The Reading Process 3 Step Process
The Reading Process 3 Step Process
The Reading Process 3 Step Process
Chapter 6 Reading Strategies
The Reading Process Organizing in a meaningful way = remembering
4 Types of Writing not in your book! TYPES:DescriptiveNarrativeExpositoryPersuasive purposeCreate an image in the reader’s mind Tell a storyTo teach, explain, and/or inform the reader Argumentative To change the reader’s mind Where (next to, behind, above) + sensory details personal Boring without a point – a theme fictional cause/effect comp/contrast classify 6 in all – each with different organization organization SPACIAL CHRONOLOGICAL – TIME ORDER LIST INFOLIST REASONS
3 Essential Elements of a Paragraph Is the topic easy to spot? How do we find it?
3 Essential Elements of a Paragraph: TOPIC
3 Essential Elements of a Paragraph Does EVERY paragraph have a main idea?
3 Essential Elements of a Paragraph: MAIN IDEA TOPIC SENTENCE: 2 parts Topic + Controlling idea Baseball is a good activity for children. Baseball History of baseball Famous players Played in Japan
3 Essential Elements of a Paragraph: DETAILS
General Topic Supported by examples and details
3 Essential Elements of a Paragraph: DETAILS Are all sentences in a paragraph equally important?
3 Essential Elements of a Paragraph: DETAILS Topic Sentence MAJOR Support minor support examples MAJOR Support
Locating the Topic Sentence
Topic Sentence MAJOR Support? minor support examples All ages and types of people are affected
Locating the Topic Sentence Topic Sentence MAJOR Support minor support examples
How to Discover What You Already Know
p. 146 on quiz!
Where is the Main Idea? Do all paragraphs have a main idea? all failed at something but they didn’t give up In the face of failure, we should still persevere?? HOMEWORK Do Exercise 4 p. 139