1. 1.Quizzie: How to Respond to What You’ve Read 2.Apply: Execute the steps in the responding process for... oPresident Obama’s Inaugural Address oStephen Colbert’s Report AA 1.Turn in MDGR 2.On Your Square: 5 responses + Most important idea 3.Quiz: Items I, II, and III 4.Study for JDI quiz: Determining Central Themes (JDI Study Guide) Topic: Topic: Just Do It Level: Level: Analyzing, Applying January 24

2. Yesterday we... Listened to broadcast of inaugural speech in order to determine central ideas or themes. IF YOUR FRIDAY ABSENCE WAS EXCUSED: Make up Vocab quiz by Thursday, 3:30 p.m.

3. Today’s Objectives Determine central ideas or themes of a text (speech) and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

4. How to Respond to What You’ve Read I.Find central theme I.Find the central theme or main idea. II.Analyze point of view. II.Analyze the author’s point of view. III.Determine purpose. III.Determine the author’s purpose.

5. Determining Central themes 1.As you read, look for ideas that get repeated. Mark (highlight) the repeats. 2.Ask and answer: How do the repeated ideas relate to the topic itself? (Why go to school?) 3.Write the central idea of the text in your own words, as a claim: Education makes you independent. School is the key for accomplishing something in life.

6. Listening and Responding President Obama’s 2 nd Inaugural Address A As you listen, do Thinkstrong Rule 1: Notice your thoughts. 2.W 2.Write your thoughts (at least 5)... on your square. 3.Answer:you 3.Answer: What idea, claim, or statement do you find to be most important (affirming, inspiring, scary, worrisome, alarming, true, correct)?

7. Finding Central Theme Look for (and mark) what gets __________. word-for-word * synonyms * ideas Desk APart 1 Desk BPart 2 Desk CPart 3 Desk DAll (ish)

8. Finding Central Theme President Obama’s 2 nd Inaugural Address words, phrases ideas that get repeated 1.As you read, look for significant words, phrases and ideas that get repeated (word-for-word and synonyms). How do the repeated ideas relate to the topic itself? 2.Ask and answer: How do the repeated ideas relate to the topic itself? What is the president’s vision for his second term? your own words, 3.Write the central idea of your section in your own words, as a claim... on the line that begins your assigned section. (D people write the claim above the title.)