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Tuesday, September 18, 2012. HW: NONE Opening: Complete Shark Cornell Notes from Red Lit. book, pages 874-880 Set completed notes on corner of your desk Read Quietly. Cornell Notes. Topic: Loaded Language Fact vs. Opinion:
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 • HW: NONE Opening: • Complete Shark Cornell Notes from Red Lit. book, pages 874-880 • Set completed notes on corner of your desk • Read Quietly
Cornell Notes Topic: Loaded Language Fact vs. Opinion: Fact: A statement that can be proved by personal observation, eyewitnesses, reliable source (internet, book), experiment, or expert Opinion: statement that can’t be proved because it’s states a person’s beliefs, feelings, or thoughts. • Opinion Signal words: • I think • Many people believe • usually • seem(s) • probably
Fact or opinion 1. Jaws is about a great white shark that killed several people in a beach community. ~ fact 2. The book stayed on the bestseller list for 40 weeks. ~ fact 3. The book is better than the movie. ~ opinion
Bias Opinion can be in informational articles. Authors are affected by their experiences and beliefs. This creates bias for or against a topic. Bias: a positive or negative feeling toward a topic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW7Q7UySxRA&feature=relmfu http://oceanencounters.net/journal/
Bias in Writing • Loaded Language: words that suggest a strong bias. • Words that signal how the author feels about the topic. • Page 885 in Red Lit. book • Copy T-chart in middle of page onto back-top of Cornell Note Sheet
Peter Benchley, JAWS • Read Great White Sharks on pages 887-891 • Record examples of Loaded Language and possible author’s bias
Short Story Elements: Cornell Notes • In the Red Literature book, turn to page 26. • The “Topic” of your Cornell Notes is “Short Story Elements” • Write down the definition of the following terms: • Plot • Exposition • Rising Action • Climax • Falling Action • Resolution • Summarize your notes in three to four sentences at the bottom of your paper. • On the back of your paper, draw the “Plot at a Glance” diagram. (Another simpler version of this is on page 39. You may draw this one.) • Read “The Dinner Party” on pages 28-29 and answer the 7 questions in the right-hand margin. Either copy the questions or write complete sentences.
Cornell Notes • Define the words in bold print on page 885 in sections “Elements of Nonfiction” and Reading Skill” • Read “Great White Sharks”, pages 887-891 • Answer page 892,#1-5 in complete sentences • Turn your answers into class drawer