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Vocabulary
100

Make a text to text connection from any two stories we have read.

Answers will vary.

100

What does THEME mean?

The lesson in a story

100

Explain: Strenuous

If an activity is strenuous, it takes great effort or a lot of energy.

200

Choose a character from module 4, explain the characters problem and solution.

Answers will vary.

200

Explain the RACE strategy

Restate

Answer

Cite

Explain

200

Explain: Subdued

Something that is subdued is quiet and low key.

300

Explain the 3 parts to synthesizing 

What I know...

What I am learning as I read...

My new understanding after I read.

300

Explain 3 different types of figurative language

simile: Comparing two things using like or as.

metaphor: Comparing two things not using like or as.

Hyperbole: An exaggeration

Onomatopoeia: Sound words

Personification: When human qualities are given to nonhuman things.

Alliteration: two or more words that start with the same sound.

300

Explain: Fiesty

Someone who is feisty is bold, energetic, and determined.

400

Find 1 sentence that shows 1st Person Point of View.

Find 1 sentence that shows 3rd Person Point of View.

1st person: The narrator is telling the story about themselves.

3rd person: The narrator is not in the story, the narrator is telling the story about characters.

400

Name 4 literary elements: The pieces that make up a story.

Characters

Setting

Plot 

Events

400

Explain: Fearlessness

Having fearlessness in a situation means that you are not scared and feel brave.

500

Find 4 different text features in your HMH book and show/explain them.

headings, sub headings, bold words, italic letters, photographs, graphs, charts, diagrams

500

Author's purpose: (PIE)

What are the 3 different reasons authors write?

Persuade

Inform

Entertain

500

Explain: Disheveled

If something is disheveled, it is not neat or tidy.

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