Winter 2009Created by RKL

“NAME THIS AMERICAN”

ByHannah Reinmuth

Theme 6: American Adventure“Name This American”

Created by RKL

Winter 2009Created by RKL

Summary Slide• Cause and Effect• Make and Confirm Predictions• Background• Purpose• Connotation/Denotation• Test-Taking Strategies• Media Messages• Websites

Theme 6: American Adventure“Name This American”

Winter 2009Created by RKL

Cause and Effect

• The cause is why something happens.• The effect is what happens because of an event

or a situation.• The setting is very important to a story. Setting

is made up of the time, place, and circumstances in which something happens.

• Look for words that signal cause-and-effect relationships, such as because, but, as a result, therefore, so, and in order to.

Theme 6: American Adventure“Name This American”

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Cause and Effect

Theme 6: American Adventure“Name This American”

1. Roberto chased the wild horse because it had killed his father.

2. The horse was very clever so the chase lasted several days.3. Roberto knew the while stallion was near since he could

hear its hoof beats.4. The stallion was angry so it stamped the ground.5. Because Roberto’s pony was too slow, he lost sight of the

wild horse.6. Roberto switched to a fresh horse in order to keep up with

the stallion.7. As a result of the four-day chase, Roberto was exhausted.

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Make and Confirm Predictions

Theme 6: American Adventure“Name This American”

Good readers make and confirm predictions as they read. Good readers are active readers, and they consider how a story might end. When I want to predict what might happen in a selection, I can use personal experience and the author’s words. When you are thinking about cause and effect in a story or play, you can make predictions to guess the effects that a particular event might have. Be reading further, you can confirm whether their predictions were accurate.

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Background – What do you know?

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Purpose

• Read to learn more about these famous Americans.

• Read pp. 626 – 639, “Name This American”.

• Read pp. 640 – 644, “Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett”.

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Connotation/Denotation

• Denotation is the literal or dictionary definition of a word.

• Connotation refers to the feelings and ideas that a word suggests. A word may have a positive or negative connotation.

• Many words have connotations, but not all words connote the same feelings or ideas to everyone.

• Recognizing a writer’s use of connotative words will help me understand and appreciate the writer’s ideas and feelings.

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Connotative/Denotative Practice:

• Let me present that famous first lady, Dolley Madison.• Let me present that distinguished first lady, Dolley

Madison.• Let me present that notorious first lady, Dolley

Madison.• He rode up on his brown horse.• He rode up on his brown steed.• He rode up on his brown nag.• I felt ____________when I heard the news.

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Test-Taking Strategies

1. Read and follow directions carefully.2. Preview the test, scanning for key words and an

overview.3. Identify question types, such as multiple-choice, true-

or-false, matching, or essay, and note questions words (who, what, when, where, why, how, and which).

4. Manage time; don’t spend too much time on one question or part of the test.

5. Review the test by checking answers and rereading directions.

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Media Messages

• Knowing the source of the message aids in understanding and analyzing the message.

• Word choices, images, and even the people featured may influence how people receive and process a message.

• Messages can be direct—a commercial that tells you to by a certain product

• Messages less obvious or hidden—choice of props used in a movie scene

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Media Messages Practice:

• A famous athlete appears in a television commercial for cereal.

• A newspaper ad for a community of new homes shows children in the photographs and gives information that might be important to families with children; such as playgrounds and schools.

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Athletes eat this cereal; you might become a good athlete, too.

Community designed for families.

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Websites:• Author and Illustrator: Russ Wilson

• Skills Rocket: Text Structure: Cause and Effect

• Test Tutor: Text Structure: Cause and Effect

• Grammar Practice Park: Puzzling Pathways

• Grammar Gold: Main Verbs and Helping Verbs • Grammar Gold: Usage Problems • Proofreading Practice

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Credits

• Harcourt Trophies – Distant Voyages, Chicago: Harcourt, 2003.

• MacMillan Connections – Landscapes, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987.

Theme 6: American Adventure“Name This American”