Determine Point of View

Determining Point of View

I can determine an author's position on a topic of an informational text by analyzing the techniques the author uses to distinguish their position by using roadmapping

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Learning Objective

NGLS: 7R6

Multiple Choice

Do Now: Listen to the two pieces of evidence from "BP Oil Spill".

"recipe for disaster"

Oil industry, "carelessly dismissed" dangers

Next, determine if they are negative or positive. Lastly, choice the point of view

• Positive,

  BP neglected to establish safe procedures.

• Neutral,

  BP neglected to establish safe procedures.

• Negative,

  BP neglected to establish safe procedures.

• Positive

  BP neglected to establish safe procedures, but they cleaned up the oil from the ocean.

• Drought

• Plateau

• Correlation

• Geology

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Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

______ helps us understand why some places experience droughts by studying the Earth's rocks and soils, which can affect how water is stored and available for plants and animals."

• Drought

• Correlation

• Geology

• Plateau

Multiple Choice

"Although ocean temperatures may be an important factor in starting a______, people are making the problem of water shortages much worse."

• correlation

• plateau

• geology

• drought

Multiple Choice

The study also found a _______ between warm water in the central North Pacific and drought in the southwestern and northern plans of the United States.

• drought

• correlation

• geology

• plateau

Multiple Choice

In the last few years, scientist from the U.S. Geologiscal Survey(USGS) have begun to link precipitation on the Colorado_______ to temperature shifts both in the Pacific Ocean and in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Correlation

• Geology

• Plateau

• Drought

• I Do: Teacher Model

• We Do: Teacher and Student (Guided)

• You Do: Partners/Groups

• You Do: Independent Practice

Direct and Explicit instruction

Multiple Choice

I Do: Teacher Model

After reading paragraph 8, which roadmap annotation is the best selection?

• less moisture and warm in NA are linked to drought

• warm surface temperatures no rain in NA= drought

• no rain, warm temperature in NA= drought

• less rain, warm temperature in NA linked to drought

Multiple Choice

I Do: Student Support

After reading paragraph 9, which roadmap annotation is the best selection?

• NA & NP Warm waters = AW dry conditions

• Warm water in NA & NP conditions get dry in AW

• Warm water in NA & NP cause dry conditions in AW

• Warm water in NA & NP = dry conditions AW

Multiple Select

You Do: Partners (Turn and Talk)

After reading paragraphs 10 and 11, which roadmap annotation is the best selection?

• Century-long decline: 2000 worsened, flow drop 1/3

• 100yr water decline Drought worsen 2000s

• Colorado River flow declines, worsening since 2000, now one-third of 1922 levels.

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  Colorado River's Flow Thrives Since 2000.

Multiple Choice

You Do: Independent Practice

After reading paragraphs 12 and 13, which roadmap annotation is the best selection?

• People make water shortages worse

• Droughts are caused by unnecessary use of water

• People excessive use of water cause water shortages

• Water shortages caused by growing population

Listen to the audio of the text 2-3 times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qY96vi01PY

Read

Use the elimination strategy to choose the best answer.

Multiple Choice

Begin to draft your short response.

A. C. E Response

What do you think should be done about the water shortage problem?

Exit Ticket