1. Ms. Marshall-Harper Reading 883 September 17, 2014
Understanding Implied Main Ideas in Academic Writing Unit One: The Value of Life
Ms. Marshall-Harper
Reading 883
September 17, 2014

2. Today’s Objectives
Analyze a complex set of ideas and explain how specific ideas, individuals, or events interact in an academic conversation
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media and genres in order to address a question or solve a problem
Analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone
Determine an author’s purpose in a text
Discuss main ideas (implied or directly stated), key points, supporting details
Discuss craft and structure (key words and phrases used to support topics and main ideas)

3. Surveying the Text Identify, mark and annotate the following: Title
Author
Source
Genre
Date
Headings/Subheadings (if applicable)
Endnotes/Footnotes (if applicable)

4. Reading to Get the Gist
Together we will read the beginning of the article and identify significant information
By the end of the article we will identify the following information:
Topic:
Main Points:
Supporting details:
Main idea (direct or implied):

5. Reading for Craft and Structure Annotating and Questioning the Text
Choose two highlighter or pencil colors, and revisit the text of the article on 9/11. The two colors will be used to mark two different aspects of the article. With the first color, highlight the words, phrases, and sentences from the article that describe valuing life in legal and financial terms. With the second color, highlight the words, phrases, and sentences that describe valuing life in human and emotional terms.

6. Further Analysis of Significant Statements Craft and Structure using Say, Mean, Matter
Say (Direct Quote for Text)
Mean (Explanation of Quote)
Matter (How does it support the Main Idea?)
“Feinberg the citizen should trump Feinberg the lawyer”?
He believed that both sets of identities and values were equally important to making an ethical and effective decision.

7. Making Personal Connections Reading Summary
Based on what you have read, write a short summary identifying the main ideas and key points made in the reading. How has this article or has this article changed your understanding of how human beings “value” life? Why or why not?

8. Text- What is the Value of A Human Life? By Kenneth Feinberg
Survey the text
Read for Key Ideas and Details (topic, key points, supporting details, main idea)
Reread for significant statements and vocabulary (you may choose to use the Say, Mean, Matter graphic to organize your ideas)
Briefly explain the similarities and differences between the Feinberg article and the Ripley article (you may choose to use a Venn Diagram to organize your ideas)

9. Further Analysis of Significant Statements Craft and Structure using Say, Mean, Matter
Say (Direct Quote for Text)
Mean (Explanation of Quote)
Matter (How does it support the Main Idea?)
“Feinberg the citizen should trump Feinberg the lawyer”?
He believed that both sets of identities and values were equally important to making an ethical and effective decision.

10. Text – A Human Life Value Calculator
For this text, you may use one of the online resources below or choose your own example from a life insurance company. Most Human Life Value Calculators have similar features and a shared purpose: to calculate the value of a person’s future earnings and determine the amount of life insurance needed to replace the income lost due to that person’s death.

11. Online Texts
Lifetime Economic Value Calculator from MassMutual Financial Group
Human Life Value Calculator from Gleaner Life Insurance
Human Life Value Calculator from Human Life
Value Calculator from Transamerica

12. Pre reading- Surveying the Text
Since website may be counted as nontraditional texts, use the following questions to pre read and draw inferences about the text:
What do you believe to be the purpose of this text?
Who might use this text? (audience)
Do you think this text will best connect with your personal views about the value of life or some of the views from the article “What is A Life Worth? Why or why not?

13. Reading – Identifying Key Identifiers and Details and Making Connections
Read through the website and take notes on the way life’s value is determined by the Human Life Value Calculator.
After identifying the identifiers, choose from at least three different data inputs and see how to results vary (e.g. age, gender, occupation, income) and examine the results.
Lastly, make notes about any connections you see to the previous text we read or to your personal analysis

14. Final Reflection- Human Life Calculator
Write a brief response—no more than eight sentences— to a Human Life Value Calculator Web site. The response should describe what the Web site asserts about a human life’s value and your reactions to those assertions as well as how the information on this site is similar to different from your original perspective on the value of life and the previous reading selections.