• explore the key idea of disease• identify and compare patterns of organization

(cause-and-effect, chronological order)• interpret graphic aids (map, bar graph)

• read magazine articlesReading

• set a purpose for readingVocabulary

• build vocabulary for reading and writing• understand and use specialized vocabulary

Grammar and Writing• write a compare-contrast essay

OBJECTIVES

Binder with Paper

Use Cornell Note-taking method.

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NONFICTION PART 4

LEARNING GOAL – READ NONFICTION WITH INCREASED COMPREHENSION AND A CRITICAL, ANALYTICAL

POINT OF VIEW.

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We will read selections that use facts for the purposes of informing, argument, and persuasion.

You will discover how to determine what is true, what is false, and what is open to debate.

NONFICTION UNIT

• fact

• argument

• opinion

• persuasive techniques

• text features

• reasoning

NONFICTION - ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

summary

“Like Black Smoke” tells how the bubonic

plague spread from wild rodents in Asia to

human populations in western Europe, moving

along trade routes via fleas and ships.

“A World Turned Upside Down” tells how

depopulation brought far-reaching social and

economic change, especially by contributing to

the decline of the feudal system.

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Patterns of OrganizationNonfiction writers use a pattern of organization to helpthem explain key points. Here are two common patterns:

1 • Cause-and-effect organization points out the relationshipbetween an event and its cause or effect. Signal words and

phrases, such as caused, because, and led to, may indicate acause or an effect.

2 • Chronological order organizes events according to whenthey happened. Signal words include after and the

following and phrases that give specific times or dates.As you read, decide how each article’s pattern of organization

helps the author explain her main points.

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Tasting cookie dough or cake batter can lead to infection by Salmonella enteritidis because this bacterium may be present in uncooked eggs.How is the information organized?

Signal words?

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reading strategy: set a purpose for reading

As you read these two articles, look for similarities and

differences in the information the articles contain and the

ways they are organized. A chart like the one shown in the textbook can help

you identify these similarities and differences.

READING STRATEGY

CHECK UNDERSTANDING

How is reading for information different from reading just for fun?

READING STRATEGY

• Disease

http://youtu.be/Gs5Uh0Fah_k - Black Death

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