finding the main idea: authors talk about reading and writing
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Finding the main idea: Authors talk about reading and writing. R. L. Stine. http://bcove.me/alfmnjok. What did R.L. Stine call the little things he wrote? magazines How old was he when he started writing? Nine years old On what did he write these? On an old typewriter. Fear?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Finding the main idea:
Authors talk about reading
and writing
• What did R.L. Stine call the little things he wrote?
magazines • How old was he when he started writing? Nine years old• On what did he write these? On an old typewriter
What did R.L. Stine do with his bike and why?Tossed it in the garage as fast as he could.
How does his fear as a child help him as an author of scary books?He remembers what made him scared. He remembers what it was like to be a child.
KATHERINE PATERSON
What are two things you learned about the character Gilly Hopkins
from the previous clips?
• She is NOT a role model. • She lies, cheats, steals and makes fun of
handicapped people. • Gilly has a lot of hurt inside her.• Katherine Paterson had the name Gilly Hopkins
long before she created the character in the book.
Listen and write down some reasons why Paterson wrote the
book, Bridge to Terabithia.
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Topic sentence
Katherine Paterson wrote the book, Bridge to Terabithia because ____________________________________________________________.
Possible topic sentences might end with something like:
…her son had just had a friend die and she wanted to try and make sense of it.
…due to a loss, she felt the need to write a book about a child who dies.
…she needed to process the loss of her son’s friend.
Avi
What symptoms did Avi have as a young reader?
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• How do you turn this statement into a topic sentence?
• What DETAILS would you add to other sentences?
Your topic sentences, read aloud. Awesome!
Excellent!!Way to go for it.
You’ve got some good stuff there.
Watch this clip. Jot down some notes. Then, with a partner, list some qualities
of a kid reader.
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What things did Avi say make “kid readers?”
• Let’s hear from you and your partner…
You rock He did say that. Do you agree?
You got THAT right!
Walter Dean Myers
Listen to these clips and choose one to write a topic sentence on:
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What clip did you choose…?
The urban experience
Books were my friends
Inner city kids