11 lled 12 text structure

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5 minute quiz

Tell me what each letter in the FLIRT acronym stands for. I will show you the motions in a different order:

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4.

5.

Mental and Physical Behaviors

Physical“read”

Mental“mind”

FI preview the text to determine the genre demands

and establish my reading behaviors.

LI skim the text features to create interest and identify

essential themes.

II make connections to determine what I already know

about the topic and identify difficult sections.

RI ask questions to set a purpose and to anticipate

the author’s point of view.

TI scan for transition words to determine the external

text structure and establish a system for organizing new information.

Before you read, FLIRT with the text.

FLIRTFind the form

Look at text features

Identify connections

Reveal the purpose

Transfer to organizer

FFiction, nonfiction and poetry genres

place different demands on a

reader’s mental

behaviors.

LLook at text features

The author uses text features to advertise important information, alert you to new vocabulary words and provide visuals to help your mind stay focused and

interested in the text.

IIdentify connections useful information to help make meaningful connections between my mind and the author’s message.

T

Text structure helps you monitor what information is important to the author .

R

Reveal the purpose for reading to help your mind stay focused, organized and locate the most important information.

Please pick up a few things for me at the grocery store.

Chips Broccoli Oranges M&Ms

Bananas Sugar Bread Tomatoes

Flour Lettuce Eggs Grapes

Bagels Milk Chicken Vanilla

Butter Baking Soda Yogurt Nuggets

Pork Salt

Please pick up a few things for me at the grocery store.

Fruits Bananas Oranges Grapes

Veggies Lettuce Broccoli Tomatoes

Bread Bagels Bread Flour

Dairy Milk Butter Yogurt

Protein Chicken Nuggets Eggs

Fats Sugar Chips M&Ms

Other Vanilla Baking Soda Salt

Please pick up a few things for me at the grocery store, I am making dessert.

Fruits Bananas Oranges Grapes

Veggies Lettuce Broccoli Tomatoes

Bread Bagels Bread Flour

Dairy Milk Butter Yogurt

Protein Chicken Nuggets Pork

Fats Sugar Chips M&Ms

Other Vanilla Baking Soda Salt

Please pick up a few things for me at the grocery store, I am making a cake. Here is the recipe:

Fruits Bananas Oranges GrapesVeggies Lettuce Broccoli TomatoesBread Bagels Bread FlourDairy Milk Butter YogurtProtein Chicken Nuggets PorkFats Sugar Chips M&MsOther Vanilla Baking Soda Salt

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix flour, salt and baking soda. Slowly add to wet mixture. Pour into greased pan and bake at 350.

Recipe for Reading

Highlight signal words in text features

Identify foundation:Based on timeBased on describing

Identify text structure:EnumerationDescriptionCompare/ContrastSequenceCause/EffectProblem/Solution

Read and highlight

Organize notes

Write/draw a summary

Recipe for Reading

Describe Time

Enumeration Description Compare/

Contrast

Sequence Cause/

Effect

Problem/

Solution

Author’s

Purpose

To list or identify facts,

parts, or categories in

any order

To give information

about a topic, person or an

animal.

To point out how two topics

are the same and/or

different.

To tell about a specific order of events or steps in a process.

To explain why or how

something happened.

To describe a problem and

what was done to solve it.

Topic

Focus

Several categories

Types

Size

Some characteristics

Most important

Similarly

Alike

Difference

On (date)

On (time)

Order

Because

Since

Consequently

The problem

What happens

Why does

Transition

Words

In addition

Another

For instance

Also

For example

For instance

Such as

HoweverOn the other hand

As well as

Unlike

Next

After

Finally

First

The effect

This led to

Therefore

One challenge

A difficulty

Having solved

Task

Words

List

Define

Discuss

Describe

Illustrate

Compare

Contrast

Prove

Summarize

Discuss

Trace

Justify

Explain

Illustrate

Evaluate

Criticize

Prove

Graphic

Organizers

SURVEY SAYS…

One problem to resolve in crocodile watching is transportation.

Time – Problem/Solution

SURVEY SAYS…

We observed the crocodile as it stalked a raccoon…As a result of the noise we made, the raccoon bolted…

Time – Cause/Effect

SURVEY SAYS…

The power of the crocodile is like that of a monstrous machine. With one lunge it can…Compared to the alligator the crocodile…

Description – Compare/Contrast

SURVEY SAYS…

The crocodile mostly feed on vertebrates like fish, reptiles, and mammals, sometimes with invertebrates like mollusks and crustaceans, depending on species.

.

Description - Enumeration

SURVEY SAYS…

Crocodiles are very fast over short distances, even out of water. They have extremely powerful jaws capable of biting down with immense force, by far the strongest bite of any animal.

Description - Describe

How does knowing the text structure BEFORE reading help

you locate important information?

F.L.I.R.T.

This is a:

about:

I already know…

I’m curious about…

The author wants me to:

Read and Organize

Write

This passage was about:

The Fire Escapeby Michelle Chen

Heat hung like damp stockingsover the taut wire ofthe neighborhood upon which we balancedand let the heaving warmth drop into our lungs.Long, dewy limbs propped againstthe grainy edge of a building’s roof,scorched tarpaper sanding down the edges of the sun.Surfaces turned to bisque in the blurry airof this fiery kiln,our grandmothers below feeding pigeonsbeneath the cheap shade of nylon umbrellas.You, looking for a soda,me, watching boys on bicycles,rubber wheels broilingon crumbling asphalt.It was too hotto speak, so wewatched the radiant city,like watching a cakerise, from the fire escape.

8th grade PSSA

Explain how the title of the poem has more than one meaning. Use at least three examples from the poem in your explanation.

Read and Organize

F.L.I.R.T.This is a/an:

about:

I already know…


So the process will be…

Write

The answer is…

A.2.1.1

1. Simplify:

8 • 3² + 7 • (6 - 4)

A 62

B 86

C 110

D 590

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Sedimentary Rocks

In most places on the surface, the igneous rocks which make up the majority of the crust are covered by a thin veneer of loose sediment, and the rock which is made as layers of this debris get compacted and cemented together. Sedimentary rocks are called secondary, because they are often the result of the accumulation of small pieces broken off of pre-existing rocks. There are three main types of sedimentary rocks:

Clastic: your basic sedimentary rock. Clastic sedimentary rocks are accumulations of clasts: little pieces of broken up rock which have piled up and been "lithified" by compaction and cementation.

Chemical: many of these form when standing water evaporates, leaving dissolved minerals behind. These are very common in arid lands, where seasonal "playa lakes" occur in closed depressions. Thick deposits of salt and gypsum can form due to repeated flooding and evaporation over long periods of time.

Organic: any accumulation of sedimentary debris caused by organic processes. Many animals use calcium for shells, bones, and teeth. These bits of calcium can pile up on the seafloor and accumulate into a thick enough layer to form an "organic" sedimentary rock.

F.L.I.R.T.

This is a:

about:

I already know…



Read and Organize Write


Time-honored cookie recipes tend to manipulate flour and fat in special ways to produce the tender, rich textures that are often the mark of special holiday fare. We call this manipulation "building frameworks."

In talking about frameworks, let's begin with flour, because all baking needs a structure to hold the dough together. The most common framework for cookies comes from wheat flour. In particular, two of flour's proteins form gluten when flour is moistened and mixed. Gluten resembles a mesh that gives the framework strength, while the starches in flour swell with moisture, then set in the oven, reinforcing the network. See how gluten forms and how mixing influences its strength in the Bread section.

Once you know how gluten works, however, don't be fooled into assuming you only need to consider gluten's influence with breads. In contrast to maximizing gluten development in yeast breads, festive cookies often require a framework in which gluten development is deliberately minimized.

So how do you handle flour to make a more delicate framework? Some recipes call for pastry or cake flours, which are wheat flours with lower protein contents so they have less potential to form gluten. Others call for a mixture of wheat flour and specialty flours made from grains that don't contain gluten-forming proteins. For instance, rice flour or cornstarch in shortbread recipes helps keep the dough tender, despite the fact that shortbread requires considerable mixing.

Another characteristic of many special cookies is their richness, which is usually associated with using a high proportion of fat (often butter). Calories aside, fats are major tenderizers because they physically interrupt the formation of gluten. So perhaps it's not surprising that many holiday cookies seem to melt in your mouth!

Fat is also a fine carrier of flavors because it absorbs the flavors of other ingredients and holds them inside the dough, so fewer essential oils and essences evaporate during baking. Think of the pungency and aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. Holiday baking often uses exotic spices and flavorings with liberal abandon.

As a final hint, read your recipe through carefully before beginning. Think about which ingredients are building structure and which act as tenderizers. And if your recipe isn't high in fat, remember that the more you work the dough, the more the gluten develops and the stronger and less tender its framework becomes. Of course there's much more to cookies than simply their framework. But as is the case with putting most things together, the framework comes first!

F.L.I.R.T.

This is a:

about:

I already know…





Text StructuresMonitoring what’s important to the author

Find someone who can define text structure.

Find someone who can list at least five different types of text structures.

Find someone who can explain why text

structures are helpful to the author and reader.

Find someone who can give a real life example of

a problem and solution.

Find someone who can explain the difference

between descriptive and sequential writing.


a cause and effect.


compare and contrast.


listing items in a category.


sequencing.

F.L.I.R.T.

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about:

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The artists Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman are considered Abstract Expressionists. Compare two of their large, abstract, colorful canvases.

FLIRT with Writing• Trace the history of the treatment of mental illness.• Contrast the health-care systems in the United States with those in England.

• Define thermal pollution and include several examples.

• State Boyle’s law and illustrate its use.

• Describe the experimentation that test whether plants are sensitive to music.

FLIRT

This is a:

about:

I already know…

Interesting points are…


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Check this out…Are Humans and Neanderthal Linked? - 16-Jan-2006

Scientists believe that early humans known as Neanderthals were on the earth at the same time as people of our species, Homo sapiens. Researchers have debated for a long time whether the two groups actually mixed together.

Neanderthals were shorter than today's humans. They had sloping foreheads and inhabited Europe and the Near East. Neanderthals became extinct about 30,000 years ago. Meanwhile, Homo sapiens took over.

Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in St. Louis and Joao Zilhao of the University of Bristol, England co-authored a paper about the findings.

Skull Raises Questions

The skull was found in Pestera cu Oase, or the Cave with Bones, in southwestern Romania in 2004 and 2005. A test called radiocarbon dating indicates it is at least 35,000 years old and may be more than 40,000 years old!

Researchers say the skull had the same proportions as a modern human head and lacked the large brow ridge associated with Neanderthals. There are also features that are unusual in modern humans, such as frontal flattening and a fairly large bone behind the ear. The skull also has exceptionally large upper molars, which are seen among Neanderthals and other early hominid species.

''Such differences raise important questions about the evolutionary history of modern humans,'' said Zilhao.

The skull's characteristics could mean a mixture of populations or it could be a case in which ancient traits reappear in a modern human, Zilhao said. It could also mean that science hasn't been able to study enough early modern people to understand their differences.

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Are Humans and Neanderthal Linked? - 16-Jan-2007

Neanderthal vs. Homo sapiens

Scientists believe that early humans known as Neanderthals were on the earth at the same time as people of our species, Homo sapiens. Researchers have debated for a long time whether the two groups actually mixed together.Neanderthals were shorter than today's humans. They had sloping foreheads and inhabited Europe and the Near East. Neanderthals became extinct about 30,000 years ago. Meanwhile, Homo sapiens took over.Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in St. Louis and Joao Zilhao of the University of Bristol, England co-authored a paper about the findings.

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