1. Thursday, Sept. 5
Welcome to English I!

2. Self Monitoring Doc.

3. Module 1 Notebook

4. Vocab Pyramids Audience Author’s Purpose Central Idea
Chronological Order
Claim
Comparison and Contrast
Diction
Perspective
Signal Words
Tone

5. Author’s Purpose
Before architects draft their blueprints, they need to understand the purpose of the proposed building.
Are they designing a stadium to seat screaming spectators or a library for quiet study?
This purpose drives every decision that architects make, from the layout of their buildings to the design.
Like architects, writers carefully construct their stories and essays with a specific purpose in mind.

6. Part 1: Author’s Purpose and Perspective
An author’s purpose is what the writer hopes to achieve by crafting a particular work. Although a writer may have more than one purpose, usually one purpose stands out. A writer’s purpose could be any of the following:
To inform or explain
To persuade
To express thoughts or feelings
To entertain

7. You can uncover an author’s purpose by looking at the choices the writer made.
Every choice—from the subject and the tone to the particular words and other important details—is a clue that can reveal the purpose.

8. Another clue is your reaction to what you read.
For instance, if you are convinced by an argument to fight for a cause, then the author’s central idea, or main point, is probably that people should support that cause. Thus, the author’s primary purpose is to persuade.

9. Fun with SPAM

10. SPAM
It’s a luncheon meat, a furniture polish, a junk e- mail—and now, it’s a speech model.
S- Situation
P- Purpose
A- Audience
M- Method

11. Situation
Situation =
Place
Time
Historical Significance

12. to a teacher
Tweet
Essay for class
Writing on my own
Shopping list

13. Purpose The goals the writer hopes to achieve in his or her writing.
The situation will determine the purpose.

14. Author’s Purpose Clues in the Writing
to inform or explain
Examples: encyclopedia or magazine articles, documentaries, instruction manuals, warranties, Web sites
• facts and statistics
• steps in a process
• diagrams or illustrated explanations
to persuade
Examples: editorials, TV ads, political speeches
• a statement of opinion
• supporting evidence
• appeals to emotion
• a call to action
to entertain
Examples: short stories, novels, plays, humorous essays, movies
• suspenseful or exciting situations
• humorous or fascinating details
• intriguing characters
to express thoughts or feelings
Examples: personal essays, poems,
diaries, journals
• thoughtful descriptions
• insightful observations
• the writer’s personal feelings
how to inform central idea?

15. Audience
Most important and most overlooked aspect of a piece of writing.
Successful writers take into account the audience’s
Interests
Level of knowledge
And specific requirements

16. Who is this written for?

17. What about this? 4: Innovating 3: Applying 2: Developing 1: Beginning
4: Innovating
3: Applying
2: Developing
1: Beginning
4P: Theme/Central Idea
I can identify more than one theme of a text and explain in detail how they are developed and shaped by specific details from the text and compare how the author develops each theme. Or, I can identify similar central ideas in more than one non-fiction piece and compare how authors use details or organization to support their central ideas or claims in two or more pieces.
I can identify and explain the theme or Central Idea of a text in detail and how it is developed over the course of the text, including how it is shaped and refined by specific details from the text
I can identify a simple theme of piece of fiction or the central idea of a piece of non-fiction and summarize the events of the text.
I can Identify the intended audience and purpose of a non-fiction piece.
I can define the terms Theme, Central Idea, Audience, Purpose, Tone, Chronological Organization, Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem-Solution, and Sequential organization.

18. Audience- Why? Why is the writer writing about this?
Is it to entertain people?
Do the writers have something to sell?

19. Audience- Who? Who will read their writing? Family and friends?
Members of their community?
Professionals?
Teens?

20. Method How you adapt your speech to your audience.
How will you organize it?
What language will you use?
What mood will you convey?
How will you begin?
How will you end?

21. Crime Scene Your job: figure out who did it and their motive
Look for clues
Use your SPAM
Especially in reading to figure out the who and why

22. Mrs Miles’s English I Site
g/mrs-miles-class/english-1

23. For Tomorrow
Complete the Module 1 Vocabulary Activity in your Module 1 Notebook