Point of View/Summary
Whose point of view (POV) is the most important in a story?
The main character (MC)!
Tell me 4 key details to include about a character in a good narrative!
Personality
Likes and Dislikes
Appearance
Backstories
Possessions
Lifestyle
Demographics
Motivation
Culture
What is a fraction and a decimal? What do they tell us about in math?
They are both ways of showing pieces of a whole!
True or False
About half of the world uses the customary system of measurements and about half of the world uses the metric system of measurements.
FALSE
The majority of the world uses the metric system of measurements.
Who remembers why I missed school on Friday last week?
My car broke down!
True or False
There is only one point of view worth focusing on when we read a story.
False!
Many stories have multiple points of view and they are all worth understanding
When in the story is the best time to introduce the setting and the main character?
The introduction! One of the first things you should do when writing a narrative is tell us about the MC and the place where the story is taking place.
What is the Golden Rule of Fractions?
How many feet are there in these inches?
36 inches
24 inches
120 inches
3 ft
2 ft
10 ft!
Name our three time periods that we are using for our Historical Fiction Narrative!
Time Immemorial, or Tribal America
Colonial America
Westward Expansion
CLASS JEOPARDY
Name as many pieces of a good summary as you can! The group, (or groups) with the most get the points.
2. Efficient
3. Point of View
4. Theme
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
True or False
The Climax peak of a story is when we find out the solution to the problem and the story ends.
FALSE! Climax peak is when the problem is at its worst, the big moment of trouble or action in our story.
When we are doing decimals, what is the most important thing we need to focus on?
Where the decimal point is!
What the place value is!
What is the difference between Perimeter and Area?
Area is the space inside a shape, the Floor.
Perimeter is the distance around a shape, the Fence.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
You have to answer both to get the points!
What is the name of the person who slayed Smaug the dragon?
What is the name of Thorin's cousin who brought his army of dwarves?
Bard the human slayed Smaug
Dain the Dwarf brought his army to help his cousin Thorin.
When writing a summary, why is it important that we do not just write down the whole story again?
Because we need to retell the story in our own words. We also need to make sure we focus on the most important details, the theme, and the main characters point of view.
CLASS JEOPARDY
What are the details to include when creating a good setting? The group (or groups) that get the most will get the points!
Where the story takes place
When the story takes place
Culture were the story takes place
Laws where the story takes place
How long as the setting existed
Art, music, paint, color, what does the setting Look like
Whats in the setting
Who lives there
Creatures who live there
Climate of the setting
History of the setting
Convert these decimals from word form into standard form!
18 hundredths
9 tenths
84 hundredths
3 hundredths
.18
.9
.84
.03
Why is the metric system a more simple system to understand?
Because all you have to do is move the decimal points to the left or right to figure out the equivalent number.
Who remembers the name of my main character in my Historical Fiction Narrative?
Gavin!
Describe the points of view of the Mom and Zoe in the story Dandelions.
Mom (Emma) was really homesick and worried about feeling lonely in this new home.
Zoe was excited about her new home, but also worried about her new life and very worried about her mom's homesickness.
Name at least 5 things that are required on our Historical Fiction Narrative project!
Times new roman size 14 at a maximum
Does the story have a beginning?
Does the story have at least three characters?
Does each character have three unique details?
Does the story have at least one setting?
Does my setting have at least three unique details?
Does the story have a middle (at least one conflict or event)?
How is the conflict or event resolved (solution)?
Does the story have an ending?
Is the story at least 4 paragraphs (20 to 25 sentences) and one full page?
Does the story explore our theme: Everyone needs help sometimes.
Convert these fractions into their decimal forms!
2/10
53/100
77/100
9/100
5/10
.2
.53
.77
.09
.5
Jose is building a new block fortress for his block city. the space he has available is 14 block long and 5 blocks wide.
What is the perimeter of his castle going to be?
What is the area of his castle going to be?
His perimeter is going to be 38 blocks
His area is going to be 70 square blocks.
CLASS JEOPARDY!
Which states are these? The group that gets the most right get the points.
MD
SC
ID
CA
Maryland
South Carolina
Idaho
California