Guided Highlighted Reading for Common Core Text



Guided Highlighted Reading for Common Core Text

Guided Highlighted Read for Question #1:

Paragraph #1

1) Highlight the one word that summarizes what lies behind slang words.

2) Highlight what slang demonstrates and embodies.

3) Highlight the word that is a synonym for “incompatible.”

Paragraph #2

1) Highlight which type of language is more likely to be larger.

2) Highlight the two categories of slang words.

3) Highlight examples of the first category of slang words.

4) Highlight examples of the second category of slang words.

5) Highlight two examples of current slang phrases that may change in meaning in the future.

Guided Highlighted Read for Question #2:

Paragraph #1

1) Highlight the metaphor that the author uses to compare slang to language as a whole.

2) Highlight the two times that the author separates two complete sentences and does not use a period.

3) Highlight how the author uses dialogue to authenticate the paragraph’s purpose.

Paragraph #2

4) Highlight the appositive in the first sentence.

5) Highlight the elaborate example used to prove the paragraph’s purpose.

Guided Highlighted Read for Question #3:

Highlight the words, phrase or sentence that best illuminates the purpose and function of the text.

Guided Highlighted Read for Question #4:

Highlight the sentence that most appropriately rings true in your life.

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Anticipation Guide: Our language has evolved over time. One byproduct of this evolution is slang. Sometimes these slang words’ definitions don’t match the actual words. Some of the slang we use every day makes perfect sense to us, but would be very confusing to a non-native, Midwest American English speaker. The following videos highlight these points.

ESL slang explanation =

British slang =

Summary: Certain slang, specifically colloquial slang, has certainly changed in acceptance. Words once thought peculiar or vulgar, are now accepted as the norm. Whether words are used in a different way than their original meaning or new words are invented to create slang, it is clear that the tolerance of slang will continue to evolve over time.

Genre: Informational text, etymological commentary, prose, nonfiction.

How the Text is Written: Informational text that starts with a thesis (“slang evolves and these words reflect the society in which they are created”) and delineates specific ways that the thesis is true using dialogue, categories and examples.

Vocabulary:

Linguistic = of or relating to language; an adjective in the text that describes “exuberance”

Incongruous = not equal or related; an adjective that describes how slang words’ definitions today do not “match” their original meaning

Vulgar = vile, repulsive, dirty; an adjective that describes “vocabulary” and meaning slang words.

The goals for this activity are to prepare for reading a selection, build silent reading fluency, to determine what is important in a paragraph, to make inferences, and to read with a larger context in mind. Specific to content, this reading is helpful to introduce how language evolves with juniors at the beginning of the Beowulf/Canterbury Tales unit.

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