Warm Up for January 8, 2015

Read the following passage and then answer the questions.

The paragraphs below are the final paragraphs of a letter to the editor:

Furthermore, the recycling program will create jobs. People are also needed to maintain the recycling facility and to repair machinery. Finally, the program could transform our city. You know how you feel when you clean out a messy room? Well, that is how we all will feel when the recycling program takes effect. It will be like cleaning out the city to make it more attractive. It could be life-changing!

1. True/False. Readers can infer that the writer feels strongly about the topic

of a citywide recycling program.

2. What are 2–3 words or phrases that helped you answer question 1

Semester Exam Review

January 2015 – 7th Grade Reading

GenresWhat are the Reading Genres we have studied so far this

year?

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Genres

• Autobiographies/Biographies

• Memoirs and Personal Narratives

• Traditional Literature• Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Fables

• Expository and Informational Text

• Drama

• Poetry

AutobiographyWhat are the features of Autobiographies?

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Autobiography

• form of nonfiction (true)

• story of a real person’s life

• auto means self

• bios means life

• graphien means to write

• written by the person the story is about

• author does not need to do research

• author shares how he/she feels and what he/she thinks

BiographyWhat are the features of Biographies?

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Biography

• written by someone other than the subject

• about the subject’s life

• birth date

• place date of death *

• country or city the subject is from

• significant contribution problems or obstacles the subject had to overcome

• important events from history people who influenced the subject

Personal NarrativeWhat are the features of personal narratives?

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Personal Narratives

• Focus is on a particular event in a person/writer’s life

• 1st person

• Uses diction and sensory details to express emotions that place the reader in the personal experience

MemoirsWhat are the features of Memoirs?

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Memoir

• Autobiographical

• Captures certain highlights or meaningful moments in one’s past

• Contemplation of the meaning of that event at the time of the writing of the memoir

• Much more emotional and connects the writer to someone or something that had and impact on their life

Traditional Literature

• Folktales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

FolktalesWhat are the features of folktales?

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Folktales

• Based in oral tradition with no known author.

• Anytime and anyplace (once upon a time in a place far away).

• Common ending (they lived happily ever after).

• Often magical.

• Typically evil is defeated and hero/heroine triumphs.

• Contain universal truths and values of time.

• Were sometimes used to instruct children in values.

• Contain common narrative motifs and common themes.

• Examples are: Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Red Riding Hood, Snow White. Sleeping Beauty, Rumplestiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Bremen Town Musicians, Three Little Pigs, East of the Sun and West of the Moon.

FablesWhat are the features of fables?

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Fables

• Have a moral.

• Were meant to entertain.

• Brief tale.

• Poetic tales with double or allegorical significance.

• Animal characters.

• Satirize human conduct.

• Examples are: Ant and the Grasshopper, Fox and Grapes, Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, Dog in the Manger, Tortoise and the Hare, Lion and the Mouse, Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.

MythsWhat are the features of myths?

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Myths• Found in almost all cultures.

• Used to explain natural phenomena of the world.

• Used to explain creation.

• Used to explain origins of people.

• Sacred or based upon religious belief.

• Main characters are animals, deities or humans.

• Greek myths (Zeus and Mt. Olympus); Roman myths (Jupiter), Norse myths (Odin and Citadel of Asgard).

LegendsWhat are the features of Legends?

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Legends

• May be based upon person or event of historical significance.

• Typically secular rather than religious.

• Principal characters are human.

• Examples are: Beowulf, Robin Hood, King Arthur.

DramasWhat are the features of Dramas?

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Dramas

• Plot

• Characters

• Theme

• Point of view

• Symbolism

• Stage directions

PoetryWhat are the features of Poetry?

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Poetry

• Mood

• Tone

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• refrain

Figurative LanguageList and give an example of each of the following:

1. Personification: _____________________________________________

2. Simile: ____________________________________________________

3. Metaphor: _________________________________________________

4. Idiom: ____________________________________________________

5. Hyperbole: _________________________________________________

6. Imagery: ___________________________________________________

Paraphrase vs Summarize

• Paraphrasing is…• _________________________

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• Summarizing is…

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Paraphrase vs Summarize

• Paraphrasing is…• Restating the original authors

words in your own words.

• A paraphrase may not necessarily be shorter than the original text.

• Summarizing is…

• Providing a shortened or condensed version of the original text.

• Includes the main ideas or points of the piece

Practice with Summarizing and Paraphrasing.Use the following passage to write a summary and paraphrase.

• Nobody called him Abe--at least not to his face--because he loathed the nickname. It did not befit a respected professional who'd struggled hard to overcome the limitations of his frontier background. Frankly Lincoln enjoyed his status as a lawyer and politician, and he liked money, too, and used it to measure his worth. By the 1850's, thanks to a combination of talent and sheer hard work, Lincoln was a man of substantial wealth. He had an annual income of around $5,000--the equivalent of many times that today--and large financial and real-estate investments.

Possible Paraphrase and Summary

• Paraphrase:• By the middle of the century, Lincoln enjoyed

life as a well-respected lawyer and politician, having acquired a position of status and wealth that was well removed from his early "frontier background". He now was bringing in $5,000 a year (this translates to $87,500 in 1997 dollars [Derks, 2]), and had substantial "financial and real estate investments". As a consequence, he disliked being called Abe because of its association with his rural heritage.

• Summary:• When we think of Abraham Lincoln,

the image of a wealthy lawyer is not the first that comes to mind. A man, who worked hard, struggled and came from a less than ideal background is often the picture we invoke. However, it is an incomplete portrait. Mr. Lincoln was successful both professionally and financially even by today's standards.

Making Inferences

Why do we make inferences?

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Making Inferences

Why do we make inferences?

1. Authors don’t always tell every detail or give every bit of information in nonfiction or in fiction stories.

2. Readers make inferences to supply information that authors leave out.

3. When you make an inference, you add what you already know to what an author has told you.

Now Let’s Practice Inferencing…

What the author said + what I know = my inference

The weather had been scorching for weeks.

Summer is the hottest time of the year.

Plot

Complete the Plot Diagram below using the story of the Three Little Pigs

Textual FeaturesMake a list of all the textual features you can

think of. How can each help you better comprehend what you are reading?

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What are Textual Features?

• Authors include text features to help the reader better understand what they have read.

• Text features provide information that may not be written in the

text itself.

• Text features can be found in textbooks, magazine articles, newspapers, reports, web pages, and other forms of nonfiction text.

Textual FeaturesMake a list of all the textual features you can

think of. How can each help you better comprehend what you are reading?

• Table of Contents

• Index

• Glossary

• Titles

• Subheadings

• Text (Bold, Color, and Italics)

• Pictures and Illustrations

• Captions

• Textbox

• Maps

• Diagrams

• Tables

• Timelines

Organizational PatternsWhat are the six main organizational patters?

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Organizational PatternsWhat are the six main organizational patters?

1. Chronological: Information is organized in order of time.

2. Cause and Effect: An action and its results are explained.

3. Compare and Contrast: Tells how two things are similar and different.

4. Problem and Solution: A problem and answer are suggested.

5. Sequence / Process: Information is listed step-by-step.

6. Spatial / Descriptive: Describes something in order of space. Describes how something looks.