Announcements and Reminders:
Organizing for Recall
This may help: Peg System for Memorizing The Bill of Rights
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Targets for Today:
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Today’s Agenda:
1. Individual reading -- shortened version -- and fill out your reading log.
2. Fluency practice -- and fill out your graph.
3. Finish up Using Context Clues -- Parts of Speech and place in sentence. (Jabberwocky)
4. More BICUM Brochure
The mind likes to organize things in familiar patterns:   
Just for fun:
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If You Were Absent:
Study this post.
Complete the make-up reading.
Work on your BICUM Brochure.
Start studying this: Peg System for Memorizing The Bill of Rights We watched this about being more effective at taking notes (organizing and reducing the information we need to learn): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tJPeumHNLY&t=4s |
Vocabulary:
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6. Add to your BICUM Brochure -- Inside Right Section: Add this today!
Inside
(Added earlier)
Before Reading
Complete a
Self Check
Study Area Emotions Level of
Difficulty
Feeling physically Preview 1. Read the title. Ask: What do I know about this subject? 2. Read the first couple of sentences and the last couple of sentences. 3. Look for bold or italicized print. 4. Look at charts, maps, graphs, diagrams.
5. Ask yourself:
"Is this a useful and reliable source?"
6. Select or Create Questions 7. Set Study Length 8. Place check marks  |
(Added last time)
During Reading
Be Active
Check your alignment. "Talk" with the author or text. Visualize Predict 1) predict 2) read 3) check 4) compliment or correct Pace yourself with a pencil. Make Connections! Text to Self Text to Text Text to World
Stop at the
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(Add this today!)
After Reading -- #1 REDUCE Post View Ask yourself -- *What did I learn from reading this? *What patterns/overall structure did I notice? *What was the overall central idea? *Do I understand it all? If not, use fix-up strategies. Answer Questions Organize for Recall (Select 1) -- make outlines -- take notes -- write summaries -- create maps |
5. Text Structures -- Patterns
Review the types of Internal Text Structures.
Text Structure
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Signal Words
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Description/definition
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For example, to illustrate, characteristics of, for instance
such as…, to begin with, an example, characteristics are, is
•It emphasizes sizes, shapes, colors, and details.
*Look for the topic word (or a synonym or pronoun) to be repeated. |
Sequence
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before, after, first, second, next, then, finally, following,
not long after, now, soon, when, previously, etc. |
Chronological
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before, after, first, second, next, then, finally, following,
not long after, now, soon, in the end (dates, years, times, etc.) |
Cause and Effect
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as a consequence, reasons why, so, because, since, therefore, if…then, this led to,
as a result, may be due to, effect of, consequently, for this reason |
Compare/Contrast
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alike, different, same as, similar, resemble, as well as, not only…but also, both, instead of, on the other hand, different from, however, although, more than, less than, on the contrary,
as opposed to |
Problem/Solution
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dilemma, question is…, the puzzle is…, to solve this…,
one answer is…, issue, |
Classification
*Look for the overall topic word to be repeated. | categories, characteristics, classes, classify, divide, dimensions, elements, features, groups, kinds, methods, aspects, (numbers), parts, sorts, types, ways |
Organizing for Recall
Outline
Notes
Mind Maps
and using visual notetaking
with Drawing a human figure --
Practice (and focus) will make more perfect!
1. Choose a tool that works for you.
2. Build up a library of mental images.
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Here are some examples of Mind Maps for other subjects:
For the test, use --
If time, we will practice with Elements of Literature, p. 435-436 "When the Earth Shakes"
Take notes -- with pictures -- and notice text structures!
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