Warm-UpDo you like to read? Why or why not? Tell me

your favorite thing to read (yes, even if you don’t like to read).

William Shakespeare“Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough to

mask thy monstrous visage?”

-Julius Caesar

Brutus speaking to the conspirators; he has recently decided to lead the assassination of Caesar.

Mark Twain“A person who won’t read has no advantage

over a person who can’t.”

Why do you read? In your groups, discuss the reasons we all

read. Yes, even if you don’t like to, you still do…so discuss it anyway…

Please write your answers down so you can remember them.

Reasons… Enjoyment Information Meaning Depth (Expanding your mind) Beauty Fun and Ease

Warm-UpWhat did you do over the weekend? How much

did you miss school ? Why?

General Reading Process Before Reading:

Set a Purpose: What are you reading and why? Preview: What do you expect? Plan: How will you read your selection? This

should help you meet your purpose.

General Reading Process During Reading

Read with a purpose (not Flipper the Porpoise): Perhaps you should use the purpose you set…but that can change.

Connect: Asking questions:

How does this touch you? Where have you seen or heard something like this before? What do you find surprising? When did something like this happen to you? What do you think about it? Is it believable or not?

General Reading Process After Reading

Pause and Reflect: Have you met your purpose? Reread: Parts you didn’t get or understand. Remember: Find creative connections. Write

down what you learned.

Reading Actively Discuss with your groups what you must do to

read actively…write down your answers. Mark or highlight

Take notes Use sticky notes

Ask Questions React and connect Predict Visualize Clarify

Reading Paragraphs Find the subject

Look at the title or heading Look at the first sentence Repeated words or names

Find the main idea Beginning sentence Ending sentence

Warm-Up

What is the best thing about Lowell Scott Middle School and why do you think that? (Be nice!)

Two Column Notes Read one section at a time Read section before marking or taking notes Circle the main idea Underline items that explain the main idea Circle and underline only words or phrases Since we can’t write in the books…use two

column notes

Example Golf Boring

Stuffy old men

ExampleA weasel is wild. Who knows what he thinks? He sleeps

in his underground den, his tail draped over his nose. Sometimes he lives in his den for two days without leaving. Outside, he stalks rabbits, mice, muskrats, and birds, killing more bodies than he can eat warm, and often dragging the carcasses home. Obedient to instinct, he bites his prey at the neck, either splitting the jugular vein at the throat or crunching the brain at the base of the skull, and he does not let go. One naturalist refused to kill a weasel who was socketed into his hand deeply as a rattlesnake. The man could in no way pry the tiny weasel off, and he had to walk a half a mile to water, the weasel dangling from his palm, and soak him off like a stubborn label.

Notes… Weasels Sleeps underground

Bites neck of prey

Reading Science… Set a purpose

What is the subject? What are the main ideas? What are the explanations ?

Preview Skim Through quickly

Pictures Headings Repeated words Bolded words

Take two-column notes

You practice Using your Reader’s Handbook, turn to page

102 and practice with a science text.

Exploring the Ocean

Warm-Up Think about a time when you were the

happiest. What was going on and why were you so happy?

Warm-Up: Write what you see

Expository/Narrative Expository writing explains a process or

presents information Narrative writing tells a story.

Examples: Expository-

Cause/Effect: directions, science texts Chronology/Sequence: history books, how to Compare/Contrast: pro and con, speeches Description: news article, essays Problem/Solution: medical journal

More Examples: Narrative-

Entertainment/Story: Setting Characters Plot Conflict Resolution

Plot Diagram

Exposition

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

Introduction to conflict

Plot Elements Exposition: The part of the story that presents

information (setting, characters, introduction to conflict)

Introduction to Conflict: When we first see the main conflict of the story. In a mystery, this is usually where we find the “what’s missing?” part

Types of Conflict Person v. Person

Batman Person v. Nature

Moby Dick Person v. Self

The Incredible Hulk Person v. Society

Avatar Person v. God/Fate

The Lightning Thief

Plot Elements Rising Action: Where the central conflict is

introduced and developed…tensions rise Climax: When the conflict reaches its highest

point of interest or suspense Falling Action: End of the central conflict Resolution: Any events that occur during the

falling action