Complex Text Strategies

Definition:   The author's primary reasons for writing.

• Author's Purpose
• Characteristic
• Genre
• Text Features

Define it:
Typical of a particular person, place or thing.

• characteristic
• Genre
• Previewing
• Text Features

Define it: 
Graphical tool for organizing and representing knowledge.

• Characteristic
• Text Features
• Concept Map
• Strategy

Define it:
A plan of action.

• Topic
• Strategy
• Author's Purpose
• Informational Text

Define it:
Knowledge you have before you read a text, which is used to make inferences about the text.

• Concept Map
• Topic
• Previewing
• Prior Knowledge

Define it:  
The subject of a text.

• Main idea
• Supporting Details
• Topic
• Informational Text

Why do we activate our prior knowledge?

• Because you make us.
• It activates the neurons in our brain so that we can remember more and have better reading comprehension.
• To be able to read fluently.
• To memorize the text.

In a _______ mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits.

• Fixed
• Growth

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

In a _______ mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point

• Fixed
• Growth

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What IS a "growth mindset"?

• the desire to raise crops
• a belief in one's ability to get smarter
• readiness to listen to a lesson
• knowing that you are capable of ANYTHING you set your mind to