Character Traits
Name 3 neutral character traits
Students answers may include: Meek, Shy, Playful
What is the first thing you should do when you receive a brand new text?
Preview the text
When answering a vocabulary question that asks what a word means as it is used in the text, what is your first step?
Reread the sentence, and the surrounding sentences for context clues.
What is the difference between narrative texts and informational texts?
Students answers may vary
When defining words in context I should...
I should use hints in a sentence or paragraph to find the meaning of the unknown word.
Name 3 character trait synonyms for the word: tricky
Answers may include: Dishonest, Decietful, sneaky, sly, untrustworthy, crafty, secretive
Which feature helps you identify a narrative text?
Dialogue between characters
If a questions asks for the setting of a story, what should you look for?
Where and when the story takes place
Why should students preview a text before reading it?
Previewing a text helps readers determine the genre and understand what the text will be about before reading.
Defining Words in context: There were several books in the library. It would take me all day to count them all. What does the word several mean in this senetence?
Several means many...typically any number larger than 7
Name 3 negative character traits
Responses may include: Aggressive, gloomy, sloppy
What should your jot look like for an informational text?
Students should jot after each heading or chunk the paragraphs
A theme or lesson learned questions is asking...
What the author wants the readers to learn from the story
Explain how students should create effective jots while reading informational texts.
Students jot after each heading or section using 5-7 words. The jot should explain the most important idea and should not copy the text.
What question must you ask yourself when connecting ideas?
How does this relate to what I learned in the previous sentence/paragraph/section?
List synonyms for the following emotion: Anger
Disgusted, Hateful, Provoked, Annoyed
The main idea of a text is...
All of your jots combined with the most important information
What do claim and detail questions ask you to do?
Find evidence that supports an idea in the text
When investing in the question we should...
Pull out the most important words
Find your evidence
Come up with you own answer
What does the word teeming mean in this paragraph?
In one of the most remote places in the world, the Canadian Arctic, a people have survived over a thousand years. They are the Inuit. For the Inuit, the Arctic is a place teeming with life. Depending on how far north they live, the Inuit find everything from caribou herds and polar bears to beluga whales.
full of life/vibrant
What are antonyms of the word: Coward
Brave , fearless
What is authors word choice?
The words/ phrases the author chooses to use in order to emphasize a specific point
When the question asks you about text structure, how can you identify the correct text structure?
Identify key words
When writing an essay how many pieces of evidence do you need?
4 pieces of evidence
When jotting about characters what should you look for?