DAY 21- FOUNDATIONS/ ENGLISH I Research paper thesis, Nonfiction(teaching chess and Life)

Objectives 1. Demonstrate an understanding of informational text elements present in nonfiction via annotation. 2. Identify and understand the main idea present in a nonfiction text. Homework: Vocabulary 6B Syn/Ant Thesis statement

Warm up What does wordiness mean to you?

MAKE SURE YOU WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE BOOK. Pass your Romeo and Juliet book forward.

Example of an Elevated Thesis The lack of clean drinking water is a social injustice because _____________________________, and WaterAid works to address this issue by _______________________________. The lack of clean drinking water is a social injustice because it gravely impacts the health of individuals who drink contaminated water, and WaterAid works to address this issue by building wells in areas where clean water is not available. Your elevated thesis is due by tomorrow in class

Wordiness notes Take notes Everyone gets a worksheet

Wordiness 1. The first person that I met at the party was Cindy. Cindy was a blonde who had bright green eyes. 2.The woman who was keeping score made a mistake. 3. The trail that I followed led to a boulder that was perched on the edge of a cliff. 4.Aluminium is a metal that is very light in weight. 5.The office manager wanted all the memos to be typed. She wanted all the memos to be typed so that they would be easy to read.

Teaching Chess and Life On your Own: With your partner: Compare your annotations. Give your partner two annotations to add to their reading. Answer the questions at the bottom of the text.

Teaching Chess and Life from an essay adapted by The New York Times, September 3, 2000 Carlos Capellan If you were to walk down West 160th Street in Washington Heights, you would see drug dealers whistling to people in cars and handing off small packages to passersby. As you walk further down the block, you would see residents who are too scared to sit and talk to their neighbors on the front steps. These families stay inside most of the time. You would see parents pick up their children from P.S. 4 and hurry off the block before trouble can start. This is my block and this is my neighborhood. Many kids my age in Washington Heights wind up in gangs, as drug dealers, in jail, or dead. I decided long ago that I would not end up in one of those situations because of the consequences I saw others suffer. I have stuck by this decision with help from several important people. One of the most influential people in my life is my former chess coach and current boss, Jeremy Chiappetta, who has taught me a lot about chess and more about life.

Main Idea statements

Feeding Frenzy

■Get into you pairs and take a copy of the reading for each person. ■You must Chunk and Gist the reading for main idea and answer the questions on the back. ■Compose a main idea statement at the end. ■Remember, a main idea is not: –A Title –A Summary –Involve the Characters

Feeding Frenzy

Main Idea statements

The Lost Boys Interactive reader p. 256  As we read you should follow along and answer the questions.  You will write a gist for each sections to get the main idea.  Keep this in mind as we read.

Closure List three things you learned about main idea today. Describe two of the steps needed to find a main idea. Compose one question you still have regarding nonfiction.