FOA WEEK OF 11/26/12

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FOA WEEK OF 11/26/12
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11/26/12Read the description of each and
identify the main purpose of the author.

• 1. A five paragraph essay where a student argues
  that people should recycle and not litter
• 2. An encyclopedia entry about endangered
  animals and efforts to protect them
• 3. A map of the world, showing all continents,
  countries, and oceans
• 4. A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which
  Garfield hates Mondays and likes lasagna
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• 5. A brochure about how people shouldnt shop at
  Walmart because they hurt local businesses
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Answers

• 1. Persuade
• 2. Inform
• 3. Inform
• 4. Entertain
• 5. Persuade

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11/27/12 Make and Observation, Inference, and
Prediction. Then describe the type of conflict in
the picture.
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• 11/28/12
• Imagery is basically describing something in so
  much detail that it forms an image in your head.
  For example, the pot was a red as a tongue after
  eating a cherry flavored ring pop. Draw a
  picture of the image that comes to mind when you
  read this example  The music coursed through
  us, shaking our bodies as if it came from within
  us. 

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• 11/29/12
• Make and Observation, Inference, and Prediction.
  Then describe the type of conflict in the
  picture.

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• 11/30/12
• Make and Observation, Inference, and Prediction.
  Then describe the type of conflict in the
  picture.

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• 12/1/12
• Make and Observation, Inference, and Prediction.
  Then describe the type of conflict in the
  picture.