Welcome!Language Arts

Ms. Marek

Tuesday-Wednesday, February 7-8, 2012

Independent Reading

Retrieve your library book

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Schedule

• Quiz on MONDAY – review vocab

Monday QuizTuesday Data / OrganizationWednesday OrganizationThursday OrganizationFriday Bias

OBJECTIVE

SWBAT identify organizational patterns in a text and analyze author’s use of organizational pattern

Essential Question

How does understanding the way the author arranges or organizes the text better help me understand what I am reading?

Compare and Contrast the writer finds the similarities and differences of two

subjects in a story. The two main methods are block and point by point.

There are two methods that authors use when they write.– Block Method: The writer first discusses all the

features of subject 1, then all the features of subject 2.

– Point-by-Point Method: The writer discuses one feature of each subject at a time. The writer chooses a feature and shows how it applies to subject 1, then how it applies to subject 2. The writer continues to discuss other features and how they apply to each subject in turn.

Compare and Contrast

Ask yourself these questions “How are two items similar?” “How are two items different?”

Compare and Contrast

Similarly, like, the same as, compared to, in the same way Likewise… but, yet, on the other hand

however, instead nevertheless on the contrary..

Cause and Effect

An organizational pattern that is built around a series of causes and effects. Each event causes another event to happen. The event it causes is called an effect.

Ask yourself these questions …– Why did something happen?”– What were the results of a particular

event?

Cause and Effect

Because for this reason due to cause, On account of if this then this… as a result since,

consequently Therefore, thus, in effect resulting, and the outcome is...

Chronological Order

An organizational pattern that begins with the earliest events and continues in the order that the events happened.

Ask yourself these questions …– “When did it happen?”– “In what order did it happen?”

Chronological Order

First Second Next then Finally Eventually Following this

Logical Order / Spatial Order

An organizational pattern in which the writer tells the story in the order that makes the most sense.

Main Idea / Details

The author includes a main idea and then supports this idea with details

This is the most common of all our organizational structures

Example 1

Prick the spaghetti squash all over with a skewer so it will not burst while baking.

Place whole squash in a shallow baking pan.

Bake in preheated 375 F oven for 1 hour

Chronological Order

Example 2

Team UPenn scored 97% proficient and advanced on FAST 2, but Team Cal Tech scored 83% proficient and advanced.

Compare and

Contrast

Example 3

This diagram would be used for …Compare

and Contrast

Example 4

This diagram would be used for …

Chronological Order

Example 5From “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian”

Rowdy has protected me since we were born. Both of us were pushed into world on November 5, 1992, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. I’m two hours older than Rowdy. I was born all broken and twisted, and he was born mad. He was always crying and screaming and kicking and punching. He bit his mother’s breast when she tried to nurse him. He kept biting her, so she gave up and fed him formula. He really hasn’t changed since then.

A. OrderB. Main ideaC. SummaryD. Compare and contrast

Example 6Read the following paragraph. Determine the main ideas as you read and then fill in the chronological order chart in your class notes!

The Olympic Games began as athletic festivals to honor the Greek gods. The most important festival was held in the valley of Olympia to honor Zeus, the king of the gods. It was this festival that became the Olympic games in 776 B.C. These games were ended in A.D. 394 by the Roman Emperor who ruled Greece. No Olympic games were held for more than 1,500 years. Then the modern Olympics began in 1896. Almost 300 male athletes competed in the first modern Olympics. In the games held in 1900, female athletes were allowed to compete. The games have continued every four years since 1896 except during World War II, and they will most likely continue for many years to come.

Example 7Timmy and Joe decided to sell lemonade outside their house for a quarter per cup. First, they got the ingredients and mixed up their beverage. Then, they sat out at the end of the driveway and waited for customers. It started to get colder and the boys realized they weren’t going to have much business. Next, they ran inside the house and made a batch of hot chocolate, instead. They grabbed their coats and then ran out the door with their new merchandise.

1. Which text structure does the author use in this passage?A. Main IdeasB. DescriptionC. ChronologicalD. Compare and contrast 2. Explain your reasoning to the answer you chose for Question 1 in your class notes. Use complete sentences and evidence from the text to explain your answer!

Election 2012

On a separate piece of paper answer these questions …

What is the author’s purpose for writing this article? How do you know and why?

Who is the intended audience for this article? How do you know and why?

What is the overall organizational structure for this article? How do you know and why?

Compare and contrast (using a venn diagram) Democrats and Republicans.

REMINDERS

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Start thinking about a book you

want to read.

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