Finding the main idea: Authors talk about reading and writing
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Finding the main idea:
Authors talk about reading
and writing
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• What did R.L. Stine call the little things he wrote?
magazines • How old was he when he started writing? Nine years old• On what did he write these? On an old typewriter
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What did R.L. Stine do with his bike and why?Tossed it in the garage as fast as he could.
How does his fear as a child help him as an author of scary books?He remembers what made him scared. He remembers what it was like to be a child.
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KATHERINE PATERSON
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What are two things you learned about the character Gilly Hopkins
from the previous clips?
• She is NOT a role model. • She lies, cheats, steals and makes fun of
handicapped people. • Gilly has a lot of hurt inside her.• Katherine Paterson had the name Gilly Hopkins
long before she created the character in the book.
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Listen and write down some reasons why Paterson wrote the
book, Bridge to Terabithia.
• http://bcove.me/2tsvn8is
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Topic sentence
Katherine Paterson wrote the book, Bridge to Terabithia because ____________________________________________________________.
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Possible topic sentences might end with something like:
…her son had just had a friend die and she wanted to try and make sense of it.
…due to a loss, she felt the need to write a book about a child who dies.
…she needed to process the loss of her son’s friend.
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Avi
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What symptoms did Avi have as a young reader?
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• How do you turn this statement into a topic sentence?
• What DETAILS would you add to other sentences?
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Your topic sentences, read aloud. Awesome!
Excellent!!Way to go for it.
You’ve got some good stuff there.
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Watch this clip. Jot down some notes. Then, with a partner, list some qualities
of a kid reader.
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What things did Avi say make “kid readers?”
• Let’s hear from you and your partner…
You rock He did say that. Do you agree?
You got THAT right!
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Walter Dean Myers
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Listen to these clips and choose one to write a topic sentence on:
• http://bcove.me/t8qwhq0e• http://bcove.me/t8qwhq0e• http://bcove.me/t8qwhq0e
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What clip did you choose…?
The urban experience
Books were my friends
Inner city kids