November 17, 2014 - Spatial order

Homework: Review your notes

Informational text test on Monday, November 24th!!!Finish spatial order paragraphs!

ObjectiveI can evaluate an author's use of spatial order as a pattern of organization in an

informational text.

Warm Up:

Have you ever had to give someone directions? Imagine if you had to explain to someone how to get to this classroom from the parking lot. Write down the directions you would give them using as much detail as you can.

1. The author uses the first paragraph of the biography to - A. explain how Captain Childs influenced Henson to return homeB. introduce Henson as a courageous explorerC. describe the hardships of exploring the American WestD. provide differing viewpoints of Henson's achievements

2. Henson was inspired to become a sailor when he - A. went sailing with his father as a child B. heard stories about life at sea where he workedC. worked as a cabin boy under Captain ChildsD. met a young navy officer named Robert Peary

3. The quotation in line 151-153 is by - A. HensonB. MarvinC. BartlettD. Peary

4. The author includes details about Henson's experience on the Katie Hines to - A. explain how Captian Childs influenced HensonB. describe the harshness and cruelty of life at seaC. contrast the way Captain Childs and Steinmetz treated HensonD. compare how black shipmates and other crew members were treated

5. Based on the details in the text, Henson and Peary were both strongly influenced by - A. a desire for fameB. a love for adventureC. living in povertyD. working as cabin boys

6. The author of this biography notes that Captain Childs helped shape Henson's life when Childs - A. taught Henson to love adventureB. got Henson a job with PearyC. made Henson first mateD. helped educate Henson

7. Henson's background contrasts with Peary's background because Peary had - A. a parent who died early in his lifeB. a strong desire for adventureC. a more formal educationD. less experience exploring

8. Haskin says in the biography that Henson took a job on land after his time on a fishing boat because - A. the boat had a cruel captain and an unhappy crewB. African Americans had difficulty finding jobs C. he decided that he wanted more educationD. the death of Captain Childs upset him

9. Peary's comment that he "couldn't get along without" Henson at the North Pole reveals that Peary - A. thought returning to camp would be difficultB. disliked the people in the Peary Arctic ClubC. failed to see the importance of the journey D. recognized the effort and aid people gave

10. What does Henson emphasize in his diary entry about the North Pole? A. His ability to communicate with Eskimos. B. The value Peary placed on his hunting skills. C. The struggle of almost constant marching. D. His joy in claiming land for the United States.

pattern of

organization

the way ideas and information are arranged and organized in a text

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Pattern of Organization

main idea and supporting details chronological ordercause and effectcompare and contrastspatial orderproblem / solution

Spatial order

a pattern of organization that takes the reader from one spot to the next, as if the reader were looking at something. It is VERY descriptive.

In spatial order, items are arranged according to their physical position or relationships. In describing a shelf or desk, I might describe items on the left first, then move gradually toward the right. Describing a room, I might start with what I see as I enter the door, then what I see as I step to the middle of the room, and finally the far side. In explaining some political or social problem, I might discuss first the concerns of the East Coast, then those of the Midwest, then those of the West Coast. Describing a person, I might start at the feet and move up to the head, or just the other way around. This pattern might use such transitions as just to the right, a little further on, to the south of Memphis, a few feet behind, in New Mexico, turning left on the pathway, and so on. Spatial order is pretty common in description, but can also apply to examples, to some comparisons, some classifications [the southern species of this bird . . . ; rhinos in Southeast Asia . . .], some narrations [meanwhile, out on the prairie ], and other forms of exposition as well.

Spatial order can occur in one of the following ways:

Top

Bottom

Left Right

Outside

Inside

Far

Near

I couldn’t believe my eyes when we finally emerged from the storm shelter. Where the barn once stood there was now only a few tufts of hay. The path that led to the house was scattered with branches and debris. The house! The entire roof was gone. The north wall was caved in and we could see right into the house. Well, what was left of it. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I noticed that most of our belongings had been sucked up into the great vacuum and scattered across the countryside. We heard a loud cracking and moaning as the west wall gave way and collapsed, sending up a wave of dust. And yet, there in the middle of the front yard was mother’s prized rose bush. It swayed in the breeze as if nothing had happened. Seeing it made me realize how lucky we were to be alive. We stood there in dismay, our arms locked around one another.

What kind of spatial order does this passage use?

Arthur and Chantal came to the bicycle race to cheer for their friends. As he first group of cyclists approached the finish line, Arthur and Chantal cheered wildly when they saw their friend Lindsay leading the pack. Another friend, Charles, was just behind her. Far off in the distance, they could just make out their friend Georgia's red bike.

What kind of spatial order does this passage use?

Spatial order uses words that show relationships between nouns/pronouns and other words in the sentence. These words are known as...

prepositions

Turn in your Grammar book to pg. 62

Turn to pgs 282-283 in your Interactive Reader book. Skim back over these two pages and see if you can find an example of spatial order. Highlight or underline it and justify your answer.

So now you will write a one page (minimum) paper that uses spatial order to describe your home and bedroom to someone that has never seen them before. You must have 4 paragraphs, one that incorporates each of the types of spatial order.

Spatial order can occur in one of the following ways:

Top

Bottom

Left Right

Outside

Inside

Far

Near

1st paragraph - FAR to NEAR (take me from the end of your street right up to your house)As you walk up the steeped driveway, you will see a cherry tree on your left hand side. The house itself is a brick two story with black shudders...

2nd paragraph - OUTSIDE to INSIDE (take me from outside the front door to inside. What do I see when I walk though the front door?)As you walk through the wrought iron black door, you will come to a foyer connected to a long hallway. Everything is dark hardwood and the walls are a light gray color. Directly in front of you there is a staircase, carpeted in beige carpet.

3rd paragraph - BOTTOM to TOP (if your room is at the top of stairs, this will be easy. Walk me from what I see down at the bottom to what I see at the top)As you walk up the staircase, there is an assortment of framed artwork on the right hand wall. each is a picture or craft done by one of my children. There is a framed burgundy leaf that is a fish floating in a background of seaweed and other fish. There is handprint art made to look like a flower in a vase.

4th paragraph - LEFT to RIGHT or RIGHT to LEFTMy bedroom is at the top of the stairs to the right. As you enter you will see a couch on the wall to your immediate left. Then you see a full length dressing mirror to the right of that. Beside the mirror is an antique dresser with carved legs. To the right of that, in between two large windows is a sleigh bed.