Tues.

Student Centered Word of the Day

1st Period – Haley Voigt

2nd Period – Alexander Herbst

3rd Period – Pierce Gains

5th Period – Noah Swink

7th Period – Levi Payne

Metacognition

The conscious or purposeful use of one’s thinking, reading, and writing skills by monitoring, regulating, and orchestrating one’s understanding.

Prefix = meta

Root = cognition

Active and Close Reading

The Purpose of active reading is to learn to read interpretively—to pay attention not merely to WHAT an author says but to WHY he says it in the WAY he does.

Annotation

Annotation is an active reading process that helps you interact with and respond to a text as you read. While annotation is a critical skill you will need to be successful, it is a personal process, and different readers annotate differently.

Make note of:

Whatever you don’t understand. Not understanding something is more than circling unfamiliar vocabulary (although it includes this).

Whatever you like or dislike, agree or disagree with. In other words, active readers are also careful to note their emotional responses.

Whatever you think is related—one part of the text to another.

A chief concern of the second reading is looking for connections or patterns among various parts of the reading. For example:
•  The repetition of the same word or phrase.
•  The reoccurrence of similar actions.
•  Contrasting words or actions.
•  The place of something in the text (organization).

In expository writing the purpose of the author is to inform, explain, describe, or define his or her subject to the reader.

We had some really great Metaphor Posters for Reading and Writing from all five classes. Good Job.