FUNDATIONS
True or false: the word "play" is an r-controlled vowel word?
False
What is the genre for a story that is made up?
Fiction
Which teacher does NOT have a passport
Ms. Hernandez
What do annotations help us do?
Annotations help us understand what the question is asking us to do/think about.
What does "why" mean?
Reason
ir, ur, er
What is the genre of a story that is giving you real facts about a topic?
non-fiction
Which ELA teacher lived in California for 4 years?
Mr. Najee
Every sentence starts with a ________ and ends with a __________.
capital letter & punctuation
What does "main idea" mean?
What the story is mostly about.
What do long vowels do?
Long vowels say their own name
What are all the thinking jobs for non-fiction?
Topic, teaching, POV, Main Idea, Author's Purpose
Which ELA Teacher loves to bake?
Ms. Josey
What are all the parts of the R.A.C.E. strategy?
restate the question, answer the question, cite evidence, explain your answer
What does "point of view" mean?
How someone thinks or feels about the topic
Say the letter, keyword and sound for all the short vowels
a/ apple/ ah
e/ed/ eh
i/itch/ih
o/octopus/awe
u/up/uh
What are all thinking jobs for fiction?
Character, motivation, problem, solution, lesson learned?
Which ELA teacher's favorite subject is Math?
Ms. Thompson
True or false: Mrs. Jones has a dog
False
When an author writes a story he/she always has a purpose. What are some ways an author can show their purpose? (hint: author's love P.I.E.)
persuade, inform, entertain
Name 3 suffixes
ing, es, s, ed, est, ive ( any suffix taught in class)
What's the difference between character feelings and character traits?
Character Feelings can constantly change based on outside factors (weather, illness, something good or bad happening)
Character Traits are someone's personality and cannot constantly change.
What do all the ELA teachers have in common?
They all teach ELA skills.
Before I turn in my work I must....
DOUBLE CHECK MY WORK!!!
What fiction thinking job is "theme" closely connected to?
Lesson learned