ELA
Where does the thesis statement belong?
The last sentence of the introduction paragraph?
These are: " "
And when do you use them?
Quotation marks
Used for dialogue (conversation)
The boy was exhausted after running so much.
What does exhausted mean?
Very tired
Which punctuation ends a question?
Question mark
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
What point of view is it written in?
Third-person point of view
Fix the sentence:
She is play with her friends.
She is playing with her friends.
The zoo map was useless. Every map looked the same. Cam and Ella had one hour before their class met back at the front gate and they still hadn't found the red panda exhibit. The crowds kept blocking their view of the signs, and every turn seemed to lead somewhere wrong.
Why does the setting make Cam and Ella's problem harder to solve?
Zoo is confusing and it's hard to find the red panda.
Fix:
yesterday my mom tell me i will get mony for cleaning mi room. but i forgot to clean. tomorrow i clean and get the money.
Yesterday my mom told me that I will get money for cleaning my room. But, I forgot to clean. Tomorrow I will clean and get the money.
Can you explain the difference between a fiction and a nonfiction text?
Fiction: Imagination/not real
Nonfiction: Facts/based on real events
Use context clues
The problem of the story is called...
conflict
Fix:
he go to the mall and see his friend marco. marco was eat ice cream. it were vanilla. He like it.
He went to the mall and saw his friend Marco. Marco was eating ice cream. It was vanila. He liked it.
What is the purpose of a conclusion in an essay?
The purpose of a conclusion in a story is to provide a final summary of the main points and discuss the core message.
What is a theme, and why is it important in a story?
BONUS: 100 POINTS
HOW IS MAIN IDEA DIFFERENT?
The theme is a central idea, message, or the overall meaning of a story.
Main idea is what the story is mostly about.
The theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
Honesty is important, even when telling the truth is difficult.
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
The word assumed means
Suspected or guessed
What is the turning point in a story?
Climax
Also, In addition, However, Then are examples of _______ words
Transition words
What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?
First-person: narrator (I, me, and my)
Third-person: narrator is not a character in a story. (he, she, they, and them)
Details that help support a central idea are called____.
Supporting details
Jamal's fingers trembled over the keys as he reached the hard part again. The note was supposed to leap up two octaves, but every time his thumb got tangled, and the jump came out wrong. He'd been alone in the auditorium for twenty minutes now. Each time he played that section, his jaw clenched tighter. The concerto performance was in three days. Jamal pressed his feet into the floor and took a breath. Then he started from the beginning of the phrase.
This is what is most important to Jamal in this moment.
Getting it perfect, practicing and doing his best.
State all parts.
- Exposition
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Resolution
Explain all parts to a body paragraph.
What belongs in an introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion.
Intro:
Hook
Background info
Thesis
Body paragraph:
Transition word
Topic Sentence
Evidence
Explain
Conclusion:
Summarize
Explain the difference between narrative writing and an essay.
Narrative writing tells a story to entertain or immerse the reader in a sequence of events. In contrast, an essay is a structured, analytical piece of writing designed to inform, persuade, or argue a specific point or thesis