Writing
What are 3 things you need to include when you are writing a story
dialogue, beginning/middle/end, problem and solution, details, setting, characters, capitals, and periods
What is the lesson or moral of a story called?
Theme
What is a CLAIM or POSITION?
It's what an author is trying to prove
This text structure explain all the reasons why something happened and then talks about the results that follow
Choose 1
Description, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Persuasive, Sequence, Story/Narrative
Cause and Effect
What is a quote?
When we copy something from the text that proves our point
What are 3 things you need to include when writing an essay? `
answer the question (green PA), examples (yellow C1), quotes (yellow C2), explain your quotes (E red), conclusion (green), quotation marks, capitals, and periods
What does SETTING mean?
When and where a story takes place
Read the following excerpt. What is the author's point of view about volcanoes?
Volcanoes "...can be a creative force, adding new land-- even whole islands-- to our planet. They also bring minerals from deep inside the earth to the surface..." (pg. 32)
The author's point of view is that volcanoes erupting can be GOOD for the planet
This text structure includes a setting, characters, events, and theme
Choose 1
Description, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Persuasive, Sequence, Story/Narrative
Story or Narrative
Correct this quote:
The text Gravity Busters: Journal #2 says And I'm writing with a leaky pen in a notebook I bought at Cheap-Mart for less than a dollar
The text "Gravity Busters: Journal #2" says, "And I'm writing with a leaky pen in a notebook I bought at Cheap-Mart for less than a dollar."
Correct the following sentence. There are 9 errors.
at first i didnt realize that the athor was taking about mr smith
At first I didn't realize that the author was talking about Mr. Smith.
What is dialogue?
When characters in a story talk.
Think about chapter 2 of our Amerincan Revolution book. Decide which sentence below is the main idea of the chatper, and which sentences are details.
A. In March 1770, several Bostonians got into a tussle with a redcoat, when it was over 5 people were dead.
B. In 1767 Parliament replaced the Stamp Act with the Townshend Acts and placed a tax on tea
C. Protest and boycotts got bigger and more violent as the colonists grew more upset with British taxes
D. In December 1773, the Sones of Libery dumped 340 chests of tea- worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in todays money- into the Atlantic Ocean
Main Idea: C. Protests and boycotts got bigger and more violent as the colonists grew more upset with British taxes
Details:
A. In March 1770, several Bostonians got into a tussle with a redcoat, when it was over 5 people were dead.
B. In 1767 Parliament replaced the Stamp Act with the Townshend Acts and placed a tax on tea
D. In December 1773, the Sones of Libery dumped 340 chests of tea- worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in todays money- into the Atlantic Ocean
What is this text's structure?
A fault is a fracture, or crack, the Earth's curst. Most faults occur along the boundaries of tectonic plates. As plates move, huge rough blocks of rock along either side of a fault get stuck against each other. Beneath the plates, however, materials in the mantle keeps moving.
Choose 1
Description, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Persuasive, Sequence, Story/Narrative
Description
Why do we use quotes in our essays?
As evidence to support our answers, to support the green sentences, to show where in the book we got our example/reason from
Correct the following sentence. There are 8 errors.
De text sayd grasses trees and other green plants are producers.
The text says, "Grasses, trees, and other green plants are producers."
Put there story elements in order:
Problem, setting, characters, solution, events
1. Setting
2. Characters
3. Problem
4. Events
5. Solution
Think about the text "The First Railroad". Decide which setnence below is the main idea, and which sentences are details.
A. By the 1840s, thousands were moving all the way to Oregon and California
B. In 1857, there were 51,000 miles of railroad tracks in the world, almost half of them were in the US
C. As more people moved West in the 1800s, railways expanded and became important for transporting people and materials across the country
Main Idea: C. As more people moved West in the 1800s, railways expanded and became importatn for transporting people and materials across the country
Details:
A. By the 1840s, thousands were moving all the way to Oregon and California
B. In 1857, there were 51,000 miles of railroad tracks in the world, almost half of them were in the US
What is the structure of this text:
The rock cycle shows us how rocks change over time. Let's begin with magma erupting from a towering volcano. Next, the magma, now called lava, cools and hardens into igneous rock. Then, over thousands of years, sun, wind, rain, and freezing temperatures cause the rocks to break down into smaller pieces. After that, the pieces continue to weather, slowly breaking down into sediments. Finally, winds, flowing water, and gravity gradually move the sediments down the sides of the volcano and beyond.
Sequence
In "The House on Mango Street" we learned how Esperanza went from just wanting leave Mango Street and live in a big house to wanting to come back one day to help her community. Which TWO quotes would fit best in an essay explaining how Esperanza's aspiration changed over the course of the book? WHY?
A. "I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But...the house on Mango Street isn't it."
B. "It was my great-grandmother's name and now it is mine...I have inherited her name, but I don't want to inherit her place by the window."(pg. 8)
C. "They will not know I have gone away to come back. For the ones I left behind. For the ones who cannot out" (pg. 33)
D. "If you give me five dollars I will be your friend forever. That's what the little one tells me." (pg 15)
E. "I make a story for my life, for each step my brown shoe takes." (pg 33)
A and C.
A shows what Esperanza wanted at the beginning - to leave Mango Street and have a nice home
C shows what Eperanza wanted at the end - to come back after making it to help the people who coudn´t get out of Mango Street on their own.
Correct the following sentence. There are 12 errors.
The little girl lookt up and shouted Wait for me and then her mother answered dont worry, i will.
The little girl looked up and said, "Wait for me!" Then her mother answered, "Don't worry, I will."
Read the following excerpt from Esperanza Vignette 2 (pg. 7). Then, choose a character trait Epseranza's great-grandmother demonstrates.
"My great-grandmother. I would've liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn't marry. Unit my great-grandgather threw a sack over her head and carried her off."
A. Busy, B. Independent, C. Lonely, D. Quiet
B. Independent
Explain TWO ways you can figure out a word you don't understand.
1. Look for smaller parts inside the word that you know
2. Replace the unknown word with a word that makes sense
3. Use context (the part before the word, after the word, or the pictures)
4. Look for clues in the text to help you like definitions and opposites
What is the structure of this text:
The British government had borrowed a lot of money to fight this war. All of the money had to be paid back, and the British government felt that the colonists should pay their share. In addition, more money was continually needed to protext the colonies as well as the newly acquired land. To raise the needed funds, the British government imposed new taxes, including several that would have to be paid by the colonists.
Problem and Solution
Which quote would make more sense in an essay about the effects of erupting volcanoes on the environment
A."Erupting volcanoes can fill the air with poisonous gases and hot, choking ash. They can release rivers of lava that burn and bury everything in their path" (pg. 32)
B. "A volcano is a hill or mountain that forms over a crack in the Earth's crust from which lava erupts" (pg. 34)
C. "An active volvano is one that has erupted in the past 10,000 years and is likely to erupt again" (pg. 35)
A. "Erupting volcanoes can fill the air with poisonous gases and hot, choking ash. They can release rivers of lava that burn and bury everything in their path" (pg. 32) because it is the only one that talks about the volacoes erutping AND a way that eruption effects the environment