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Close Reading of the Text
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Close Reading of the Text
How is tone impacted by the author's word choice?
Connotation
-The implied meaning of a word
Mutt
"Mutt" has a negative connotation
Methods for a Close Reading
1. Read the text once
2. Reread the text, and highlight the words the author uses to describe the topic
What shouldn't we highlight?
Methods for a Close Reading
3. Ask yourself "Why did the author choose to describe the topic this way?"
4. Ask yourself "How do these descriptions tell me about the author's attitude about the topic?
Standards
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6, RI.7.8
ISTE Standard 1, A: Promote, support, and model creative
and innovative thinking and inventiveness
The prezi shows that the presentation is different, and the teacher used creativity to link the slides ad content. Students may want to do the same.
Resources
ISTE Standard 3, A, C, D: Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society
The teacher knows how to write and present using a prezi, which is more technologically advanced than a powerpoint or traditional lecture. Gave students information effectively, and listed resources.
Moore, Daylen. "Comprehension Skill Video: "Denver's Street-Smart Prairie Dogs" Day 1." Comprehension Skill Video. Learnzillion, n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2014. <https://learnzillion.com/lessons/4784-comprehension-skill-video-denver-s-street-smart-prairie-dogs-day-1>.
Now that we're done highlighting, what have we found
Key descriptions of the prairie dogs
- Street-smart
- Barking bloody murder
- Rotund fur balls
- Critters
- Diggers
- Beloved example of backyard nature
- Plague-ridden, land-destroying blight
- Create dusty, pock-marked landscapes
- Metronomic yap
- Send suspicious sideways stares
What do we think?
The author describes the prairie dogs using figurative language like onomatopoeia and alliteration, and shows that the creature is both loved and hated. This description shows that the author is treating the topic equally and using humor in her presentation.
Denver's Street-Smart Prairie Dogs
Keep a list of the key descriptions of the prairie dogs
- Street-smart
- Barking bloody murder
- Rotund fur balls
Prairie dogs start barking bloody murder and scramble for their burrows as a hawk glides fast and low over the colony.
Alliteration, onomatopoeia, evokes a mental image with auditory
The emergency broadcast gives the rotund fur balls ample warning. For the raptor, it's wishful thinking.
Clear image of prairie dogs given to us by the author
Let's Start with our Highlighting
"Denver's Street-Smart Prairie Dogs"
Prairie dogs are street-smart? I thought that only applied to people!
What does this tell us about the author's attitude?