1. When the bell rings you should be writing silently in your journal. Which do you enjoy more: fiction or nonfiction?

2. Remember:  Materials:  Make sure to always have your notebook.  Make sure to always have something to write with. Make-up  Course outline received  Pretest  Notes on: foreshadowing, imagery, characters, and plot pyramid. Perseus and review questions, or inference questions  Notes on: genres, points of view, and mood and tone. Study Island fiction test.  IRP day: first reading log, first note card  Nonfiction: main idea, supporting details, and topic sentences -Grades are on MMS -Study Island on THURSDAY -IRP day/journals on FRIDAY

3. Welcome to Nonfiction! Nonfiction-

4. Genres of nonfiction (just a few) Nonfiction Biographies Autobiographies Letters Essays Reports We are going to keep this genre list current, so please make sure you have it written down in your binder.

5. Main Idea Main Idea-

6. This article seems to mostly be about… The most important point in this article is… The central idea (point the author keeps coming back to) of this article is…

7. Supporting Details!  Supporting details-

8. Information Passage Main Idea Diagram First Paragraph Main Idea Supporting Information Second Paragraph Main Idea Supporting Information Third Paragraph Main Idea Supporting Information Fourth Paragraph Main Idea Supporting Information MAIN IDEA OF PASSAGE How can each paragraph have its own Main Idea?

9. Warm-up -Take a quick glance at pages 3-5. Make a mental note of which article you would like to read as a warm-up for our activity today. -In the FRONT of your notebook, write down the title of the article you chose. Next, read your article fully and write down the COMPLETE main idea. -Finally, choose TWO of the “5Ws+H” and write down the COMPLETE supporting detail sentences you find them in.

10. Bias  What does it mean to be biased?

11.  Bias- an inclination of temperament or outlook.  What in the world does that mean?  In your own words, jot down your definition of bias.  Make a list of any tv shows, movies, newspapers, magazines, books, etc. that you believe show a bias.

12. Propaganda  Information promoting a person, cause, or point of view.  BUT does Propaganda NEED to be ONLY IN FAVOR of a person, cause, or point of view?  NO! Propaganda can also be used AGAINST a person, cause, or point of view.  What forms can propaganda take? Does it need to be FACTUAL?

13. Propaganda (continued)  Does propaganda need to be factual?  No way! Many times Propaganda will use rumors and opinions to influence its target audience. Many times propaganda will even try to scare you.

14.  Get a piece of paper ready in your note card.  Draw lines to divide your page into FOUR sections.  In each section, jot down the following questions:  What is this piece of propaganda trying to make you believe?  Who is the target audience?  Who do you think created this propaganda?  Is it effective? Do you now believe in the message?

18. Translation: Hitler is building. Help him. Buy German goods.

19. 30 Days: Illegal Immigration  We will begin watching a video today concerning illegal immigration.  This video DOES contain examples of bias, propaganda, and spin…BUT they won’t be as easy or obvious to find as our previous examples.