Tuesday, January 21

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: 

• 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?
• 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