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Interact in Meaningful Ways: Academic Collaboration
Learning Targets
• Ask and answer questions about an expository text in collaborative conversations, demonstrating active listening, and drawing upon an expanding pool of language resources for discussing literature.
• Express and support opinions of an expository text in conversation.
Turn to your partner or small group to discuss each question about “Dogs Make Us Human.” After you have discussed a question, write notes about your answer before going on to the next question.
ACTIVITY 3.4
1. What is the central idea in “Dogs Make Us Human”? After you have discussed it, try to summarize it in one sentence.
I think the central idea is .
2. What details support the central idea? Cite textual evidence from the autobiography.
The details that support the central idea are .
3. What evidence does the author use to support the central idea?
4. How does the last paragraph contribute to the author’s central idea about animals?
asking Questions
The author uses evidence
to support the central idea.
Expository writing presents readers with information and explanations about a topic. Expository writing often includes a central idea and thesis statement, which is then restated at the end. With your partner or small group, read aloud the ending of “Dogs Make Us Human.” Discuss what questions you have about the ending. Write one question to share with the whole class.
The last paragraph contributes to the central idea by .
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