PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Learning Target:
Review expectations for justifications and citing evidence in responses.
Review writing an objective Summary.
Essential Question
What do I need to change in my responses to receive full credit?
Read the questions your are being asked to answer
Pre reading
- Number the text.
- Circle the title and author (and a date if there is one), determine the genre.
- Write a prediction
Complete this task with the story: "Pandora's Box"
1st read
- ?= question mark next to the unknown
- o= circle key words: Looking for key words: words that are repeated, names of character, phrases that describe an important aspect of the story.
Complete this task with the story: "Pandora's Box"
Re-read
- Underline phrases that will help you answer the questions.
- Paraphrase in the margins the text.
Complete this task with the story: "Pandora's Box"
Why do we take all of these steps when close reading?
Theme: review your notes, and your own understanding to come up with a definition for theme.
Come up with a possible theme
Now let's review answering questions completely and fully and to Mrs. Muir's expectations
Citing evidence can be one of two things: a quote or a paraphrase
Come up with a definition
Use A.C.E. to get an A
- Answer the question.
- Cite evidence from the text. (Don't forget to tell me where it came from, (last name, paragraph #).
- Explain the evidence
What items need to be included in an I.V.F. topic sentence for an objective Summary?
Complete your I.V.F. chart for the story, "Pandora's Box"
What else needs to be included in your objective Summary to make it complete?
Rubric for all objective summaries
- I.V.F. topic sentence introduces an appropriate theme or central idea.
- Explains how that theme or central idea is represented with appropriate textual evidence.
- Evidence is cited correctly (last name, paragraph #).
- Evidence is explained
- Includes a concluding sentence
Now, complete your objective summary on "Pandora's Box."
Answer the essential question!