Unit 2

Get The Message!

Reader's Notebook - Assessment (Formative)

Thinking about the Story

As you read the story, use the skills you learned to understand the message.


As you respond to questions for each of the strategies, write your answers in the Reader's Notebook: Messages In Stone.

You should be using the following reading strategies:

Look critically (Like an artist) at the pictures on pages 83 and 84 of Literacy in Action 4A.

Reader’s Notebook: Messages In Stone





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  1. Download the document Reader’s Notebook: Messages In Stone.
  2. IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
      • Click the "Open with" button.
      • Select "Adobe Reader".
      • Click "OK".
      • You will then be able to view the document Reader’s Notebook: Messages In Stone.
      • Can't view the file? View Skill Builder: Saving Dynamic PDFs.
  • First, do you have any background knowledge that would help you when you look at these images? Do you have any personal experience of seeing an Inukshuk or Inuit writing? Have you seen other images or writing like this in a different book or video?
  • Next, you need to decide what is important in these images.
    • What parts are most important?
    • What does the author want me to notice?
    • What matters most?
  • How did the author use colour and lines in the layout of each picture to make the pictures clearer?
  • The pictures on page 84 of Literacy in Action 4A have a message, written as symbols, at the bottom of each picture.
  • Match the symbols to those on page 85 of Literacy in Action 4A to understand each message.
  • Is the author showing you these pictures and symbols to explain? To persuade? Or to inform? Use the answers from the other two strategies to help you determine this.

Save

How to save a file for submission:

  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Select your Documents folder as the location to Save In.
  3. Name the document. You will always name your documents in a similar way.
      • Use the first letter of your first name, followed by your last name, then an underscore (_), then the name of the file.
      • In this case, the file name is Reader’s Notebook: Messages In Stone. For example, if my name is John Smith, I would name my file jsmith_messagesstone.

  4. Click Save. Your chart is in your Documents folder.
  1. This Formative Assessment 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.