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Students engage in a comprehensive analysis of non-fiction texts by reviewing annotations, analyzing author's strategies, and emphasizing the significance of context.
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Key Points
- The speaker gave the students guided annotations to look for while reading the text.
- The students were asked to find 5 important words and 3 important sentences while reading.
- They were also asked to identify shifts in the text and dominant strategies used by the author.
- Context is important in non-fiction text, as it helps understand the setting and social status of that time.
- The prompt of the text is about the flu epidemic in 1918.
- The audience of the text is likely people in that time period who want to find a cure for the flu.
- The overall purpose of the text is to show that exploring the unknown and facing uncertainty requires courage and can lead to advancements and progress.
- The students analyzed themes such as courage, strength, uncertainty, and confidence in the text.
Summaries
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Students review annotations, analyze author's strategies, and discuss importance of context in understanding non-fiction texts.
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In this literature study lesson, students review guided annotations and analyze the author's use of words, sentences, shifts, and dominant strategies. The importance of context in understanding non-fiction texts is emphasized. The essay prompt focuses on the 1918 flu epidemic. Students identify key words and create themes supported by textual evidence. They analyze the author's strategies and share examples of embracing uncertainty and using metaphorical language. Students work independently to complete their graphic organizer.
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In this literature study lesson, the speaker reviews guided annotations given to the students. They were asked to find important words, sentences, shifts, and dominant strategies used by the author. The importance of context in non-fiction texts is discussed, as it helps readers understand the writer's purpose and social norms. The essay prompt is introduced, focusing on the flu epidemic in 1918. Students identify important words such as unknown, strength, courage, creativity, obstacles, and pioneer. They are divided into groups, choosing three words and creating two themes supported by textual evidence. Themes include courage and strength overcoming obstacles and exploring the unknown to advance research. Students prove their themes with examples from the text and analyze strategies used by the author. The class shares examples about embracing uncertainty with courage and using metaphorical language. Students complete their graphic organizer and work on their own.
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In this literature study lesson, the speaker begins by reviewing the guided annotations that were given to the students. They were asked to find five important words and three important sentences while reading the text. They were also instructed to look for shifts in the text and identify three dominant strategies used by the author.
The speaker then discusses the importance of context in non-fiction texts. Context refers to the setting and situation surrounding the text, which helps readers understand the writer's purpose and the social norms of that time period.
Next, the speaker introduces the essay prompt and asks the students to consider the situation of the text. They determine that the text is about the flu epidemic in 1918 and infer that the audience is likely fearful of getting the flu and wants a cure.
The students are then asked to identify the most important words in the text. They come up with words like unknown, strength, courage, creativity, obstacles, and pioneer. The speaker explains that these words will help them determine the subjects of the text, which is the first step in analyzing the themes.
The students are divided into groups and asked to choose three words from their list that they think are the most important. They then have to come up with two themes based on those words. The themes should be universal ideas about life that are supported by textual evidence.
After some group work, the students share their themes with the class. The themes include courage and strength being necessary to overcome obstacles, exploring the unknown to advance research, uncertainty being good if faced with courage, and confidence being necessary to overcome uncertainty.
The students are then asked to prove their themes by providing examples from the text. They are also encouraged to identify the strategies used by the author to argue their themes, such as parallelism or metaphors.
The class shares their examples, which include quotes about embracing uncertainty with courage and using metaphorical language to describe venturing into the unknown.
In the remaining time, the students are instructed to complete the rest of their graphic organizer, filling in the third theme and finding proof for all three themes. The speaker emphasizes that these themes and examples work together to achieve the author's overall purpose.
The lesson concludes with the students being instructed to move back to their seats and continue working on their own.
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