OCTOBER 15, 2014

• What is metacognition?
• Reading Survey
• Active reading strategies
• Review literary devices
• Any questions about Benchmark

REMINDERS

• Tomorrow is benchmark 2
• Sci fi rough draft due Mon.

WHAT IS METACOGNITION?

Metacognition is thinking about thinking

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US?

LETS TAKE A READING SURVEY

Watching TV is a passive activity.

It requires no real effort out of you.

"You know sleepwalking? I can move my eyes to the end of the page but not remember anything I read. Like sleepreading." -- Grade 9 student, Reading and Understanding, 2012

"It's hard to be metacognitive because it actually makes me read. I used to just fake it."-- FHS student, 2014

Reading is not passive.

You must be an active participant while reading.

Let's look at the Active Reader handout to see what it takes to be a good reader!

TODAY WE WILL FOCUS ON 2 READING STARTEGIES

ANNOTATION

• Annotate= note taking
• Not just highlighting
• Interacting with text

LINK

• List
• Inquire
• Note
• Know

RECEIVE PRACTICE PASSAGE

LET'S LINK

LIST

• Find a cue word in the passage
• List associations with the cue word

INQUIRE

• Ask questions, challenge, give examples of associations
• Talk with people around you
• Make connections

NOTE

• What have you learned about the key word?
• Write this at the bottom of the paper
• Prior knowledge & info learned in class

KNOW

• Now read the passage
• How does what we did before connect?
• Write below the passage.

QUICK REVIEW

REPETITION

Repetition of an idea to get a point across.

"Because I do not hope to turn again/ Because I do not hope/ Because I do not hope to turn...

RHETORICAL QUESTION

A question asked just for effect or emphasis

No real answer expected

HYPERBOLE

An over exaggeration
Used for emphasis

"Your suitcase weighs a ton!"

"I have a million things to do after school today."

METAPHOR

A metaphor is a comparison where an object is implied to be something else.

Does not use like or as.

Example:

Henry was a lion on the battlefield.