Tuesday,+November+1,+2011

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** Learning Objectives (copy into journal): **

 * 1) Identify author's voice
 * 2) Identify Author's Purpose
 * 3) Identify theme
 * ==== __MATERIALS__: ====
 * ==== Planner ====
 * ==== Journal ====
 * __Reality Central__ book
 * ==== Pen/pencil ==== ||

** IMPORTANT WEEKLY DATES (copy into Planner): ** FINAL EXAM - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4

 * __AGENDA__**


 * __First 3 minutes of class students copy learning objectives into journal and homework into planner__**
 * __Ask for volunteers to read learning objectives and homework__**


 * 1. Reality Central - "_"**


 * Choose whichever article you see would best fit.
 * You can structure lesson however you see fit (groups of 3, A-B partners, individual, jigsaw, etc.)
 * They can use same methods to:
 * //Identify author's purpose//
 * Focus on reading title and making prediction of topic and purpose
 * Focus on organizational features, like subheads, pictures, etc. to predict topic and purpose
 * Both of these they have notes on in their journal
 * Read article and identify general purpose (entertain, inform or persuade) and the specific purpose (what the author is entertaining/informing/persuading us about)
 * In nonfiction informational articles, think of the specific purpose as like the main idea
 * In nonfiction persuasive pieces, think of the specific purpose as like the main argument/call to action
 * In fictional pieces, think of the specific purpose as the theme w/ a general plot description
 * //Identify author's voice//
 * Focus on words the author uses: Is the voice formal? Informal? Humorous? How do we know?
 * //Identify theme//
 * Is the theme stated directly or implicitly? How do we know?