clear

  7. Context Clues • Her quiet, timid ways made us guess at her true feelings about the story because she kept her ideas to herself and never spoke in class. • Shy • Boisterous • Kind • Seriously

  8. Roots and Affixes • Another way to find the meaning of words • The roots at the beginning of a word are called prefixes

  9. Roots and Affixes • The roots at the end of words are called suffixes

  10. Prefixes • Knowing that the root “Ab-” means “Away, apart from”, what can we say abnormal means? • Away or apart from normal • Exoskeleton? • Outside skeleton

  11. Suffixes • With suffixes, you may need to read it backwards • Baker: • One who bakes • Lioness: • Female lion

  12. Prefixes and Suffixes • If you put both prefixes and suffixes together, you can figure out the meaning of the whole word. • Geology • “Geo-” means Earth • “-logy” means study of • Geology = study of Earth Notice that we have to read the suffix before the prefix to figure out the meaning!

  13. We have discussed… • First person point of view • Third person point of view • Omniscient • Omniscient limited • Context clues • Prefixes • Suffixes

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