Thinking Graphically About Reading Comprehension: Genres

English Language Arts, Grade 7

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32-1012 Copyright © NewPath Learning. All rights reserved. www.newpathlearning.com Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES \|xiBAHBDy01251rzu GRAPHICALLYTMabout Thinking 10 LAMINATED FLIP CHARTS Per Set Use with a Dry-Erase Marker! WRITE-ON / WIPE-OFF WRITE-ON / WIPE-OFF
GRAPHICALLYabout Thinking TM Phone: 800-507-0966 Fax: 800-507-0967 www.newpathlearning.com NewPath Learning® products are developed by teachers using research-based principles and are classroom tested. The company’s product line consists of an array of proprietary curriculum review games, workbooks, posters and other print materials. All products are supplemented with web-based activities, assessments and content to provide an engaging means of educating students on key, curriculum-based topics correlated to applicable state and national education standards. Copyright © 2009 NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Thinking GraphicallyTM About Reading Comprehension Flip Chart series consist of five flip chart sets, each covering a different facet of the current NCTE and IRA standards for reading comprehension. Designed to enhance and complement any reading program, the collection provides visual outlines to help students add breadth and depth to their comprehension skills. Each flip chart set provides a series of effective focal points for discussion, lesson models and explicit instruction. They also serve as a perfect foundation for learning center activities. Each Thinking GraphicallyTM Flip Chart Set features 10 double-sided laminated charts, each 12” x 18”. Side 1 features student-friendly, “write-on/wipe-off” activity templates Side 2 displays completed examples and instructions Spiral bound on a durable free-standing easel Activity Guide with black-line copy-masters and suggested activities HOW TO USE Classroom Use Each Thinking GraphicallyTM About Flip Chart can be used for enhancing reading comprehension instruction. The front page of each flip chart contains a colorful graphic for visually organizing information related to topics and strategies of reading comprehension. The flip side pages provide classroom examples for completing the graphic organizer at the primary and intermediate levels. Note: Be sure to use an appropriate dry-erase marker and to test it on a small section of the chart prior to using it. The Activity Guide included provides a black-line master of each Flip Chart which students can use to fill in before, during or after instruction. For each chart, there is a suggested list of instructional lessons. Thinking GraphicallyTM About Reading Comprehension Flip Charts are a great supplement to any reading program. While the activities in the guide can be used in conjunction with the Flip Charts, they can also be used individually for review or as a form of assessment or in conjunction with any other related assignment. Learning Centers Each Flip Chart provides students with a variety of opportunities to visually comprehend what they have read. Students may use these Flip Charts in small group settings along with the corresponding activity pages contained in the guide to learn or review comprehension topics or strategies already covered during guided instruction. Independent student use Students can use the hands-on flip charts to practice and learn independently by creating their own graphic organizer using a book they have read. The graphic organizers are also ideal for assessment of topic or strategy understanding and application. Reference/Teaching resource Thinking GraphicallyTM Charts are a great supplement to any curriculum or they can be used in conjunction with NewPath’s Curriculum Mastery® Games. Chart # 1: Chart # 2: Chart # 3: Chart # 4: Chart # 5: Chart # 6: Chart # 7: Chart # 8: Chart # 9: Chart #10: Genre Go Round Cornell Chart Space Ships Double Sided Flow Chart Bracketed Boxes Wheel About Checkerboard Indexing Three Columns Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES
my ste ry fairy tale re fe re n ce fic tio n tall tal es bio gra ph y po et ry h is to ri ca l fi ct io n Genre Go Round Purpose: Purpose © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6121 www.newpathlearning.com Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES
© Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6121 www.newpathlearning.com Purpose: Genre Go Round Primary Examples Intermediate Examples my ste ry fairy tale re fe re n ce fic tio n tall tal es bio gra ph y p o e tr y h is to ri ca l fi ct io n my ste ry fairy tale re fe re n ce fic tio n tall tal es bio gra ph y p o e tr y h is to ri ca l fi ct io n A Light in the Attic Love to Mama Winter Eyes Cinderella Sleeping Beauty Dinosaurs Volcanoes Rocks and Minerals Crow Boy Amelia Bedelia John Henry Paul Bunyan Johnny Appleseed Miss Rumphius Coming Home Where the Sidewalk Ends Grimms Fairy Tales Magic School Bus Nancy Drew The Clearing No More Magic Experanza Rising The Earth Dragon Awakes Cam Jansen The Spy in the Attic John, Paul, George & Ben Diary of Anne Frank The Moon and I Farewell to Manzanar Matilda Anne of Green Gables The Wizard of Oz Annie Oakley Pecos Bill Davy Crockett
Question Details Cornell Chart Purpose: Purpose © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6122 www.newpathlearning.com Book Title _______________________________________ Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES
Purpose: Primary Examples Intermediate Examples Book Title:_____________________________________ Book Title:________________________________________ Question Details Question Details The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole What form of matter is water? How does water change from one form to another? What is the water changing process called? It’s the only substance on Earth that is found in liquid, solid and gas Evaporation and precipitation The Water Cycle There is the same amount of water on Earth, it just keeps going around and around. What moves the pollen around from flower to flower? What happens to pollen grains? What parts of the flower belong together? What is the reason for a flower? Where do seeds grow? birds, butterflies, bees, breese, wind, on people’s shoes, animal’s fur They go from the anther to the stigma. anther & stamen, stigma & style to manufacture seeds inside a pod, fruit or coconut © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6122 www.newpathlearning.com Cornell Chart
Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES Headlines Charts,Graphs & Maps Subtitles Pictures Space Ships Purpose: Purpose © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6123 www.newpathlearning.com Book Title _______________________________________
Purpose: Primary Examples Intermediate Examples Book Title:_____________________________________ Book Title:________________________________________ Headlines Charts,Graphs & Maps Subtitles Pictures Headlines Charts,Graphs & Maps Subtitles Pictures Audubon Adventures Magazine by the National Audubon Society Local Newspaper: front page article All About Mammals Mother Bear & her two cubs in the woods Illustration of how hair changes in the seasons Hair A Mammal Sketchbook Map of Florida and shading in certain parts Chart of animal tracks Reading Tracks Working Days Aren’t Done for Many Older Americans A 68 year old man on line looking for a job Age Groups in the Labor Force Social Security payments chart If you’re thinking of retiring at 65, you better forget about it Different kinds of feet & skulls © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6123 www.newpathlearning.com Space Ships
Double Sided Purpose: Purpose © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6124 www.newpathlearning.com Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES Book Title: Book Title: FACT OPINION FACT OPINION
Purpose: Primary Examples FACT OPINION FACT OPINION Book Title: Book Title: Willie finds goggles. Willie and Peter hide from the boys who want to steal from them. The dog protects willie and Peter. Willie and Peter get to keep the goggles. Willie was brave. Willie should have given the goggles to the big boys. The big boys are bullies. Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats Mr. Poppers Penguins by Richard & Florence Atwater Drake leads an expedition to the Antartic. Penguins need to be cold. Penguins eat fish. Mr. Popper was lazy. Penguins can’t live in someone’s house. Penguins are naughty birds. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6124 www.newpathlearning.com Intermediate Examples Double Sided
Flow Chart Purpose: Purpose © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6125 www.newpathlearning.com Book Title _______________________________________ Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES
Purpose: Primary Examples Intermediate Examples Book Title:_____________________________________ Book Title:________________________________________ Cowardly Clyde by Bill Peet The Three Little Pigs Fact Opinion Pig Side of the Story Wolf Side of the Story The wolf came to our homes to eat us. Huffed and puffed two of our houses down! I only wanted to borrow a cup of sugar. I had a bad cold and accidentally sneezed and blew down the little pigs houses. The wolf attacked our brick house but we wouldn’t open the door to him. I was only trying to get a cup of sugar, my birthday cake was going to be ruined if they didn’t lend me a cup of sugar. There really were knights. People really do act like show offs so other people won’t know they are afraid. People stretch the truth to make themselves look good. There really weren’t fire breathing dragons. giants, or trolls. Horses don’t understand English. Sir Falavant was a big baby. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6125 www.newpathlearning.com Flow Chart
Bracketed Boxes Purpose: Purpose © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6126 www.newpathlearning.com Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES Book Title _______________________________________
Purpose: Primary Examples Intermediate Examples Book Title:_____________________________________ Book Title:________________________________________ Plants That Never Ever Bloom by Ruth Heller Discovering Trees by Keith Brandt Pl an ts th at do bl oo m apple trees daisy pumpkins marigolds Pa rts & Fu nc tio ns Bark: protects the tree from insects and animals Roots: anchors the tree in the ground & absorbs water Leaves: makes the food and makes the carbon dioxide Seeds: to make more trees Kin ds of Tr ee s coniferous: stay green all year round deciduous: lose their leaves in the winter native: original to an area of geography broadleaf: a tree with flat and thin leaves and usually sheds Pl an ts th at do no t bl oo m mushrooms seaweed moss ferns © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6126 www.newpathlearning.com Bracketed Boxes
Wheel About Purpose: Purpose © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6127 www.newpathlearning.com Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES Book Title _______________________________________
Purpose: Primary Examples Intermediate Examples Book Title:_____________________________________ Book Title:________________________________________ Animals Born Alive and Well by Ruth Heller Animal Tracks by Arthur Dorros Ch ar acteristic s Sp ec ial Wor ds A ni mal Sign s Tr ac ks are foun d in have fur or hair nurse their young breathe fresh air don’t lay eggs born alive viviparous marsupials tracks scratches rub marks teeth marks noises mud river/stream banks roads soft sand dirt trails snow © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6127 www.newpathlearning.com Wheels About
Checkerboard Purpose: Purpose © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6128 www.newpathlearning.com Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES Book Title _______________________________________
Purpose: Primary Examples Intermediate Examples Book Title: ________________________________ Book Title: _________________________________ Fairy Tales & Tall Tales Important Points About Elephants Various Reference Sources does not have to have fairies many exaggerations set in the past main character is bigger than life problem to solve includes make believe the story is funny good and evil characters magic happens the plot is impossible people, objects or events in three’s lots of action the main character defeats a bad guy happy endings the main character solves a problem teaches a lesson herbivores 2 kinds: African and Asian trunk serves as a hand, nose & extra foot largest living land animal African’s nose is “two fingered” Asian’s nose is “one fingered” can tell their age by their tusks need losts of grass and land family groups are led by the mother their only predator is mankind © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6128 www.newpathlearning.com Checkerboard
Indexing Purpose: Purpose © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6129 www.newpathlearning.com Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES Book Title _______________________________________
Purpose: Primary Examples Intermediate Examples Book Title:_____________________________________ Book Title:________________________________________ Magic School Bus - Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole Magic School Bus - Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole I. Solar System A. Sun B. Planets & Moon orbit around the Sun I. Solar System A. Sun 1. is a star 2. more than a millions Earths could fit inside of it 3. 15 million degrees C B. Planets & Moon orbit around the Sun 1. moon orbits around planet 2. moon doesn’t have any light only reflects the Sun III. Gravity A. a force 1. really strong force 2. rockets can break through the Earth’s gravity B. pulls objects toward the center of Earth 1. other planets have gravity 2. when objects go into orbit they don’t have gravity and that’s why they float around I. Earth A. rotates = spinning around 1. one rotation takes 24 hours 2. every 24 hours = 1 full day B. faces the sun = day and faces the moon = night 1. only one side at a time C. goes around the Sun 1. takes 365 days = 1 year II. Earth A. rotates = spinning B. faces the sun = day C. faces the moon = night III. Gravity A. a force B. pulls objects toward the center of the Earth © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6129 www.newpathlearning.com Indexing
Three Columns Purpose: Purpose © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6130 www.newpathlearning.com Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: GENRES GENRES Book Title _______________________________________
Purpose: Primary Examples Dinosaurs Existed Historical Fiction Fiction Realistic Fiction Dinosaurs Became Extinct Opinions About Dinosaurs characters could have lived in the historical setting characters shaped by history first person telling problem a result of the historical sertting reader feels as though the story really could have happened historical events are accurate characters changes from beginning to end characters and settings are completely made up plot is believable the theme can often be a statement about society or human nature characters are ordinary people characters change takes place in another world or universe good/evil themes events can be historical but not first person accounts fossil footsteps bones fossilized eggs dinosaur poop fossilized heart climate change toxic plants large asteroid widespread disease T-Rex is the best dinosaur dinosaurs are the most interesting animals Triceratops is a very scary dinosaur Book Title:_____________________________________ Book Title:________________________________________ Thinking About Dinosaurs Comparing Types of Fiction © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 93-6130 www.newpathlearning.com Intermediate Examples Three Columns