Thursday, September 5 reading closely for textual details

DUE FRIDAY, september 6: signed criteria sheet- homework grade
 Quiz on prefixes
 Due Monday, September 9: Quiz on suffixes; know the meaning of analogous and paradigm.
                                     

In class: introduction to developing core proficiency series
Section I: reading closely for textual details
The Bank Robber  see below for details. If you are absent, you are responsible to complete the assignment as part of your class participation grade.


Becoming literate involves developing habits and proficiencies associated with many reading purposes, from reading for pleasure to preparing for high-stakes business meetings. This unit develops your abilities to read closely for textual details- a proficiency essential for a variety of reading purposes and contexts. The purpose is two-fold: allowing texts to inform our understanding and enrich our lives.

Just as experts in any field access deep understanding by knowing what to look for in their particular fields, expert readers know the questions to ask of texts in order to guide them to deep meaning.

What are our goals?
                     Develop evidence-based explanations for clarifying and deepening your understanding.
                     Develop explanatory communication skills.
                     Be able to participate in academic and civic life.
                     Explain your thinking skills and link it with evidence in discussion and writing.
                     Explain and compare your analyses with your peers.

The following is analogous (comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared.to ) what shall be working on in class:
http://2minutemysteries.com/episodelist.html

1. Take out a sheet of paper; put your full name at the top
2. Watch the film through once.
3. Watch the film a second time and list any objects or words that you find important.
4. Watch it through a third time and refine your list.
5. Watch it through again; pause where needed.
6. Discuss with a neighbor, the answer to the crime, explaining your reasoning. Be very specific, using details from the film clip.
6. On your sheet of paper, write out your response to the crime and how you came to that conclusion.