Academic Vocabulary 1 Category
Plot
Story elements
Making connections
Miscellaneous
100

A unit of vowel sounds

Syllable

100

The most exciting part. Characters face conflict

Climax

100

What was the problem?

"But"

100

It reminds me of a book

Text to Text

100

What's the "E" in BME?

End/How was it solved?

200

Selection or Story

Article

200

Characters are introduced

The Beginning

200

Who is the main Character?

Somebody

200

It reminds me of something in the world

Text to World

200

What is the "M" in BME?

Middle/ What was the problem?

300

When 2 things or people are connected

Relationships

300

Events that lead to the problem or conflict

Rising Action

300

How did the character try to solve the problem

"So"

300

It reminds me of a time

Text to self

300

What is the "B" in BME?

Beginning/Setting

Characters, Hint of the problem

400

The person who tells the story or poem

Narrator

400

When characters solve the problem

Falling Action


400

What did the character want?

"Wanted"

400

Stuff I already know

Schema

400

Make a movie in your mind

Visualize

500

Meaning based on Text

Textual evidence

500

Characters change or realize something. Theme

Resolution

500

What was the resolution to the story

Then

500

Schema + Evidence = 

Inference

500

Name 2 powers of our Super Reader Junior.

Connect

Question

Visualize

Infer

Transform

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