Lesson 13
Today’s Agenda
1.
Return papers!!
2.
Reading Comprehension Practice
3.
Activity 4.8 – Framing the Subject
OBJECTIVES
◦ Understand the purpose and conventions of an author’s notes as a genre.
◦ Explain how authors can use sentence structure for effect.
Return Papers!
PUT RETURNED PAPERS IN THE APPROPRIATE SECTIONS OF YOUR
BINDER OR FOLDER.
Reading Comprehension
Practice
LOOK OVER YOUR NOTES. WHAT STRATEGIES WILL
YOU TRY TODAY?
Reflect
On the back of your test packet, reflect on your performance. Which of the
testing strategies did you use? What do you wished you would have done?
Here are some points to consider as you reflect:
◦ 1. Did
you go through and select a passage that interested you and
start there?
◦ 2. Did you read the introductions?
◦ 3. Did you mark passages as you skimmed?
◦ 4. Did you read the questions first?
◦ 5. Did you mark out wrong answers? (process of elimination)
◦ 6. Did you leave any blank?
Into the Wild
• PASS OUT BOOKS!
• WRITE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME IN THE
FRONT OF THE BOOK.
Author Jon Krakauer
•born 1954
•started climbing mountains at age 8
•two best-selling books:
• Into Thin Air and Into the Wild
•wrote Into Thin Air after a failed
expedition to climb Mt. Everest.
The book earned him a nomination
as one of the finalists for the
Pulitzer Prize
Author’s Note
Paragraphs 1-2: Mark key information
about Christopher McCandless.
Paragraph 3: Circle verbs.
Paragraph 4: Underline Krakauer’s
statement of purpose and subject of text.
Paragraphs 5-7: Mark words that reveal
Krakauer’s attitude toward McCandless.
Paragraph 8: Identify contrasting ideas.
GENRE CONVENTIONS of the Author’s Note
What does GENRE CONVENTION mean?
What are some genre conventions of the author’s
note?
◦ 1st person
◦ Directly addresses the reader
◦ Explains the motivation and/or goals for writing the text
◦ Gives background on the development of the text/the
writer’s thinking
◦ Makes the writer’s bias explicit
Exit Slip
1. Paragraphs 1-3: What kind of person do you think
Christopher McCandless was? Use specific details to support
your answer.
2. Paragraph 4: Why did Krakauer write Into the Wild?
3. Paragraphs 5-8: How does the general public feel about
Krakauer?
Writing Prompt:
Write an analytical text explaining how Krakauer uses structure and style to
show his shifting feelings toward his subject, Chris McCandless.
Be sure to:
Begin with a statement that presents your analytical statement and use
commentary to link your evidence to your central claim.
Support your claim with specific evidence from the text.
Make effective choices for meaning or style.