Unit: The Author's Point Is.­.­.­.­.­

Lessons

1. Idenfying The Main Idea

   Students will be able to:
   identify and explain the main idea of a passage
   clearly define and write the main idea of a passage

    
2. Implied Main Idea

   Students will be able to identify, explain and analyze the implied main idea of a text.

    
3. Purpose & Point of View Through TV

   Students will be able to:
   explain and identify author's purpose and point of view.
   analyze the author's purpose of popular television shows

    
4. What's The Author's Purpose

   Students will be able to identify and explain the author's purpose of selected text.

    
5. Analyzing Purpose of Poltical Cartoons

   students will be able to:
   Evaluate an author or artist's meaning by identifying his or her point of view
   Identify and explain the artistic techniques used in political cartoons

    
6. Mood & Tone of An Author

   I can explain why mood and tone is important to author author’s purpose.

    
7. Just the Facts Please

   I can describe how facts and evidence are used to support an argument.

    
8. Main Idea and Titles

   Students will be able to identify the main idea of a text by only using the title, introduction and conclusion of the passage.

    
9. Main Idea Centers

   Students will be able to identify and explain stated and implied main idea of text

    
10. More Implied Main Idea

    students will be able to explain the main idea and author's purpose of informational text (non-fiction) text.

     
11. Analyzing Point of View Through Fairy Tales

    Students will be able to:
    -Describe key information of a text from a prescribed viewpoint
    -Discuss differing viewpoints
    -Discover the importance of viewpoint in a text