Comparing Accounts
a retelling of events of a version of events
What is "account"?
Signal words include for example, such as, including, and for instance
What is descriptive/description?
a statement that something is true even though other people might disagree
What is a claim?
This story element contributes to conflict as it is usually the main reason a character faces a problem.
What is setting?
when retelling a version of events, the ___________ source experienced or saw the event firsthand
What is "primary"?
Signal words and phrases such as like, unlike, also, both, but, similar, difference, and in contrast
What is compare and contrast?
explains why a claim is true
What are "reasons"?
Characters create events by what they do and ________
I asked him why they couldn’t just pluck the thing out like a loose tooth, and they laughed.
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?
when retelling a version of events, the ____________ source provides background information and factual details
What is "secondary"?
Hurricanes and tornadoes are extreme storms. They can cause damage and destruction. They can uproot trees, flip over cars, and even tear the roofs off houses. Both hurricanes and tornadoes produce strong, swirling winds. But there are big differences in how, where, and why they form.
How does the author organize information in this paragraph?
What is compare and contrast?
Until the 1970s, schools often had several sports teams for boys, such as basketball, soccer, and wrestling. But for girls, there was often only one choice: field hockey. Then, in 1972, things changed. Someone named Patsy Mink fought for a new law called Title IX. Patsy Mink’s efforts changed girls’ and women’s opportunities for the better.
A. Field hockey is the most important sport for girls.
B. Patsy Mink helped make sports more fair for girls and women.
C. Boys had too many sports teams in schools before 1972.
D. Wrestling and soccer are difficult sports for girls to play.What is the author's claim?
A.
When an event in a story is significant or relevant, it ____________ to the plot or leads to another event in the story
What is "contributes"?
The wind howled and moaned through the house.
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?
What is "personification"?
On July 20, 1969, 500 million people watched a special event on live TV. They saw grainy black-and-white images beamed back from space. Then they heard the voice of American astronaut Neil Armstrong as he emerged from his spacecraft. He said, “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”
What ways do you think the author gathered this information?
What is.. answers will vary related to secondhand accounts (research, reading books)
Ask yourself:
What happened? Why did it happen?
What is cause and effect?
You May Have a Favorite Sport, but There Are Benefits from Trying Others
From The Washington Post
October 25, 2018
From the the title of the article, what do you think is the author's claim?
What is... answers will vary but will be related to "You should try other sports"
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins were launched into space 1969. They took off aboard Apollo 11 on July 16, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As they neared the Moon, their spacecraft split up into two sections. Collins was in Columbia, the command module. This is where the astronauts lived. Armstrong and Aldrin traveled in Eagle, the lunar module. It could travel from the command module to the surface of the Moon.
How does the author organize the text in this paragraph?
What is descriptive/description?
Four days after the launch, and after traveling 240,000 miles, we were in orbit around the Moon. Apollo separated into two parts: Columbia, where Mike would wait in orbit, and the Eagle, the lander. The Eagle was powerful enough to take Neil and me down to the Moon’s surface and back up to Columbia. But its walls were so thin, I could have punched a pencil through them if I had tried.
How do you think the author of this text gathered information?
What is.. answers will vary related to firsthand accounts and primary sources, being there to witness or experience the event
Read paragraphs 6 and 7
Like other plants, tumbleweed starts off attached to the soil. But when a tumbleweed plant dies, the whole bush breaks off easily from its root. All it takes is a small gust of wind.
Then, the brittle ball bounces across the desert, spreading tens of thousands of seeds. As a result, more and more tumbleweed plants grow. This cycle repeats every season.
What cause-and-effect relationship does the paragraph show?
A The tumbleweed spreading seeds causes more tumbleweed plants to grow.
B More growing tumbleweeds cause the brittle ball to bounce across the desert.
C Bouncing tumbleweeds cause the seasons to change in the desert.
D Tumbleweeds cause this cycle to repeat thousands of times each season.
What is "A"?
True or False
The following statement is the author's claims:
Title IX has also allowed many girls to discover the fun and team spirit of sports at school.
What is "true"?
Charles Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan. In 1919 Lindbergh completed the first nonstop solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. In his single-engine monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh left Roosevelt Field in New York City at 7:52 A.M. on May 20, 1927. After a flight of 33 hours 32 minutes, he landed at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France.
Which word correctly describes Lindbergh's flight?
A. subatlantic
B. preatlantic
C. transatlantic
D. interatlantic
What is "transatlantic"?