tackling complex texts ii.pptx
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Tackling Complex
Texts
Unit 3wk 4-6
““I’m going to teach you
about…”
Is there a spot in the text where one character is explaining something to
another character?What does the end of the story reveal?
The character said ____. What was learned?
Character in Context
What details did you notice about the character because of the time period? What is unique about the
character because of the time period?
What seems most important about your character? How does setting help understanding?
(click the pic for video)
Setting Situation
Consider:
Where does the story take place?
When does the story happen?Why is the setting important to this
story?Why did the author choose this
particular setting?If the setting changed, how would
the plot change?
“VIVID
SETTING connections
Read the following prologue from Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt. What colorful, or vivid, descriptions of the setting stand out to you? How do the descriptions help to set the mood, or impact the way you view the
characters?
Historical Notes
Help Us to Understand Historical Fiction
Click pic!
It’s All in the Details
How would historical notes, or a clear explanation of these terms, help you to have a deeper
understanding of this summary?
ANALYZING Historical Contexts
What social, economic, and political details
can you spy in this text selection?
Why do you think the author
included these in the text? What is
their purpose?Click the pic!
Explain Figurativ
e Languag
e?
What Could the Author Mean?
Oxymoron
What Could the Author Mean?
Pun
What Could the Author Mean?
Metaphor
What Could the Author Mean?
Simile
What Could the Author Mean?
Hyperbole
What Could the Author Mean?
Idiom
What Could the Author Mean?
Synonym/Antonym
What Could the Author Mean?
Onomatopoeia
Use a Reference
1. Tried everything else?
2. Check a dictionary or online.
3. Think about how the word is used (context).
Words Can Have
Multiple Meanings
How is it being used?What is one meaning you know for that word?How do you know it CAN’T be that word?
What’s another meaning that could make sense?Know of any other strat- egies that could help?
Cool Cognates
Cool Cognates
THINK of a word you know in another language that looks or maybe sounds like the word.
THINK about what the word means in the other language.
CHECK to see if the word in this book means the same thing.
Is It Right There In the Sentence?
Key Words: also, or,
this is called
commas ,dashes -
Further explanation later in
sentence? Prior sentence?