STAAR Tutorials 11/9

What is a counterclaim

• When you tell the reader how you feel about a topic

• When you acknowledge a mistake in your position

• When you tell the reader to do something

• When you tell the reader to think something

What does a persuasive do

• Explains a topic

• Describes a time about yourself

• Convinces a reader to change their mind about a topic

• Tells a fictional story

How can you start your final paragraph

• "First off"

• "Another example is"

• "I feel"

• "In conclusion"

What is an author's perspective?

• The side the author takes in an argument.

• What should be done.

• Reasons the author uses to support a position.

• What is most important to the author.

In an argument what is the author's position?

• The reasons the author uses to support a positon.

• The side of the issue that the author favors.

• The most important thing to the author.

• The thing that should be done.

In an argument what is evidence ?

• The most important thing to the author.

• The thing that should be done.

• The side of the issue the author takes.

• The reasons the author uses to support a position.

What is one strategy you can use to help find the controlling idea of a text?

• Highlight in yellow

• Look for repeated words and ideas while you read

• Annotate

• Read the text and answer the questions

Once you have identified the key words or ideas repeated in the text, you should...

• Return to the text and find evidence that supports your controlling idea

• Begin answering the questions

• Highlight more key words or ideas

What was the controlling idea of the article, "Mass March by Cairo Women in Protest Over Abuse by Soldiers"?

• In Cairo, women have not been protesting patriarchy as much as they should.

• Military officers are attempting to work to get women into political life in Cairo.

• Many women were beaten and arrested in the protests.

• Women have become a force in the protest movement in Egypt.