Determining+Importance

[|Determine Importance poster.doc]

3 strategies for determining importance...think about:
 * purpose for reading
 * questions associated with reading
 * need to find specific information

Clues to look for when determining word level importance:
 * contentive - words that carry the meaning
 * functors - words that connect or are functional

Clues to look for when determining sentence level importance:
 * bold print
 * sentences that begin or end the passage
 * sentences that refer to a table or graph

Clues to look for when determining text level importance: Lessons for Determining Importance Important to you/Important to the Author Lesson Plan: [|Observation LP 09.xls]
 * repetition
 * illustrations or diagrams
 * symbolism
 * foreshadowing
 * character and setting prominence
 * conflict
 * theme

Using a double journal entry format, students write thoughts while they are reading on what is important to them in the text (possibly by making a text to self connection) and what they feel the author thought was most important when writing the text.