1.Quizzie: Finding the Central Theme 2.Apply: Execute the steps in the responding process for... oPresident Obama’s Inaugural Address 3.Play: Bad Reputation Tattoo AA 1.Quiz: Finding Central Theme 2.H.E.L.P points 3.Central theme worksheet 4.Inaugural speech packet (marked) Topic: Topic: Just Do It Level: Level: Analyzing, Applying January 25

On Your Desk 1.C-notes (from last week) 2.Vocabulary packet 3.Square 4.“Just Do It” study guide 5.President’s 2 nd Inaugural Address

Yesterday we... Read and marked the text of the President’s speech in order to determine central ideas or themes.

Today’s Objectives Determine central ideas or themes of a text (speech) and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

Framework for responding to text I.Find central theme I.Find the central theme or main idea. II.Analyze point of view. II.Analyze the author’s point of view. III.Determine purpose. III.Determine the author’s purpose.

Determining Central themes 1.As you read, look for ideas that get repeated. Mark (highlight) the repeats. 2.Ask and answer: How do the repeated ideas relate to the topic itself? (Why go to school?) 3.Write the central idea of the text in your own words, as a claim: Education makes you independent. School is the key for accomplishing something in life.

“Just Do It” Quiz 2 CENTRAL THEME 1.When finding the CENTRAL THEME in any text, what should you look for? topic 2.Explain how you would use the topic of the text to help you find or determine the central theme. develop a main-idea statement 3.Once you’ve determined the central theme, you should develop a main-idea statement and write it as a ____________.

Finding Central themes 1.As you read, look for ideas that get repeated. 2.Ask and answer: How do the repeated ideas relate or connect to the topic itself? 3.Write the central idea of the text in your own words, as a claim.

Bad Reputation Tattoo Mingle Take your copy of the speech with you, turned to the page where you wrote the main idea for your assigned section. Detain individual classmates (no clumps) and read your main- idea statement to them (one at a time). Listen as they read you theirs. Give feedback. 1.If the classmate you’ve detained has a tattoo... he or she will give you a tattoo... IF your statement is written as a claim. WINS. 2.The person with the most tattoos WINS.

Finding Central Theme President Obama’s 2 nd Inaugural Address words, phrases ideas that get repeated 1.As you read, look for significant words, phrases and ideas that get repeated (word-for-word and synonyms). How do the repeated ideas relate to the topic itself? 2.Ask and answer: How do the repeated ideas relate to the topic itself? What is the president’s vision for his second term? your own words, 3.Write the central idea of your section in your own words, as a claim... on the line that begins your assigned section. (D people write the claim above the title.)

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If you were absent... Use your copy of the Inaugural Address to “Worksheet for Finding Central Theme” (handout).