Tuesday, September 17, 2013
HW:
NONE
Complete
Shark Cornell Notes from
Red Lit. book, pages 874-880
Set completed notes on corner of
your desk
Read Quietly
Cornell Notes
Topic: Loaded Language
Fact vs. Opinion:
Fact: A statement that can be proved by personal
observation, eyewitnesses, reliable source (internet,
book), experiment, or expert
Opinion: statement that cannot be proved because it’s
states a person’s beliefs, feelings, or thoughts.
Opinion Signal words:
I think
Many people believe
usually
seem(s)
probably
Fact or opinion
1. Jaws is about a great white shark that
killed several people in a beach
community.
~ fact
2. The book stayed on the bestseller list for
40 weeks.
~ fact
3. The book is better than the movie.
~ opinion
Bias
Opinion can be in informational articles.
Authors are affected by their experiences
and beliefs.
This creates bias for or against a topic.
Bias: a positive or negative feeling toward a
topic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW7Q7
UySxRA&feature=relmfu
http://oceanencounters.net/journal/
Bias in Writing
Loaded
Language: words that suggest a
strong bias.
Words that signal how the author feels
about the topic.
Page 881 in Red Lit. book
Copy T-chart in #7 in middle of page onto
back-top half of Cornell Note Sheet
Opinion 1: Sharks Are
Very Dangerous
A dusky shark’s bite is like
being crushed by the
weight of ten cars
Opinion 2: Sharks Are
Mostly Harmless
Bias in Writing
Opinion 1: Sharks Are
Very Dangerous
Opinion 2: Sharks Are
Mostly Harmless
A dusky shark’s bite is like
being crushed by the weight
of ten cars
Nurse shark is a sluggish
bottom feeder/ usually not
dangerous
Meat-eaters/ gobble their
prey whole/rip it into sharksize bites
Out of 375 shark species,
only 24 are dangerous
Fewer than 100 shark attacks
each year
Whale shark is very docile
(calm)/eats tiny plankton
Swarm of sharks/ biting
anything that lies in its path
Vicious shark attack
Ferocious predators/ top
predators
Bias in Writing
Loaded
Language: words that suggest a
strong bias.
Words that signal how the author feels
about the topic.
Page 885 in Red Lit. book
Copy T-chart in middle of page onto
back-bottom half of Cornell Note Sheet
Loaded Language
Possible Author’s Bias
“most wonderful of
natural-born killers
Benchley is impressed by
shark’s survival instincts
Peter Benchley, JAWS
Read
Great White Sharks on pages 887-
891
Record examples of Loaded Language
and possible author’s bias
Cornell Notes
Define
the words in bold print on page
885 in sections “Elements of Nonfiction”
and Reading Skill”
Read “Great White Sharks”, pages 887891
Answer page 892,#1-5 in complete
sentences
Turn your answers into class drawer
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