PPT-What does the author want me to learn from reading this story?

In this lesson you will learn to determine the theme of a story by asking what did the author want me to learn from reading this story Weve just finished reading The Reformation of Jimmy ValentineSafe Cracker. Timothy Shanahan. University of Illinois at Chicago. www.shanahanonliteracy.com. Common Core Standards. New standards are ambitious and are asking teachers to engage children in high level interpretation of challenging texts through close reading. Author’s Purpose. Why do authors write a story???. ELA Key Strategy # 2. Author’s Purpose. Think about P.I.E.. Authors write a story for three reasons:. P. ersuade. I. nform. E. ntertain. Persuade. Café . Book Discussion Group. Suggestions for Spring 2015. Toms River – A Story of Science and Salvation. (author, Dan Fagin). Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize. IT’S . HIGH TIME a book did for epidemiology what Jon . We will learn how the problems that characters face and how they solve them make up a story’s . plot. .. . What are we going to learn about?. 2.. . We will see. how discovering symbols in a story can make it much more interesting and can help us understand it better. In this lesson you . will learn to determine the theme of a text . by asking “what did the author want me to learn?”. We’ve just finished reading . “Whitewashing the Fence”. ?. Theme. . Theme. 4 out of 5 . or . 85. No More Dead Dogs. Cycle 3, Day 3. Agenda. Reading Goal:. As we read, we will draw conclusions about what the characters have learned.. Today’s Big Question:. How do you earn someone’s loyalty?. Tuesday:. Feature author Kelly Milner Halls’ student presentations , & class visits to Barnes & Noble. Wednesday: . Parish Morning . Thursday: . Eric Laster’s Author Luncheon, class visits to Barnes & Noble, & Family Night. ccurl@lsd.k12.mi.us. Designed by Claudette Curl. curl_cj@elps.k12.mi.us. ©. claudette . curl, 2003. Learn the Library!. Goals of the Library Media Center StAIR:. . Demonstrate knowledge of the arrangement of the media center. University of Illinois at Chicago. www.shanahanonliteracy.com. CCSS set a new comprehension goal. Close reading is not a teaching technique. It is a goal, a desired outcome: we want our children to be able to read text closely; we want them to be close readers. A . short story. is a name given to a fictional prose selection, which is short (. it can be read in one sitting. ) and is a story (. it narrates an event or incident. ). .. A number of other general characteristics, however, can be given as a means of further defining the short story:. 3-7 . Picture . Books. 8-12 Traditional . Literature. 13-17 Modern . Fantasy. 18-22 . Poetry. 23-27 Contemporary Realistic . Fiction. 28-32 Historical Fiction. 33-37 Nonfiction. 38-42 Biography/Autobiography. Author’s Purpose 4.2 Reading Skill Authors usually write to persuade, inform, or entertain. Persuade: to cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument Did the author try to change your mind? Author’s Purpose 4.2 Reading Skill Authors usually write to persuade, inform, or entertain. Persuade: to cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument Did the author try to change your mind? Choose 1 question from each slide. Within the Text. Beyond the Text,. About the Text. Write down the question number you have chosen for each.. Type up your response in TEAMS Assignment: . Reading Response..