This document provides information about reading strategies and skills, including summarizing, identifying an author's point of view, and understanding connotation and denotation of words. It suggests that when reading complex expository texts, active readers should periodically summarize key ideas in their own words to check their comprehension. Determining an author's point of view involves analyzing whether the words they use have a neutral, positive, or negative tone. The document also defines characteristics of expository texts such as presenting factual details through diagrams and graphs, and using sidebars to provide related information. It provides homework suggestions for practicing vocabulary words.
This document provides information about reading strategies and skills, including summarizing, identifying an author's point of view, and understanding connotation and denotation of words. It suggests that when reading complex expository texts, active readers should periodically summarize key ideas in their own words to check their comprehension. Determining an author's point of view involves analyzing whether the words they use have a neutral, positive, or negative tone. The document also defines characteristics of expository texts such as presenting factual details through diagrams and graphs, and using sidebars to provide related information. It provides homework suggestions for practicing vocabulary words.
This document provides information about reading strategies and skills, including summarizing, identifying an author's point of view, and understanding connotation and denotation of words. It suggests that when reading complex expository texts, active readers should periodically summarize key ideas in their own words to check their comprehension. Determining an author's point of view involves analyzing whether the words they use have a neutral, positive, or negative tone. The document also defines characteristics of expository texts such as presenting factual details through diagrams and graphs, and using sidebars to provide related information. It provides homework suggestions for practicing vocabulary words.
Skills Unit 5 Week 5 Comprehension Strategy: Summarize - When you read expository text about science, you may come across complex concepts. One way to check for your understanding and to clarify a difficult text is to summarize. -Active readers have ongoing mental conversations as they negotiate difficult text. They stop periodically to check their understanding of the reading. -You should briefly rethink ideas in a section of a text, and restate state key information in your own words.
Genre: Expository Text
The following are key characteristics of expository text: -It explains a topic. It may explain a scientific process that developed over time. -It presents factual details. it often includes photographs, diagrams, maps, headings, sidebars, and graphs to provide visual representations of information. -Sidebars - provide a way to add related information, such as an opinion, to the text. -Graphs - graphs of numerical data often show how something has
Vocabulary Strategy: Connotation and Denotation - Denotation is the most common
dictionary meaning. Connotation
is the understood or implied meaning. - It has have a positive or negative connotation/denotation depending on the word. -For extra practice, refer to Practice Workbook page 247. Also refer to The RWW book page 373.
Comprehension Skill: Authors Point
of View -Authors point of view is his or her attitude or
perspective about the subject matter of the text.
Authors of an expository text primarily present facts about a topic, but may also express a point of view. -To determine the authors point of view, you should look for words the author uses to convey about the topic. Why might the author use one word over a synonym that means almost the same thing? What perspective might that word convey? -To help identify the authors point of view, ask yourself: DO the words the author uses in the text have a neutral, positive, or negative connotation? -For extra practice, refer to Practice Workbook pages
Vocabulary Menu Homework
application catastrophic computations deployed elevating magnetic obsolete subsequently To get an A, complete 3 of the following, To get a B, complete 2 of the following; To get a C, complete 1 of the following; To get a F, complete 0 of the following 1. Write a sentence using each of the vocabulary words. 2. Make a word search puzzle using all of the vocabulary words (list the words at the bottom). 3. Define all the words. 4. Make a crossword puzzle using all of the vocabulary words (with clues for each word). 5. Create some type of review game with the vocabulary words. 6. Create a vocabulary quiz (and answer key) with the vocabulary words. 7. Create vocabulary flashcards. Wonders Online Help: http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/school/n9i4