Tuesday, September 17, 2013

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HW: NONE

 Complete Shark Cornell Notes from Red Lit. book, pages 874-880  Set completed notes on corner of your desk  Read Quietly

Cornell Notes

Topic: Loaded Language Fact vs. Opinion: Fact: A statement that can be proved by personal observation, eyewitnesses, reliable source (internet, book), experiment, or expert Opinion: statement that cannot be proved because it’s states a person’s beliefs, feelings, or thoughts.

 Opinion Signal words:     

I think Many people believe usually seem(s) probably

Fact or opinion

1. Jaws is about a great white shark that killed several people in a beach community.

~ fact 2. The book stayed on the bestseller list for 40 weeks.

~ fact 3. The book is better than the movie.

~ opinion

Bias

Opinion can be in informational articles.

Authors are affected by their experiences and beliefs.

This creates bias for or against a topic.

Bias: a positive or negative feeling toward a topic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW7Q7 UySxRA&feature=relmfu http://oceanencounters.net/journal/

Bias in Writing

    Loaded Language: words that suggest a strong bias. Words that signal how the author feels about the topic.

Page 881 in Red Lit. book Copy T-chart in #7 in middle of page onto back-top half of Cornell Note Sheet

Opinion 1: Sharks Are Very Dangerous

A dusky shark’s bite is like being crushed by the weight of ten cars

Opinion 2: Sharks Are Mostly Harmless

Bias in Writing

Opinion 1: Sharks Are Very Dangerous

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A dusky shark’s bite is like being crushed by the weight of ten cars

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Meat-eaters/ gobble their prey whole/rip it into shark size bites

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Swarm of sharks/ biting anything that lies in its path

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Vicious shark attack

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Ferocious predators/ top predators

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Opinion 2: Sharks Are Mostly Harmless Nurse shark is a sluggish bottom feeder/ usually not dangerous

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Out of 375 shark species, only 24 are dangerous

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Fewer than 100 shark attacks each year

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Whale shark is very docile (calm)/eats tiny plankton

Bias in Writing

    Loaded Language: words that suggest a strong bias. Words that signal how the author feels about the topic.

Page 885 in Red Lit. book Copy T-chart in middle of page onto back-bottom half of Cornell Note Sheet

Loaded Language

“most wonderful of natural-born killers

Possible Author’s Bias

Benchley is impressed by shark’s survival instincts

Peter Benchley, JAWS

  Read Great White Sharks on pages 887 891 Record examples of Loaded Language and possible author’s bias

Cornell Notes

    Define the words in bold print on page 885 in sections “Elements of Nonfiction” and Reading Skill” Read “Great White Sharks”, pages 887 891 Answer page 892,#1-5 in complete sentences Turn your answers into class drawer