HOMEWORK STRIKE SYSTEM IN EFFECT: COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK OUT BEFORE BELL Wednesday October 1st, 2008 HOMEWORK STRIKE SYSTEM IN EFFECT: COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK OUT BEFORE BELL Agenda TURN IN HOMEWORK INTO BIN (PG. 60/61 IN HOLT READER) Warm up in notebook. Warm up discussion Review of main idea, patterns of organization, and author’s purpose. What you do today will decide what we do tomorrow. MASTERING FCAT, MODEL: pg. 90-91 MASTERING FCAT, CLASSWORK: pg. 94-98 POP QUIZ THURS/FRI Objective(s): Apply main idea/organizational pattern/author’s purpose notes by answering questions in Mastering FCAT within 20 minutes.

NO NOTES Warm Up, 10/1 [6 min] USE YOUR NOTES FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK: 1. Explain how main idea is like an upside down umbrella. 2. What is a descriptive organizational pattern use? (think about Scabbs being tossed around the room). 3. What is CHRONOLOGICAL order? Where does that word come from? 4. What is the difference between a utopia and a dystopia? 5. What is VENN DIAGRAM? How is it useful for compare/contrast?

Main Idea IS THIS ANSWER ABOUT THE WHOLE PASSAGE? Only ONE main idea NO NOTES Main Idea Only ONE main idea For main idea questions, go through the answers and ask yourself: IS THIS ANSWER ABOUT THE WHOLE PASSAGE?

Patterns of Organization NO NOTES Patterns of Organization The big one’s: CAUSE AND EFFECT COMPARE AND CONTRAST PROBLEM/SOLUTION CHRONOLOGICAL (time)

Author’s Purpose Why the author is writing: NARRATIVE: tell a story NO NOTES Author’s Purpose Why the author is writing: NARRATIVE: tell a story EXPOSITORY: to explain a situation/problem PERSUASIVE: to get YOU to change your mind about something

TAKE OUT A SHEET OF PAPER TURN TO PG. 91 IN MASTERING FCAT NO NOTES TAKE OUT A SHEET OF PAPER TURN TO PG. 91 IN MASTERING FCAT THIS FIRST ONE WE WILL POP CORN TOGETHER AND GO OVER EVERY ANSWER.

TURN TO PG. 94 IN MASTERING FCAT NO NOTES TURN TO PG. 94 IN MASTERING FCAT YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN. ANSWER EVERY QUESTION THAT YOU CAN, INCLUDING SHORT/EXTENDED RESPONSES, ON YOUR SHEET OF PAPER.

CLASS ANNOUCEMENTS “JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN.” NO NOTES CLASS ANNOUCEMENTS “JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN.” WE NEED 30…APPROX. COST PER BOOK = $6 FUNDRAISING FOR FIELD TRIP MONEY IS DUE THIS FRIDAY