Warm-UpDo you like to read? Why or why not? Tell me
your favorite thing to read (yes, even if you don’t like to read).
William Shakespeare“Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough to
mask thy monstrous visage?”
-Julius Caesar
Brutus speaking to the conspirators; he has recently decided to lead the assassination of Caesar.
Mark Twain“A person who won’t read has no advantage
over a person who can’t.”
Why do you read? In your groups, discuss the reasons we all
read. Yes, even if you don’t like to, you still do…so discuss it anyway…
Please write your answers down so you can remember them.
Reasons… Enjoyment Information Meaning Depth (Expanding your mind) Beauty Fun and Ease
Warm-UpWhat did you do over the weekend? How much
did you miss school ? Why?
General Reading Process Before Reading:
Set a Purpose: What are you reading and why? Preview: What do you expect? Plan: How will you read your selection? This
should help you meet your purpose.
General Reading Process During Reading
Read with a purpose (not Flipper the Porpoise): Perhaps you should use the purpose you set…but that can change.
Connect: Asking questions:
How does this touch you? Where have you seen or heard something like this before? What do you find surprising? When did something like this happen to you? What do you think about it? Is it believable or not?
General Reading Process After Reading
Pause and Reflect: Have you met your purpose? Reread: Parts you didn’t get or understand. Remember: Find creative connections. Write
down what you learned.
Reading Actively Discuss with your groups what you must do to
read actively…write down your answers. Mark or highlight
Take notes Use sticky notes
Ask Questions React and connect Predict Visualize Clarify
Reading Paragraphs Find the subject
Look at the title or heading Look at the first sentence Repeated words or names
Find the main idea Beginning sentence Ending sentence
Warm-Up
What is the best thing about Lowell Scott Middle School and why do you think that? (Be nice!)
Two Column Notes Read one section at a time Read section before marking or taking notes Circle the main idea Underline items that explain the main idea Circle and underline only words or phrases Since we can’t write in the books…use two
column notes
Example Golf Boring
Stuffy old men
ExampleA weasel is wild. Who knows what he thinks? He sleeps
in his underground den, his tail draped over his nose. Sometimes he lives in his den for two days without leaving. Outside, he stalks rabbits, mice, muskrats, and birds, killing more bodies than he can eat warm, and often dragging the carcasses home. Obedient to instinct, he bites his prey at the neck, either splitting the jugular vein at the throat or crunching the brain at the base of the skull, and he does not let go. One naturalist refused to kill a weasel who was socketed into his hand deeply as a rattlesnake. The man could in no way pry the tiny weasel off, and he had to walk a half a mile to water, the weasel dangling from his palm, and soak him off like a stubborn label.
Notes… Weasels Sleeps underground
Bites neck of prey
Reading Science… Set a purpose
What is the subject? What are the main ideas? What are the explanations ?
Preview Skim Through quickly
Pictures Headings Repeated words Bolded words
Take two-column notes
You practice Using your Reader’s Handbook, turn to page
102 and practice with a science text.
Exploring the Ocean
Warm-Up Think about a time when you were the
happiest. What was going on and why were you so happy?
Warm-Up: Write what you see
Expository/Narrative Expository writing explains a process or
presents information Narrative writing tells a story.
Examples: Expository-
Cause/Effect: directions, science texts Chronology/Sequence: history books, how to Compare/Contrast: pro and con, speeches Description: news article, essays Problem/Solution: medical journal
More Examples: Narrative-
Entertainment/Story: Setting Characters Plot Conflict Resolution
Plot Diagram
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Introduction to conflict
Plot Elements Exposition: The part of the story that presents
information (setting, characters, introduction to conflict)
Introduction to Conflict: When we first see the main conflict of the story. In a mystery, this is usually where we find the “what’s missing?” part
Types of Conflict Person v. Person
Batman Person v. Nature
Moby Dick Person v. Self
The Incredible Hulk Person v. Society
Avatar Person v. God/Fate
The Lightning Thief
Plot Elements Rising Action: Where the central conflict is
introduced and developed…tensions rise Climax: When the conflict reaches its highest
point of interest or suspense Falling Action: End of the central conflict Resolution: Any events that occur during the
falling action