Literacy

This is your task outline- work through it with 2-3 people and do as it tells you to do! There is a journal to go with this. Thinking like a scientist. Argo floats Argo Floats 2  Argo floats 3

Text here Read this story- Find the funny bits. e.g.  “And let’s not forget noses. I invented those for health and safety reasons.”  ILLUSTRATIONS A writer and/or illustrator can use illustrations to clarify meaning and extend the text. Which pictures help you understand story?  TONE The tone the writer uses in the dialogue and the way their characters think can suggest how they feel about each other and the nature of the relationships between them. For example, a warm, chatty tone full of colloquialisms and figurative language can imply a warm familial relationship.  UNATTRIBUTED DIALOGUE A writer sometimes uses unattributed dialogue to speed up the action, add interest, and stop the writing from becoming repetitive. You can follow unattributed dialogue by looking for the usual conventions of dialogue that tell you when someone new is speaking, by reading for meaning, and by looking for responses and other links between passages of speech.

Save Our Sand Dunes lesson Read and think about what the author wants you to think about and what the author  says to try and persuade you.

Read this and think about what the main idea is.What is the problem and what solution is suggested?

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