Non-Fiction
THESE ARE THE 5 TEXT STRUCTURES.
What is
1. Description
2.Cause + Effect
3. Problem & Solution
4. Chronological order
5. Compare and contrast
Conflict, change, Characterization and Craft
What are the 4c's?
There, Their, They're...one of these show direction - SPELL IT OUT
What is "THERE"
The main character in the story
Who is William
Be quiet
What is "On the creek"
Structure that presents a conflict and how it is fixed/solved.
What is Problem & Solution?
The moral/overall lesson of the story.
What is theme?
To, Too and Two...which shows in addition- Spell it
What is Too?
Story's setting
What is Malawi, Africa
Takis, candy, and soda
What isn't breakfast
Structure that focuses on the similarities and differences between two things, people or ideas.
What is Compare + Contrast?
Main character in a story
What is a protagonist?
consonant followed by vowel with long sound
What is an open syllable?
A severe one of these extreme weather events in 2001 led to the crop failures and famine that inspired William's invention.
What is a drought?
When a Twitch or YouTube streamer says, "Don't clip that," they are talking directly to this collective group of live viewers typing in real-time.
What is chat?
Author's arguments/stance on a topic.
What is author's claim?
Character that typically opposes main character
What is antagonist?
"Cat" is an example of which syllable
What is a closed syllable?
William constructed his famous windmill using a tree branch tower and a dynamo to generate this specific resource for his family's home
What is electricity (or power)
If a middle schooler tells you they are actively "farming aura," they are likely doing it to impress this specific collective group of girls or women.
First steps when reading a non-fiction text
What is reading title, first paragraph and identifying topic?
The problem in the story
What is the conflict?
ABANDON- has how many syllables?
To build his invention, William taught himself mechanical engineering by reading books at this local community institution, despite dropping out of school.
What is his village's local library?
Scoring a game-winning shot and walking away without looking back is a classic middle school strategy for this type of points-harvesting activity
aura farming