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Strategy for Remembering Decoding:  "The Hand"

1.      Decoding Conventions: Using the text structure as evidence, indicate how the author has organized this selection.

 

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Wiggle fingers one at a time:
Thumb = Genre
Forefinger = Mode
Middle Finger= Organization
Ring Finger = Landmarks
Pinky = WHY/Proof

 

 

 

Write it out:

                                                                               

1.  State it

2. “prove” it     and

3. explain your "proof"

 

 (1. Genre, 2. Mode, 3. How Organized, 4.Landmarks 

And all throughout -  Whys!!!)

 

(Get VERY Specific!!!!!!)

 

(Don’t draw a hand and fill in the fingers!!!  The hand is just like notes.  WRITE IT OUT!!)

 

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