Main Idea
What is main idea?
What a passage is mostly about.
What is theme?
The message or moral learned in a story.
When identifying POV, what is the first thing you should look at?
The pronouns.
Carrie was walking home alone at night. She heard footsteps behind her. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up. She began walking faster. The footsteps behind her started moving faster too. Finally, Carrie started running. She ran so fast, she didn't see where she was going. She ran right into a man with a gun and baton. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank God!"
Who did Carrie run into? How do you know?
A police officer or Cop
Clues: Gun and baton; Breathed a sigh of relief.
What strategy should you use when answering a constructed response question?
RACE
Because zombies were once human, they share many characteristics with humans. They differ from humans in several important ways, however. Zombies don’t feel pain. In fact, they can function without important parts such as their internal organs. Zombies lack coordination when they move. Zombies also lack human intelligence.
What’s the main idea?
One summer's day, a merry Grasshopper was dancing, singing and playing his violin with all his heart. He saw an Ant passing by working hard to store food for the winter. “Come and sing with me instead of working so hard,” said the Grasshopper “Let’s have fun together.” “I must store food for the winter,” said the Ant,“ and I advise you to do the same.” “Don’t worry about winter, it’s still very far away,” said the Grasshopper, laughing at him. But the Ant wouldn’t listen and continued to work. When winter came, the starving Grasshopper went to the Ant’s house and humbly begged for something to eat. “If you had listened to my advice in the summer you would not now be in need,” said the Ant. “I’m afraid you will have to go without supper,” and he closed the door.
Work before you play.
What are the different types of 3rd person?
3rd person objective.
3rd person limited.
3rd person omniscient.
Tim was home in bed when the phone rang. It was his friend, Susan. "Come on! You don't know what you're missing," Susan shouted into the phone over the loud music and people yelling and laughing in the background. of
"Nah, I'm too tired," Tim said.
What did Susan want Tim to do? How do you know?
Go to a party.
Textual Evidence: You don't know what you're missing; Loud music; People yelling and laughing in background.
What type of writing will ALL 5th graders have to write?
A narrative.
It's hard to imagine what things were like before there was money, but such a time did exist.During these times people exchanged goods using the barter system. The word barter means to trade. People using the barter system traded things instead of buying and selling them. So if you were a rice farmer, you would trade your rice with many people to get all the things that you wanted or needed. Unfortunately, the people from whom you needed things might not want your rice. Isn't it nice to just go to the store and buy candy instead of having to trade rice for it?
This paragraph describes the barter system and some of its shortcomings/problems.
During a baseball game, Tanner tried to tag a player leaving first base. When the umpire called the player out, Tanner immediately informed the umpire that he in fact did not tag the runner. Two weeks later, the very same umpire was at another one of Tanner’s baseball games. Tanner was playing short stop and tagged a runner as they approached third base. When the umpire called the player safe, Tanner didn’t say a word, but the umpire noticed the surprised look on Tanner’s face. “Did you tag the runner?” she asked Tanner. When Tanner told her that he did tag the runner, the umpire changed her decision and called the player out. The coaches and parents were furious, but the umpire stood by her decision.
It pays to be honest.
What POV narrates the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character?
3rd person limited
My aunt is getting married! She got engaged on Valentine's Day and is so excited. She has always wanted to plan a holiday wedding. We are already looking at decorations and dresses. Everything we are looking at has a festive theme, and the colors are usually red, green and gold. Some have candy canes and pine trees. It is going to be a beautiful wedding.
When might the wedding be happening?
Around Christmas
Aside from the source materials (text) what 2 things should you check prior to writing?
The Writing Prompt and the Writer's Checklist
Counterfeiting is the act of making phony money that looks official. It is a very old crime but recent advances in printing have made it possible for even amateurs to produce decent counterfeits. Fortunately, there are some ways that you can detect counterfeits. The first and most telling inspection is to pay attention to how the money feels. It is difficult to reproduce the texture of real money. If the money feels suspect, look carefully at the microprinting on the bill. Many features along the portrait and border of a genuine bill contain writing that is too small to reproduce in most printers. If you are still suspicious, hold the bill up to the light and look for the strip that says the value of the bill. With a little diligence, you can keep yourself from becoming a victim of this rising trend.
This passage explains how to detect a counterfeit bill.
Which of the following is an example of THEME?
A. Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.
B. Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.
C. You can severely break your leg while crossing the street.
D. Life is short; make the most of it.
Life is short; make the most of it.
"Do you want to take the shot, Vince?" The coach asked me. I looked into his eyes. They were ice-cold blue. His face did not betray his feelings, but I knew that he meant it. "I do, Coach. I can make the shot." I replied. He nodded and then put his hand on top of my head. "I don't know how long any of us will live, but we will all remember what happens next for as long as we do." He then slapped me on the back. The referee blew the whistle and it was time to find out just how I would be remembered.
1st person
Troy stumbled, blushed and shook as he spoke to the crowd. He had spent hours preparing what he would say. He held his speech in his hand. He was up against last year's student council president.
How does Troy feel? What textual evidence can you use to support your answer.
Nervous.
"Troy stumbled, blushed and shook as he spoke to the crowd."
Restate the following question.
Why is having more than one credit card dangerous for young students?
Having more than one credit card is dangerous for young students because...
One problem that the U.S. faced when rebelling against the British was currency. While under British control, colonists mainly used British paper money and foreign coins. But after forming a new nation, the Americans needed their own currency. They created Continental currency. Congress issued over 240 million Continental Dollars during the Revolution. Unfortunately, these dollars soon dropped in value. This gave rise to the popular expression, "not worth a Continental." By the end of 1778, Continentals were worth 1/5th of their face value. By 1780, they were worth 1/40th. In the 1790s, the U.S. bought back Continentals for 1% of their printed value. One reason for this decline was economic warfare. During the war the British hired artists to counterfeit Continental Dollars. Then they funneled large amounts of these counterfeit notes into the American economy. The value of the Continental Dollar crashed. When people complain about today's inflation rates, I tell them about Continentals.
This paragraph is about the first American currency, the Continental Dollar, and why it failed.
Identify possible ways an author presents theme in a literary work.
A. Through feelings of the main character
B. Through conversations of the characters
C. Actions and events in the story
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Greg looked up at the bright lights in the operating room until they burned a white spot in his field of vision. He looked at the face of the surgeon and saw only a white blur. When he looked away, he could see the surgeon's masked face from his peripheries. He could hear him readying an array of metal instruments, many of which looked as though they might belong to a dentist. I hope he's not going to use those on me! Greg thought to himself with terror. The surgeon picked up one that looked like a bent up question mark.
3rd person limited.
What is the formula for inference?
BK + TE = I
Background Knowledge + Textual Evidence = Inference
What should you use your scratch paper for on the GA Milestones writing section?
To plan my/your writing!