Comprehension Strategy #5: Quote or Point Out

Comprehension Strategy #5:Quote or Point Out

Lesson Objectives You should be able to: • Restate a profound passage from the text following MLA format and explain its significance in a complete paragraph (short essay). • Circle the quote. • Underline the part of the sentence that acknowledges the source. • Highlight the sentence that states why it is a sample of good (interesting) writing in English. • Double underline the sentence that paraphrases the quote. • a. Box the sentences that explain how it applies to the story. b. Box the sentences that explain how it applies to real life.

Comprehension Strategies 5. Quote or Point Out Questions To quote means to recite or restate a profound statement or a sentence that has a very deep meaning from the text or a sentence or from another source and do the following: • acknowledge the source • explain what it means in the story • explain how it applies in one’s own life • explain why it is an example of good writing Summary/Reflection

TAG - Title - Author - Genre How do you acknowledge the source? + said Signal Phrase Assertion If you want to move on, it is paramount not to dwell on unpleasant recollections.A popular saying goes, “Bad memories are best forgotten.” Quote

Edge F How do you acknowledge the source? How do you tell where this is from? Assertion Signal Phrase If you want to move on, it is important to stop remembering unpleasant experiences.A popular saying goes, “Bad memories are best forgotten.” Quote TAG - Title - Author - Genre + said

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Comprehension Strategies 5. Quote or Point Out • Circle and label the quote. • Double underline and label the signal phrase (part of the sentence that acknowledges the source + the word for said). • Highlight and label the assertion or thesis statement. • Double underline and label the sentence that paraphrases the quote. • a. Box and label the sentences that explain how it applies to the text. b. Box and label the sentences that explain how it applies to real life. Summary/Reflection

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Comprehension Strategies 5. Quote or Point Out Akeelma in Sharon Flake’s novel titled “The Skin I’m In” writes, “When you’re hungry, really hungry, even mush with maggots tastes good.” This is an example of good writing because it is a universal truth. I do believe that she wrote the truth for several reasons. Primarily, she ate the food that was dropped on the ground because she was starving. Like her, people in many places eat because they want to survive and if there is nothing else left to eat, they eat what is available. People in other countries and cultures eat termites, locusts, dogs or other things people in America would consider gross. In addition to this, people in extremely cold areas eat dog meat because it is said that the dog meat gives the body warmth. In Asian countries, farmers often catch field mice and rabbits for food because they provide them meat to build tissues and muscles in their bodies. Some people who have been in plane crashes and who have run out of food are also said to have eaten the dead bodies of fellow passengers in order to survive while they wait for rescue. Indeed! Anyone who goes hungry would eat anything that is available in order to survive. Mush with maggots would be more welcome than dying on an empty stomach.

Comprehension Strategies 5. Quote or Point Out Questions In the novel titled “_____(Title)____________,” the author _______(Author)________ writes “_____(Quote_________.” This is effective writing because _________________. It _______ In the story, __________. This is also true in ________________. Summary/Reflection

Quotes 1. Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails. -Robert Half 2. I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near. -Margaret Thatcher 3. A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. -Benjamin Franklin 4. A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. -Colin Powell 5. Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. -Lord Chesterfield

Signal Phrase Assertion Quote According to Pythagoras, “Think before you act.” This quotation is an example of good writing because it serves as a reminder for anyone to decide carefully before doing anything. This quotation is expressed in the story “The Experiment” written by Martin Raim. For example, the man who volunteers for the experiment studies the door before he tries to find a way to escape. He tries to check things out before he starts doing anything. In real life, when one person is in a difficult situation, he/she weighs the options to avoid getting in further trouble. He/She visualizes consequences before making a decision about what to do next. So, in order to have a better life, one needs to think ahead before taking action.

Comprehension Strategies How do you explain it? Questions • Pick a part of what you are reading that you feel is an example of good writing – sentence or paragraph. a.What did you like about the quote? b.Why do you feel this is good writing? c. Explain what you think the quote means in the story. d. Explain how you think this applies to life, to reality, to the world. Summary/Reflection

Comprehension Strategies 5. Quote or Point Out • Circle and label the quote. • Double underline and label the signal phrase (part of the sentence that acknowledges the source + the word for said). • Highlight and label the assertion or thesis statement. • Double underline and label the sentence that paraphrases the quote. • a. Box and label the sentences that explain how it applies to the text. b. Box and label the sentences that explain how it applies to real life. Summary/Reflection

Comprehension Strategies 5. Quote or Point Out • Akeelma in Sharon Flake’s novel titled “The Skin I’m In” writes, “When you’re hungry, really hungry, even mush with maggots tastes good.” This is an example of good writing because it is the truth. People eat anything that is available where they live in order to survive. I do believe that she wrote the truth for several reasons. Primarily, she ate the food that was dropped on the ground because she was starving. Like her, people in many places eat because they want to survive and if there is nothing else left to eat, they eat what is accessible. People in other countries and cultures eat termites, locusts, dogs or other things people in America would consider gross. In addition to this, people in extremely cold areas eat dog meat because it is said that the dog meat gives the body warmth. In Asian countries, farmers often catch field mice and rabbits for food because they provide them meat to build tissues and muscles in their bodies. Some people who have been in plane crashes and who have run out of food are also said to have eaten the dead bodies of fellow passengers in order to survive while they wait for rescue. Indeed! Anyone who goes hungry would eat anything that is available in order to survive. Mush with maggots would be more welcomed than dying on an empty stomach.

Comprehension Strategies 5. Quote or Point Out According to Pythagoras, “Think before you act.” This quotation is an example of good writing because it serves as a reminder for anyone to decide carefully before doing anything. This quotation is expressed in the story “The Experiment” written by Martin Raim. For example, the man who volunteers for the experiment studies the door before he tries to find a way to escape. He tries to check things out before he starts doing anything. In real life, when one person is in a difficult situation, he/she weighs the options to avoid getting in further trouble. He/She visualizes consequences before making a decision about what to do next. So, in order to have a better life, one needs to think ahead before taking action.

5. Quote or Point Out Comprehension Strategies Summary/Reflection • Circle the quote. • Underline the part of the sentence that acknowledges the source. • Highlight the sentence that states why it is a sample of good (interesting) writing in English. • Double underline the sentence that paraphrases the quote. • a. Box the sentences that explain how it applies to the story. b. Box the sentences that explain how it applies to real life.

Comprehension Strategies 5. Quote or Point Out "There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing.“ Montag tries to explain his conflicting thoughts to his wife Mildred in Part 1 of Ray Bradbury’s futuristic novel Fahrenheit 451. This is very good writing because it reveals Montag’s dilemma. He has been a fireman for a long time, burning books for a living. Now however, he is bewildered and wants to take a long break from work. He could not understand how and is trying to figure out why anyone would be willing to die because of his/her books - just like the woman they just burned along with her books. Because of this, he realizes that books must have worth. The same thing happens to people in the real world. Some people just claim that they do not like books or any reading material. These are the ones who just toss books carelessly – people who either do not like to read or do not know how. There are others, who wish they had more time in order to read their books. They are readers who enjoy the knowledge and adventure that they experience as each page is turned. They find value in books that non-readers do not see.

Comprehension Strategies 5. Quote or Point Out Thomas Carlyle, the great English essayist, historian, biographer, and philosopher wrote, "The true university of these days is a collection of books, and all education is to teach us how to read.” This could very well be a lesson for the characters in the Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. In the story, owning books is illegal and people find no value in them. Therefore, a fireman’s job is to burn them. Characters find more value in the material pleasures of technology. Like Montag’s wife Mildred and her friends, most people are so preoccupied with these pleasures that they have neglected their families and relationships. Our society is not far from this. Many people now desire to become cyber-spatially connected. When they are in a conversation or a meeting, they are not fully paying attention because they are partially on their wireless gadgets texting, twittering, googling or focusing on other online activities. They do not realize that their desire to get connected is the reason that they are slowly destroying their connections – their relationships with their families and their real friends. With more books getting printed and published and e-books increasing in popularity, knowledge we cannot get from schools is easily accessible. Jim Collins wrote online that we “can improve [your] leadership capabilities by drinking deeply from the well of great books that have been published in a wide variety of disciplines. Hopefully, our lives will not become like Mildred’s.

Instructions Pick a quote and explain in according to the format you just learned. Then, do the following. • Circle the quote. • Underline the part of the sentence that acknowledges the source. • Highlight the sentence that states why it is a sample of good (interesting) writing in English. • Double underline the sentence that paraphrases the quote. • Box the sentences that explain how it applies to real life.

Comprehension Strategies 5. Quote or Point Out Questions • Summary/Reflection • Why is it important to acknowledge the source of our ideas when we write? • How do you quote correctly?

Practice quoting the following correctly. On Conformity 1. Nothing is more restful than conformity. - Elizabeth Bowen 2. We all try to be alike in our youth. -Alec Tweedie 3. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, As the night the day, Thou canst then be false to any man. - Shakespeare

Comprehension Strategy #5: Quote or Point Out

Comprehension Strategy #5: Quote or Point Out

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