Review of the Basics
This week's skill reading skill concerns nonfiction readings - informational articles, essays, and nonfiction narratives.
Author purpose is an easy concept to learn, since it is fairly close to determining the central idea of a text. You simply put an "author purpose" verb at the beginning and don't fuss about the "why" part.
This is a single sentence assignment, and often can be completed after reading only half of the article (sometimes less). Here's a mastery list for it.
1. Here's a short reading (notice that I am notice labeling it more specifically, because it is your job to determine the text type with this skill). Go through the Author Purpose steps to make a determination.
2. Write BOTH an Author Purpose Statement and a Central Idea statement - they will be similar. I want you to construct both so you can see how they are different.
3. Take five Tier 2 words from the article and input them into your Personal Dictionary (see the other entry for today, Day 13.1)
4. When you are finished (DO THE READING FIRST!!), you may practice the information on the Space Race game or work until your group is ready to go.
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