Get out your Notice & Note booklet and your Vocabulary Graphic Organizer (Vocabulary check today - you should have all 10 words completed)!
Objectives: Today I will review nonfiction signposts and practice using them as I read.
Homework:
Agenda:
Objectives: Today I will review nonfiction signposts and practice using them as I read.
Homework:
- Study for the Vocabulary quiz on Thursday (will look very similar to the last vocabulary quiz - be able to define each word and use each word in a sentence.)
- Continue reading and filling out 12 boxes in your Notice & Note booklet due Wednesday 1/29
Agenda:
- Updated Unit Calendar (Periods 1-3 will be able to pick up a paper copy from Mrs. Weber tomorrow; Periods 4 & 5 were able to pick up a copy today)
- Signposts for Reading Nonfiction:
- Contrasts & Contradictions
- Absolute or Extreme Language
- Numbers & Statistics
- Quoted Words
- Word Gaps
- Absolute or Extreme Language
- Examples of Absolute or Extreme Language
- "All teachers at this school are strict!"
- "That was the funniest movie ever!"
- These are examples of absolute/extreme language because these statements leave no room to compromise and/or exaggerate.
- Clue Words:
- Everyone, no one, always, never, totally, all, every
- Practice Passage:
- “‘No one on this planet will be untouched by climate change,’ the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announced. The report warned that climate impacts are already ‘severe, pervasive, and irreversible.’”
- What absolute or extreme language is used? Why use this language?
- Numbers & Statistics
- Examples of Numbers & Statistics
- Practice Passage: (About Australian Wildfires)
- Since September 2019, the blazes, fueled by dry foliage and strong winds, have scorched over 15.6 million acres (24,000 square miles) — an area larger than the state of West Virginia.
The blazes have destroyed over 1588 homes, damaged 653 more, and killed 19 people and almost 500 million animals, including a third of NSW's koala colony, or about 8,000 bears. - What numbers and statistics are used? Why use them in the article?
- Since September 2019, the blazes, fueled by dry foliage and strong winds, have scorched over 15.6 million acres (24,000 square miles) — an area larger than the state of West Virginia.
- Independent Reading
- Continue reading your nonfiction book in your assigned seat!
- Goal for today: Fill out at least 3 more boxes in your Notice & Note booklet
- I'll check off your vocabulary words while you read
Daily Agenda Slideshow