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Warm-Up February 10, 2011

Warm-Up February 10, 2011. Describe what an investigator at a crime scene does. The Case of the Missing Text Structure. A T.S.I. Mystery. What Are Text Structures?. Organizational patterns in writing - Description -Sequence/Chronological Order -Problem and Solution

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Warm-Up February 10, 2011

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  1. Warm-Up February 10, 2011 Describe what an investigator at a crime scene does.

  2. The Case of the Missing Text Structure A T.S.I. Mystery

  3. What Are Text Structures? Organizational patterns in writing -Description -Sequence/Chronological Order -Problem and Solution -Cause and Effect -Comparison and Contrast

  4. Why is it Important For Readers to Recognize and Understand Text Structures?

  5. Ok, First TaskGet ready to analyze the image on the next slide… • You will be given one minute to study the picture on the next slide. • Then you will have one minute to reproduce it.

  6. Ok, Pencils Down…

  7. Ready, Go!

  8. Ready, Draw!

  9. How Did You do?

  10. Ok, Let’s Try Another One • You will be given one minute to study the picture on the next slide. • Then you will have one minute to reproduce it.

  11. Ok, Pencils Down…

  12. Ready, Go!

  13. Ready, Draw!

  14. How Did You Do?

  15. Why was the second picture easier to draw?

  16. What Does All This Have to do With Reading? Or Text Structures?

  17. Let’s try something else --this time using numbers! • You will be given one minute to memorize the number on the next slide. • Then you will have one minute to re-write it correctly.

  18. Ok, Pencils Down…

  19. Ready, Memorize! 17766024365911

  20. Ready, Write!

  21. How Did You Do? 17766024365911

  22. Let’s try again but think . . . • American Revolution / Declaration of Independence • Minutes/Hours/Days • Emergency

  23. Now Try Again… 17766024365911

  24. How did you do THIS time? 1776 60-24-365 911

  25. What Does All This Have to do With Reading? Or Text Structures?

  26. The better a reader understands text structures,the higher the reader’s comprehension will be.

  27. Understanding text structures is the KEY to unlocking expository text!!

  28. Expository Text has • NO PLOT LINE • to Support Comprehension Climax Rising Action Falling Action Exposition Resolution

  29. “Many students experience problems comprehending expository text….One reason is that they can’t see the basic structure of the text. Some students get lost in the words and can’t see the big picture.”

  30. Warm-Up February 11, 2011 Use one of your leftover notecards to write a short note (approximately one paragraph) to a classmate explaining Text Structure. Choose one of the five structures we talked about yesterday and 1 – explain what it is 2 – identify which class they are most likely to find that structure

  31. Text Structure Foldable

  32. Text Structure Foldable Description • Label outside tabs: • Description • Sequence • Compare & Contrast • Cause & Effect • Problem & Solution Sequence Compare-Contrast Cause- Effect Problem-Solution

  33. Text Structure Foldable As we look at each text structure, you can write notes inside your foldable as we go. Inside tabs: Left Side- Visuals only Right Side-Text Only Description Sequence Compare-Contrast Cause- Effect Problem-Solution

  34. Text Structure Foldable As we look at each text structure, you can write notes inside your foldable as we go. Inside tabs: Left Side- Visuals only Right Side-Text Only Description Sequence Compare-Contrast Cause- Effect Problem-Solution

  35. Description The music was blasting so loud, Marco thought his ears would burst. The stage was filled with bright blue laser beams and a shower of yellow and green paper streamers. All around him, the crowd was singing and dancing wildly.

  36. Text Structure Foldable As we look at each text structure, you can write notes inside your foldable as we go. Inside tabs: Left Side- Visuals only Right Side-Text Only Description Sequence Compare-Contrast Cause- Effect Problem-Solution

  37. Sequence Derek finished his math homework, then worked on his science project, and saved his reading assignment for last. When he was finished reading, he closed the book, turned off the lamp on his desk, and went to bed.

  38. Text Structure Foldable As we look at each text structure, you can write notes inside your foldable as we go. Inside tabs: Left Side- Visuals only Right Side-Text Only Description Sequence Compare-Contrast Cause- Effect Problem-Solution

  39. Compare-Contrast Although both cities have experienced great tragedies, Greensburg is very different from New York City. There are no tall skyscrapers in Greensburg. All you can see are fields and sky. Instead of taxicab horns and fire truck sirens, it is so quiet at night that you can hear the crickets chirping.

  40. Text Structure Foldable As we look at each text structure, you can write notes inside your foldable as we go. Inside tabs: Left Side- Visuals only Right Side-Text Only Description Sequence Compare-Contrast Cause- Effect Problem-Solution

  41. Cause-Effect Every spring, shortly after the tulips bloom, farmers in Holland go through the tulip fields and cut the blooms off the tulips. This seems strange, because it leaves a field full of green stems. However, it makes the colorful tulip blooms grow back even bigger and stronger later that spring.

  42. Text Structure Foldable As we look at each text structure, you can write notes inside your foldable as we go. Inside tabs: Left Side- Visuals only Right Side-Text Only Description Sequence Compare-Contrast Cause- Effect Problem-Solution

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