Vocabulary
The exact copy of something
Duplicate
What is a biography?
A story about someones life.
What is an autobiography?
A story about your own life.
What is the authors purpose of writing informational text?
To inform and explain to the reader about a topic.
What is our essentaial question from our unit?
How does a place affect how we live?
Empty, lonely, unhappy
What is the point of view of a biography?
3rd person point of view
What is the point of view of an Autobiography?
1st person
True or False: Informational text is nonfiction.
True, it is real facts
What is it called when you retell the story in your own words?
Summary
The forced action of being in prison often during war.
Internment
Who do they write biographies about?
Important people
Why would someone write an autobiography?
To tell others about the important things they did during their life
Text Features!
What strategy do we use for monitoring understanding and meaning when reading?
Click or Clunk
What does treacherous mean?
Dangerous, often hidden dangers
True or False: Biographies include realistic characters.
False - they include real people
False, it would use I, me, my
What is the main idea?
The main purpose of why the author wrote the text.
Example: Twins in Space - The study that showed how the human body is affected by space.
What is it called when something is in time order?
Chronological Order
What word matches this definition?: chased after; worked towards something without stopping.
Pursued
Mary Anning and Zeni
Who did we read an autobiography by?
Buzz Aldrin
What texts did we read that are infomational text?
Life at the Top and Twins in Space
What are the three types of authors purpose?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain (PIE)