MainSelectionStudentpage400DevelopComprehension15FACTANDOPINIONSometimesanauthorstatesanopinionbyaskingaquestion.WhatquestiondoestheauthoraskaboutCaptainSmith’swindow?(HewondersifitmighthavebeenawindowCaptainSmithcrankedopentoletinalittlefreshair.)Doyouthinkthisisafactoranopinion?Explainyouranswer.(Itisanopinion.Thereisnowayofknowing—orproving—whetherCaptainSmithopenedthiswindowbeforegoingtobed.)WhatstatementdoestheauthormakeabouttheCaptain’scabinthatcanbeproventrue?(Itsouterwalllaycollapsedonthedeck.)HavestudentsfillinonefactandoneopinionontheirFactandOpinionChart.15����������Havestudentsusethewordinteriorinasentenceoftheirown.Ask,Whatcommonwordmighttheauthorhaveusedinsteadofinterior?(inside)FactOpinionTheTitanicdeck’swoodplankingwasjustfourfeetbelowtheAlvin.OursecondviewoftheTitanicwasbreathtaking.Theshiphadfallentwoandahalfmiles.Theauthorcouldn’tbelievehiseyes.Thecabin’souterwallnowlaycollapsedonthedeck.CaptainSmithcrankedopenthecabin’swindowtoletinalittlefreshair.���STRATEGIESFOREXTRASUPPORTQuestion15FACTANDOPINIONHavestudentsfindthequestioninparagraphthreewiththewordwindow.Rereadtheauthor’squestionwithstudents.Explainthatcrankedmeanstoturnandcabinmeansroom.Ask,Whatistheauthorwonderingabout?Isthisquestionafactoranopinion?Pointoutthatthewordwondermeansthattheauthorisgivinghisopinionofwhatmighthavehappened.400DevelopComprehension16FIGURATIVELANGUAGEAuthorsusefigurativelanguagetoappealtotheimaginationandfeelingsofreaders.Ithelpsthemtovisualize,constructmeaning,andappreciatethetext.Whatkindoffigurativelanguagedoestheauthoruseinthesecondparagraphonpage401?(personification)HowdoesithelpyouvisualizewhatistakingplaceonthedeckofTitanic?(Answersmayvary,butstudentsshouldnotethattheauthorreferstothesubJasonJr.,orJJ,as“he,”andwritesthathe“wentforastrollontheBoatDeck”and“lookedinthewindows.”Thewordstrollhelpsreaderstovisualizethesub’smovementsasitinvestigatestheship.)MainSelectionStudentpage40116Cross–CurricularConnectionlifeboatsTherewere16li...
