Drawing Conclusions: Day 3 (I can draw a conclusion by combining my prior knowledge with what I see or read.)

First: Mini-lesson

Please make sure that this anchor chart is copied down in your Reader's Notebook Mini-Lesson Tab. 

Third: Make Your Own

Grab your earbuds and watch this wordless, short animated film. Yes, I said wordless and earbuds in the same sentence. Just because there are no words, still means that sound effects will be heard. After watching the movie film through, I want you to draw your own conclusions on what the character's dialogue, action and thoughts are. Remember, a conclusion is made by using what you know and combining it with what you see or read. 

Using the Graphic Organizer below, I'd like you to brainstorm a list of these conclusions. The more the merrier and the better prepared you will be for tomorrow. 

Fourth: Comprehension  Passage

Fifth: Silent Reading

Grab your novel and find a quiet, comfortable place to enjoy your novel.

Drawing Conclusions: Day 1 ( I can explain what a conclusion is.)

First: What is a Conclusion?

Grab your earbuds and watch this short introduction video on what a conclusion is. 

Second: Practice on Your Own

We draw conclusions all the time in life and when we read. Sometimes our conclusions are on the setting of the story, the characters, or to get inside the author's head. Complete this worksheet in Notability. Please pay special attention to "Why did you think that?" and make sure to explain very thoroughly. That means you can not be vague, instead be specific with your answers. The more detail and reasoning the better. 

Third: Silent Reading

After a weekend, what better way to start our week off then by having lots of time to get lost in our book. Please find a quiet, non-distracting place for you to enjoy your novel.

Author's Purpose PIE'ED- Day 3 (I can identify the author's purpose by finding the main idea.)

First: Main Idea Work

Sometimes test authors require students to identify the main idea as part of the author's purpose. Remember, the main idea is what the passage is mostly about. In order to practice this skill, let's use this passage to first find the main idea (using a graphic organizer) and then combine it with the author's purpose. This will help you find the specific purpose the author had for writing a text.

Passage

Graphic Organizer

Main Idea

Using the graphic organizer, what do all the details have in common? Remember, the main idea includes the whole text- not just one paragraph. What is the main idea? ________________________

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Author's Purpose?

What was the author trying to do here? Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain or Describe?

Combine the Two

The purpose + the main idea = the author's purpose to a test question. Remember, the answer is always more than just persuade, inform, entertain, explain or describe. There needs to be a specific main idea after.

Second: Try it on Your Own

Using these steps, create your own correct answer for the author's purpose for the passages. 

1. Read the passage
2. Find the Main Idea
1. Use a graphic organizer to locate important details in the text.
2. Ask yourself, "What do all of these details have in common?" This is what the passage is mostly about.
3. Decide if the author is Persuading, Informing, Entertaining, Explaining, or Describing
4. Combine the purpose and the main idea.

Passage #1

Passage #2

Third: Author's Purpose Book Creator Project

Yesterday you began your author's purpose project. You should be close to finished with your five separate paragraphs (one for each purpose) on the topic of your choice. This was completed in your Writer's Notebook. 

Once that is finished, you are able to complete this assignment in Book Creator. You will have a title page and then five pages, one for each purpose. If you would like to app smash (make a pic collage for your posters and save it to your camera roll, use Haiku Deck for your title page or any other app) by all means, please do so. This is your chance to create with technology and share your writing in your own creative way.

Fourth: Silent Reading

Author's Purpose PIE'ED- Day 2 (I can demonstrate my understanding of PIE'ED by writing my own passage for each author's purpose.)

First: Let's Review 

Yesterday, we watched 9 separate clips for author's purpose. You filled out your thoughts and justifications- now we are going to go over them as a class to see how you did.

Second: Quizizz

Use the game code below to access your quiz at www.quizizz.com  For each of the five passages, remember to ask yourself, "What genre am I reading?" "Are there lots of facts?" "Is the author trying to convince me?" "Are there characters, a plot and a setting?" "Are their describing words? senses"

Third: Create Your Own Mini-Book

Yesterday you read five different passages on pie. When we discussed them as a group, many of you realized just how different the author's purpose can be. 

Today you are going to write your own passages. That's right, You are going to write a short paragraph passage (just like the pie ones) for each of the five types of author's purpose. I would like you to stick to the same topic (our example topic yesterday was pie) so you are able to see how an author adapts his/her writing to suit the purpose they are writing for.  

First: You are going to write your passages in your  Yellow Writer's Notebook. This will allow you to get your thoughts down on paper, reread your writing to see if it makes sense and edit it to elevate it afterwards.

Next: You will complete this assignment in Book Creator. You will have a title page and then five pages, one for each purpose. If you would like to app smash (make a pic collage for your posters and save it to your camera roll, use Haiku Deck for your title page or any other app) by all means, please do so. This is your chance to create with technology and share your writing in your own creative way. 

I can't wait to see what you come up with! This will be due Friday. 

Fourth: READ!