Unit 4

How Do We Express Ourselves?

Activity

Celebrities Good Role Models? No Way!

Synthesizing


Recall that the reading strategy of synthesizing is to put ideas together and ask yourself the following question: How does this opinion compare to what I already know or believe about a topic?

Refer to the lesson Think Like a Reader that discussed synthesizing.

One way to synthesize information you read is to compare the author's view with your own.

Complete the Comparison Chart for Celebrities Good Role Models? No Way!




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Instructions for comparing your opinion with the author’s:


  1. Reread Celebrities Good Role Models? No Way! and write the points on which you and the author agree in the chart under I agree.
  2. Next, write the points on which you do not agree with the author under I Disagree: However, I think...
  3. Then explain your opinion and include evidence to show that your opinion is worth considering.

Review the Comparison Chart


Review information in your chart and answer the last two questions:

  1. Overall, do you agree or disagree with the author?
  2. What does the author want readers to think or do? What evidence in the selection supports this?

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  2. Name your Comparison Chart for Celebrities Good Role Models? No Way! in this format: jsmith_comparisonchartno and save the file to your Documents folder.

Formative Assessment

  1. This worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
  2. However, your teacher may ask you to submit this worksheet to check on your progress so be sure to save it in your Documents folder.
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