BellRinger Do you consider yourself an active or a passive reader Explain Todays Learning Target I can use context clues to determine initial meaning for a word or phrase and verify by using a dictionary ID: 782862
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English IV
August 11, 2014
Slide2Bell-Ringer
Do you consider yourself an active or a passive reader? Explain.
Slide3Today’s Learning Target
I can use context clues to determine initial meaning for a word or phrase and verify by using a dictionary.
Slide4Vocabulary
Vocabulary List – go over List 1
Use the words on the list as possible throughout the year, in bell-ringer responses, essays, and informal class writings.
Quiz dates are on vocabulary list.
Slide5Guided Notes
Use the Guided Notes handout to take notes over Active Reading Strategies.
Slide6Active Reading Strategies
Passive Readers
Read quickly
Read straight through
May or may not reread a passage
Skim
Active Readers
Not smarter than passive readers
Understand texts must be read differently
Realize there are strategies for understanding
Slide7Active Reading Strategies
Pre-Reading
Annotating
Identifying Patterns
Reading Visual
T
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Summarizing
Reading with a Critical
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Slide8Pre-Reading
Gathering information about the text before you read
Sources:
Chapter introductions
Chapter summaries
Footnotes
Study questions
Skimming
Slide9Pre-Reading
Questions to ask:
Author
Original Purpose
Cultural Influences on Author
Slide10Annotating
No perfect strategy – find what works for you.
Dictionary – look up words you can’t define by using context clues
Pen/Pencil/Highlighter –
Take notes
Write on text if your personal copy
Use post-it notes if not your personal copy
Slide11Annotating
Types of annotations:
Vocabulary – words you don’t understand
Thesis Statement / Key Points
Personal insights
Reaction to author or text
Slide12Annotating – Text Coding Symbols
R – This reminds me of …
(Include a note of what it
reminds
you of.) [This notation is to signify the connection to background knowledge or experiences.]
V – I can picture this …
[This notation is to signify
visualizing
and creating mental images.]
E – This makes me feel …
(Include a brief – word or two – description of how it makes you feel.) [This notation is to signify an
emotional
response to a text.]
Q – I wonder …
(Include what you wonder, or what your question is.) [This notation is to signify a
question that occurred during reading
.]
Slide13Annotating – Text Coding Symbols
I – I figured out that …
(Include what you figured out.) [This notation is to signify an
inference
, such as a prediction or an interpretation.]
? – I don’t understand this …
[This notation is to signify a segment that is confusing or doesn’t make sense.]
! – This in interesting …
[This notation is to signify something that particularly intrigues you.]
Slide14Identifying Patterns
Chronological order
Spatial order
Classification
Claim/support
Problem/solution
Statement/response
Cause/effect
Narrative
Comparison/contrast
Slide15Reading Visual Texts
Types of texts: written texts, oral narratives, music, paintings, photographs, films, cartoons, etc.
Look for: symbolism, irony, metaphor, ethos, pathos, logos, composition, overall impression
Slide16Summarizing
Use your own words.
Be brief, clear, concise.
Be true to original intent.
Don’t evaluate.
Include author’s major points.
List important items of support.
Slide17Reading with a Critical Eye
Be objective.
Know your own perspective.
Question the author’s perspective.
Determine how the author’s argument works.
Evaluate the author’s support for the claim.
Determine any underlying assumptions.
Slide18Homework
Read and annotate the essay “Simplicity” by tomorrow.
Minimum five annotations
One vocabulary related
One response to the text
Identification of pattern
Two student choice