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?

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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

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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?