In most UFO sightings, what people believe are UFOs are actually just common objects like planes and clouds, or celestial events like meteors and planets that seem unusually bright. Some cases remain unidentified even after they’ve been investigated, but scientists believe many of these to also be sightings of more common objects that people simply didn’t recognize. Many reported UFO sightings actually turn out to be something as simple as a balloon.
Answer in Do Now Notebook:
1. What main idea is the author trying to convince readers to agree with?
2. How does the author’s choice of words influence how readers think about the topic?
3. How does the author’s choice of facts or examples influence how readers think about the topic?
4. What does the author want to accomplish in this text?
Opening: Today I want to show you how readers determine the author’s point of view of informational text. I want to show you 4 questions you should ask yourself when you are trying to identify the author’s point of view.
1. What main idea is the author trying to convince readers to agree with?
2. How does the author’s choice of words influence how readers think about the topic?
3. How does the author’s choice of facts or examples influence how readers think about the topic?
4. What does the author want to accomplish in this text?
Work Session: Read What is the International Space Station?, and Annotate the Text using Coding Skill learned this week.
◦Can you summarize the central idea using key supporting details?
◦Can you determine what was fact? What was opinion?
Independent Practice:
◦Read: "Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Disaster" by President Ronald Reagan and Annotate the Text using Coding Skill learned this week.
1. What main idea is the author trying to convince readers to agree with?
2. How does the author’s choice of words influence how readers think about the topic?
4. What does the author want to accomplish in this text?
EXIT TICKET:
In "Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Disaster" by President Ronald Reagan,
3. How does the author’s choice of facts or examples influence how readers think about the topic?