Reading
What is the difference between a literary and an informational text?
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone: author’s attitude toward the subject
Mood: how the text affects the reader
What is Ms. Bove's favorite movie
The Notebook
What steps do you take when crafting a constructed response?
Restate questions
Answer your question
Cite textual evidence that helps support your answer
explain how your text evidence supports your answer.
What is theme?
The moral or lesson of a story.
What does it mean to cite textual evidence?
Use information from the text to support your answer
What are the types of author's purpose
inform
persuade
entertain
What is Ms. Bove's favorite sport
Baseball
What does it mean to cite your source, and how do you do it?
Cite your source: give credit to the source from which you got your information. Use MLA format to cite your sources.
How you do it: Gather important information from your source (author, title, copyright date, etc) and put it all in MLA format.
What are the elements of a story?
Characters, setting, plot (introduction/exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion/resolution/denouement), theme, conflict
How would you ‘show’ that you’ve cited textual evidence (Give at least 5 examples)?
“In the text we see that,”
“The text explicitly states,”
“The author implies that,”
“The article shows,”
“Paragraph ___ points out that.”
When writing an argumentative essay what are all parts that you need to include in your essay
introduction with claim + reasons
body paragraph 1
body paragraph 2
counterclaim and rebuttal
conclusion
How many kids does Ms. Bove have
3
What do you need to include when you are using text evidence
What is figurative language? Give examples
Figurative language is not meant to be taken literally. It is a more descriptive way of writing. Examples include similes, metaphors, personification, idioms, hyperboles, etc.
What is an inference? How do we draw inferences?
Inference: An inference is a conclusion made when you combine the current information with your background knowledge
When writing an informational what are all parts needed to include in your essay?
introduction with your topic clearly stated as your thesis statement
body paragraph 1
body paragraph 2
body paragraph 3
conclusion
What is Ms. Bove's favorite college football team?
How long should your constructed response be?
a paragraph
What is point of view? What are the 3 types of point of view? Why
What is the difference between texts stating something implicitly versus stating it explicitly?
Implicitly: Statement is implied and not stated specifically. The message is still understood in what is expressed.
Explicitly: Stated obviously. Express all details in a clear/obvious way, leaving no doubt about what the intended meaning is.
What is a thesis statement
most important part of your introduction as it outlines the rest of your essay and tells the reader what your body paragraphs are going to be about
How tall is Ms. Bove
5 feet
What is an objective Summary? How long should it be?
Leaves opinion out of it and only hits main points of what you read. Beginning, Middle, and End. about a paragraph
name all parts of a plot diagram that you need to include when you write your narrative
exposition
rising action
conflic
climax
falling action
resolution