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Analyze the text to improve skill development & comprehension.
MEET IN
PARTNER
SEATS
Connection:
In our previous session, we set goals to read selected novels that will
help improve the quality of our reading habits, develop and strengthen
individual skills, and improve our ability to respond through discussion,
writing, and various tasks.
Additionally, with in the partnerships, we assigned reading tasks,
determined which "background" investigation tool to use to support, as
well as ONE Internet resource to reference throughout the reading of
the novel.
1. Come to PARTNERSHIP prepared
2. ALL work must be documented in the
Travel Notebook...(code, date, pages
read, skill of the day, and task
description)
3. USE the provided folder for novel
DO NOW...
Review the 28-Day Reading
Challenge article about your
selected music artist. Prepare
to discuss the MOST
IMPORTANT detail provided in
that article. How does that
detail make you think
differently about its
coordinating song lyrics?
SHARE
YOUR
THOUGHTS WITH
YOUR PARTNER
RI.6.2: determine
central idea of text &
how it's conveyed through
particular details
OR
RI.6.2: provide summary
of the text distinct from
personal opinions or
judgments
Explore how to answer these
questions:
What is the CENTRAL IDEA of
the paragraph? What details
support this idea?
The CENTRAL IDEA is the most
important point the author makes.
This idea is NOT ALWAYS directly
stated. You often have to figure it
out based on the details and state
it in your own words.
RI.6.2: Determining Central Idea & Details
THE UNUSUAL VENUS FLYTRAP
~Amy Baker
The Venus flytrap is a unique plant with
many admirers. This carnivorous plant grows
in the bogs of North America. With redlined
lobes that resemble a mouth, the Venus
flytrap looks more like a creature than a
plant. It uses these lobes to capture and eat
insects. It can even digest small frogs! The
lobes have small trigger hairs that cause the
plant to clamp down in an instant when
unsuspecting prey come too close. Fingerlike
extensions called cilia intertwine the lobes
shut tight. It is this trapping action that
people find so fascinating.
Reread the title and the
first & last sentence of
the paragraph to look
for clues about the
RI.6.2: Determining Central Idea & Details
THE UNUSUAL VENUS FLYTRAP
Which sentence from the paragraph
(continued...)
best shows the text's central idea?
~Amy Baker
A. One of the most mysterious things
One of the most mysterious things
about the Venus flytrap is that scientists
about the Venus flytrap is that scientists still don't understand how the trap
closes.
still don't understand how the trap closes.
B. The flytrap does not have the muscles,
The flytrap does not have the muscles,
tendons, or nervous system necessary for
tendons, or nervous system necessary for movement.
movement. Scientists guess that the trap
C. Scientists guess that the trap might
might close using some electrical impulses close using some electrical impulses and
pressure changes.
and pressure changes. The longer they
study the Venus flytrap, the more likely D. It should be no mystery, however, why
unusual plant has captured the
scientists are to discover how it functions. this
imaginations of so many people.
It should be no mystery, however, why this
unusual plant has captured the imaginations
Book Partner Tasks...
REMEMBER... RI.6.2:
1. Select article from FOLDER;
Document ALL work
in the Travel
Notebook...
>code
>date
>pages read
>skill of the day
>and task
description
USE the NOVEL
FOLDER for
guidance (copy any
desired data)
determine CENTRAL IDEA & 2 SUPPORTING
DETAILS that convey author's main
point.
2. Discuss BPHW#1...In NB, discuss
MAIN IDEA of the story, thus far
(include main problem, characters, &
setting)
3. Create TASK to further
investigation of the story. Use the
MENU BOARD.
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