Quarter+1+Reading+Skills

= Articles = = More Teens Smoking Pot = = //More Teens Smoking Pot//  = = = = What strategies can I use for reading expository texts? = = = = = = What strategies can I use to read actively and analytically? =
 * Determine the main idea and supporting details.
 * Look at how the text is organized.
 * ====Make **CONNECTIONS** to a text.====
 * [[file:Making Connections_ogres.pps]]
 * Ask **QUESTIONS**.
 * Asking Good QuestionsPDF Hand-Out
 * Questioning a Text: Graphic Organizer w/sample questions
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How do I become a self-directed reader?

 * Review the rubric[|-- In Class Reading Self-Assessment]-- then complete the form below to submit your self-assessment.

How can I examine the literary elements of text?
//The Lottery// by Shirley Jackson >> **Analyze and discuss the Wordle at left with your team.**
 * **Determining the THEME of a text**
 * //The Road Not Taken// by Robert Frost
 * **Examining DICTION (word choice) to determine TONE**
 * //A Dream Deferred// by Langston Hughes
 * **Examining literary elements: IRONY and SYMBOLISM**
 * =[[image:TheLottery.png width="261" height="196" align="left" caption="wordle.net"]]=
 * What words are most prominent?
 * How do these words relate to the story?
 * What meaning do these words add when we think about why **objects** or **conflicts** or **characters** or the **setting** are important in the story?
 * What words may be used as **symbols** (cultural or contextual) in the story? What meaning is added when we consider the symbolic meaning?
 * How does the **setting** impact the story?
 * What is the setting?
 * How does the setting impact the tone of the story?
 * What can you say about **irony**in the story?
 * How is the setting ironic?
 * What is ironic about the title of the story?
 * What do you think the **theme** of the story is?
 * Do you seeing any relevance to our current society

>>>> Describe two details of the setting and explain how each detail contributes to the events of the story. Email your written response to bhscafe19gmail com.
 * **Examining the SETTING**
 * How does setting impact other elements: tone/mood, characters, plot?
 * [[image:goodmanbrown_wordle.png width="303" height="173" align="left" caption="wordle.net" link="@http://www.horrormasters.com/Text/a0168.pdf"]]//Young Goodman Brown //
 * ** Open Response: **


 * ** How do I analyze CHARACTERS in a story? **
 * What techniques does an author use to develop characters?
 * dialogue
 * actions of the character
 * commentary--comments about the character
 * //Dr. Heidegger's Experiment// by Nathaniel Hawthorne
 * Character Autopsy Project
 * Use Umapper to create a character autopsy of a character from the story. See the sample below.
 * Project Overview and Project Rubric