I am in charge of celebrations i am a native of north america

Our learning Goal

• At the end of this lesson, we will be able to…

–Determine an author’s purpose and perspective in a text.

Our Learning Objectives

We will:• Analyze the author’s purpose and/or perspective (p.o.v.) in a variety of text.

•Identify author’s bias in a text.

•Identify and determine an author’s central idea.

•Reveal a bias in your writing by selecting details and using specific word choice.

Continue tracking your progress…

Author’s Purpose –

Author’s Point of View

Building Academic VocabularyBAV

BAVAUTHOR’S PURPOSEAUTHOR’S PERSPECTIVE

SENSORY LANGUAGEAUTHOR’S BIASTONESUMMARIZECENTRAL IDEA

Vocabulary in Context

• Mean

• Charge

• Rest

• Ear (of corn)

• Spring

• Light

(Multiple Meanings)

Reading Strategies

• Annotation• Clarifying-Three Column

Notes

Focus Writing Traits

• Ideas• Voice

VOICE

Use these words to identify the TONE.

Trait of IDEAS

Before, During, After Reading

• CODE the Text.

• Identify lines where you feel you can “hear” the author’s VOICE.

• Identify figurative language and sensory language.• Identify author’s purpose.• Identify words/details the author uses that illustrate her point

of view and/or bias towards the desert.

I’m in Charge of Celebrations

Byrd Baylor

Byrd Baylor was born in San Antonio, Texas, and went to schools in Tucson, spent time on West Texas ranches and in Sonora (Mexico) gold mining camps. Today, she lives outside Arivaca, Arizona, near the Arizona-Mexico borderline in high Sonora desert surrounded by Enchanted mountains and canyons and arroyos.

Her books have become classics in their own time for children, parents, and teachers. Some of her books are: Desert Voices, Everybody Needs a Rock, Hawk, I’m Your brother, The Table Where Rich People sit, the Desert is Theirs, and The Other Way to Listen. Her works have received numerous awards, including ALA Notable Book awards and Caldecott Honor

Book awards.

Baylor lives in an adobe house that does not have electricity, but it does have three manual Typewriters.

Baylor writes: “I have written 25 or so children’s books, a novel, lots of essays and articles, all of them relating in some way to my passion for the desert southwest, its landforms and its plants and animals and people, and always its power.”

Before, During, After Reading

• CODE the Text.

• Identify lines where you feel you can “hear” the author’s VOICE.

• Identify figurative language and sensory language.• Identify author’s purpose.• Identify words/details the author uses that illustrate her point

of view and/or bias towards the desert.

Figurative Language

Simile : A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.

Metaphor : A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.

Personification: Uses language that gives human traits to an animal, object, or idea.

Using Your Senses

• Writers use descriptive details that appeal to the senses—to bring their memories to life.

• Use your imagination to put yourself in the scene, and think about what you can taste, touch, see, smell, and hear.

Journal Entry:

• Write about your home.• Include details/words that show your point of

view and/or bias.• Guiding Questions:

– Do you enjoy being at home?– Do you feel safe?– Do you want to be there?

Complete

I Am a Native of North America By Chief Dan George

About the Selection

• In this essay, Chief Dan George recalls the traditional ways of life of his people.

• He questions certain contemporary values and choices and sadly anticipates the eventual vanishing of the culture.

• He pleads for love and tolerance as the only hope for a peaceful future.

Identify the tone(s).Use words and quotes from the text. Make the Bubble Map Thinking Map.

Rate your current understanding of the learning goal:

Author’s Purpose –

Author’s Point of View