8th Grade Skills
Paraphrase
What is putting someone else's words into your own and giving then credit?
P
place/Tulsa
R
Represent
Define Theme
A sentence that you can use daily
Subject, Action Verb, Linking Verb, Helping Verb
What are the parts of speech we learned in this unit
Cite
Giving the author credit
T
Time/1960s'
O
object
A topic is one-word; a Theme is a statement that you can use daily
What is the difference between and Theme and a topic?
Bill and I hate fishing and hunting
What are Bill and I are the subjects and hate is the action verb?
Who was Dally waiting for?
Right there
SC
Social Condition/ Poor, gang, parents are dead, being raised by his brother.
N
noun
Add what you think the author believes about a topic, make a sentence and then cross out what the author believes
What is change a topic to a theme.
He wishes to overcome his inability to turn in homework on time before he gets to high school.
What is he is the subject and wishes is the action verb?
Why does Dally hate doing things the legal way?
Author and me
M
Mood; Heavy, Melancoly, Dark
N
Non-essential
Let children be independent is a good thing
What is the theme of Finding Nemo
Matt and Linsey are terrible parents.
Matt and Linsey are the subjects are is the linking verb
Think and search
W
Weather; Cloudy,Raining
How can an object be Foreshadowing?
The object is moving
Making mistakes makes us better people
What is the theme of The Outsiders?
“In the age of the puritans, women were not aloud to bear there ankles,” said Mr. London.
What are Puritans, allowed, and their