Slide 1Tool for Reading Comprehension: Graphic Organizers OMHS – March 3, 2008 Slide 2 Graphic Responses Drawing and writing are branches of the same cognitive tree. Graphic…

Slide 11 Drafting Preparing the Initial Composition Slide 2 2 Drafting Basics While prewriting activities and tools can assist the writer during initial drafting, the writer…

Slide 1Unit one Love Slide 2 Reading questions Slide 3 Work in groups to answer the following questions I.what do you think about Erich Fromm s view on motherly love and…

Slide 1 To be a Slave Julius Lester Jazmine Bridges 5 th Slide 2 Context Clues Word-Sentence-Correct Dictionary Definition- Surname He was given the surname of his owner,…

Slide 1 Unit 2: Nonfiction/Pennsylvania The lessons in this Unit focus on gaining a deeper understanding of nonfiction text. There are mentor texts in this unit, as well…

Slide 1 Lecture Three Tony Trivisonno ’ s American Dream Zhan Juhong Oct. 8th Slide 2 Tasks Today  Unit 4 Text A Unit 4 Text A  vocabulary vocabulary  Assignments…

Slide 1 TEXT FEATURES Slide 2 TEXT FEATURES: AN INTRODUCTION WHAT ARE TEXT FEATURES? – Text Features are to non-fiction what story elements are to fiction. They help the…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Unit2 Text 1 The Company Man Slide 3 Warm-up Activity Slide 4 B What U Wanna B doctor, actor, lawyer or a singer why not president, be a dreamer you can be…

Slide 1 Text characteristics affect comprehension… Be explicit as you teach students about genre and text structure Slide 2 Today’s Objectives 1. Review narrative genres…

Slide 1 The Text Structure Strategy for reading comprehension Insights through eye-movement monitoring Li-Hao Yeh, Aaron Baule & Ana I. Schwartz The University of Texas…