Higher Level Thinking Questions Ch. 9

2. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 9 • RL6 – POV • From whose point of view is the story written? How might the meaning of the story change if it was written from a different character’s point of view? State the different points of view and use evidence showing how or why it would be different. Use textual evidence that shows the point of view.

3. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 10 • RL3 – Tone • Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (the characters and the situation) and the readers. A work of writing can have more than one tone. Tone is set by the setting, choice of vocabulary and other details. Based on today’s reading, what is the tone? Define the tone/attitude word, and then explain how the tone word represents the reading. Use specific evidence from the text that supports the tone.

4. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 11 • RL7 – Compare/Contrast • Themes, character traits and settings found in one text can easily be similar to those in a very different text or media. Compare and contrast one aspect of your text or characters to another text you have read or media source you have seen (movie, cartoon, television show). Use evidence from your text to support your description. Be sure to include the name of the media source you are using for comparison.

6. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 12 • L4 – Context Clues • Locate an unknown word and use context clues to determine its meaning. Verify its meaning using a dictionary. Write the original sentence using quotation marks and explain how you used the context clues to determine the word’s meaning.

7. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 13 • W3 – Narrative • Authors many times get ideas from other authors and their texts. Write the opening paragraph of a new narrative based on an idea or topic from your current text. Include one phrase or sentence from your current text in your new narrative.

8. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 14 • L4b&c – Roots • Locate a vocabulary word that contains a familiar Greek or Latin root. Copy the sentence (using quotation marks and the parenthetical citation) and underline the vocabulary word. Write the word on its own and state each word part. What is the word’s part of speech as it is used in the text. Explain the meaning of the word parts and provide at least three additional words that contain the root word.

9. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 15 • Simile/Metaphor • Good writers use similes and metaphors to enhance their writing and make details more vivid. They still need to be careful, though, because some similes become trite (overused) and actually make a text sound uninteresting. This is especially true of a text contains too many similes. Locate one simile and one metaphor from your text. For each example, copy the text directly (using quotation marks and the parenthetical citation) and then write down its literal meaning in a complete sentence.

11. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 16 • W3 – Transitions (Flashback) • Authors use transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. What is one transition word, phrase, or clause that helps to show sequence in today’s text. Explain how these words or terms affect your story.

12. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 17 • RL1 – Inference • Writers do not usually tell us everything about the characters, setting, or theme in a story. Many times we are required to use information we are given to infer meaning. For example, a character may be depressed, but we had to infer that from his actions rather than just being told. It may not be stated that a story takes place in the 1960s, but we infer the time period based on the reference to the Vietnam War. Lastly, similar photos that are discussed continually would probably be a theme, but it is up to us to infer their meaning and purpose. Review your reading from today and determine where you needed to make an inference based on limited information. Explain the situation, what you inferred, and using textual evidence, what factors contributed to your inference(s).

14. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 18 • W1 - Argument • Often, narratives contain opposing viewpoints of two of the characters in the text. Be sure to explain each side and why the character feels this way. Use textual evidence to support each character’s view point. If you have already done this, then write a brief letter from one character to the other explaining your view and your reasoning behind it. If this has been done then write a letter from the other character.

15. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 19 • RL4 – Word Meaning • Choose one word or phrase from your reading that may have multiple meanings. Define the literal meaning (denotation) and the meaning as it is used in the text (connotation).

16. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 20 • W3 – Sensory Language • Good authors use sensory language (sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell) to provide the reader with enough details to make them feel like they are in the text. What sensory language does the author of your text use? Give textual evidence supporting your response.

18. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 21 • RL2 – Theme • What is one theme in your story? If you are near the beginning, predict what you think might happen in the next twenty pages. If you are near the middle, were your predictions validated or dispelled? Explain. If you are near the end, what is the importance of one theme and how did it affect the story and/or characters? Use evidence to support your claim.

19. Higher Level Thinking QuestionsCh. 22 • W2 – Informative Text • Pick a topic from your text, and write what you know about the topic and what you would like to learn. In addition, explain why you chose the topic. (ie: winter, Vietnam War, treatment of soldiers, wildlife, poverty, the opera, the theater…).

20. Blocks 1/2 & 3/4 ONLYInformative Text Project – Due Fri 11/08(takes the place of HLT Booklet Ch. 22) • This is an informative response using research. The information should only include factual evidence and none of your opinion. Do not use “I” when writing. • Choose a topic related to The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (i.e. role of sailors in the 19th century, merchant ships, girls and dress of the 19th century, traveling from England to America, punishment on ships, hurricanes, food on ships in the 19th century, or any other ideas that relate) Think about what you learned from Charlotte Doyle. What are you going to research? • Introduce your topic and reference something you learned from Charlotte Doyle. Be sure to include a thesis statement telling of what you are going to write about (intro. paragraph) • Research your topic (paragraphs included if writing an essay) • Discover and explain at least three facts (paragraphs 2, 3, and 4) • Each fact must contain textual evidence from researched sites • What are the most important points you learned in your research? Why are they important to your topic? (concluding paragraph) • Reference Page (do NOT use Wikipedia; used trusted sites only) • You must have a reference page for your researched material • Parenthetical citation example (author’s last name, publication year) or (website name, publication year) – if you cannot find a date, replace the “year” with “n.d.” • Complete project using one of the following formats • 5 paragraph essay, Visual, Video, or PowerPoint presentation (visuals must include a written portion)