Monday August 27, 2012

Bellwork:

Make sure your WP Packet is stapled in the following order:1. WP Mini Rubric2. Starred WP with Justification3. All other WPs in order

Objective

Review the Exposition Mode of Description

Homework

WP 1.7Underline and label your thesis and 2 pieces of evidence.

This week in English

Text Structures

Monday: DescriptionTuesday: ProcessThursday: Cause and Effect, Compare and ContrastFriday: Classification

Cornell Notes: Text Structures

*Text structures are patterns of organizing ideas.

*These text structures appear in all kinds of writing including:- narrative- explanatory/informational- argumentative

*Writers choose text structures to use according to the needs of the topic and the audience.

Cornell Notes: Description/Elaboration

*Description/Elaboration is a text structure that provides supporting details to main ideas.

*Writers give supporting details through:- facts- statistics- examples or events- sensory details (the five senses)

*Description helps "paint a picture" for the reader

*Signal words:as an illustration can be recognized by

describesfor example in particularspecifically

"Only Daughter"

Pair-Share:If you had to describe your role in your family, how would you describe it? How does this impact your interactions with your family members?

Are you the responsible oldest child?the goofy comedian?the invisible and ignored sibling?the "smart one"?the "athletic one"?

Only Daughter

Step 1: Read the story once through.

Step 2: Reread the story, underline where you see Description/Elaboration used.

In the margin, identify what she is elaborating on.

Step 3: Based on your annotations, answer this question:

What message or idea is Cisneros trying to communicate through her use of Description/Elaboration?

WP 1.7

Describe a powerful experience or memory. Try to create a mood without naming the mood.

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Describe your backpack in a way that makes it possible for the reader to find your backpack in a pile of 100 other backpacks the same color and size.

Exit Card

1. Name and define the text structure we learned about today.

2. Name 1 instance where Cisneros uses today's text structure.

3. What message or idea is Cisneros communicating through this text structure?

Tuesday, August

Bellwork:1. Take out your WP for stamping.

2. Pair-Share

3. After Pair-Share:

My partner employed the text structure ___ when s/he ____.

This text structure allowed him/her to communicate the idea that ____.

Objective

Review the Exposition Mode of Process

Homework

WP 1.8

Cornell Notes: Process/Sequence

*Process/Sequence is a text structure that gives the steps in a process or explains a sequence of events.

*There are different kinds of sequence writers might use:- sequence by time- sequence by logical order- sequence by step-by-step instructions- sequence by order of importance

*Focus Question: What is the reason for the sequence?

*Signal words: afterward at this time currently

duringeventually formerly fromimmediatelylatter previously subsequently

Only Daughter

Pre-reading:

1. Review your Process/Description notes.

2. Pair-Share:Without looking at the essay itself, what can you remember about

how Cisneros organizes the order of her essay?

Why do you think she organizes it in this way?

Only Daughter

Step 1: Reread the story.

Step 2: Identify the topic of each paragraph. Write the topic in the margins.

Step 3: In what order does Cisneros organize her essay?Chronological--by timeBy order of importanceStep-by-stepLogical order

Step 4: For what purpose does Cisneros organize her essay in this order? What message or idea is she trying to communicate through this order?

WP 1.8

Explain how to do something you do well.

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Explain something you do for yourself that hurts but you do it anyway.

-or-

Explain a problem you solved by breaking it down into steps.

Exit Card

1. Name and define the text structure we learned about today.

2. Name 1 instance where Cisneros uses today's text structure.

3. What message or idea is Cisneros communicating through this text structure?

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Bellwork:1. Take out your WP for stamping.

2. Pair-Share

3. After Pair-Share:

In his/her WP, my partner explained how ___.

S/he organized his/her WP by ___(logic, time, ...) in order to show ___(purpose).

Objective

Review the Exposition Modes of Compare/Contrast and Cause and Effect.

Homework

WP 1.9

Cornell Notes: Compare/Contrast

*Compare/contrast is a text structure that helps the reader understand a topic or idea through the similarities or differences between two objects/ideas.

*Compare/contrast works best when it's organized according to what the audience needs to understand.

*Most effective use of compare/contrast focuses on a limited number of criteria as the basis for comparison.

*Signal words: as well as in the same way just as

neitherlikewise share despite

insteadnonetheless otherwise unless

yet

Cornell Notes: Compare/Contrast

Only Daughter

Step 1: Annotate for Compare/Contrast--what is Cisneros comparing and contrasting?

Step 2: What main idea is Cisneros emphasizing through her use of compare/contrast?

Cornell Notes: Cause and Effect

*Cause and effect is a text structure that analyzes why something happens.

*Links situations and events together with time--BUT goes beyond sequence.Example: Although first period comes before second period, it doesn't

cause second period to happen.

*Signal words: because in that leads to seeing thatfor this reason accordingly effects ofimpact results in then since

Cornell Notes: Cause and Effect

Only Daughter

Step 1: Annotate for Cause and Effect.

Step 2: What main idea is Cisneros emphasizing through her use of cause and effect?

Exit Card

1. Name and define the text structure we learned about today.

2. Name 1 instance where Cisneros uses today's text structure.

3. What message or idea is Cisneros communicating through this text structure?

Friday August 31, 2012

Good News Friday!

Objective

Review the Exposition Modes of Classification.

Homework

WP 1.9

Cornell Notes: Classification/Categorization

* Effective classification helps the reader understand how ideas or topics fit within other ideas or topics

* Classification is effective when the reader understands at least one of the categories being described and can infer information about the others.

*There are many ways to classify any group. How you classify them depends on your intent or purpose.

Only Daughter

Step 1: Where does Cisneros use classification? What main topic is she classifying? What sub-categories does she create?

Step 2: What main idea is Cisneros emphasizing through her use of classification?

Step 3: Bringing it all togetherReview the variety of ideas Cisneros emphasizes through her use of text structures.

What main idea or message is Cisneros communicating through all these text structures?

Exit Card

1. Name 3 text structures we talked about this week.

2. Name 1 reason why understanding text structures is beneficial to your learning in English class.