Essay
History Hunters
Vocabulary
Fictional Story Structure
Shared reading books
200

The yellow and blue parts of your essay.

What are point 1 and point 2?

200

At least 2 of the houses we learned about this year. (The more you get, the more points you get!)

What are Stenton, Cliveden, La Salle Art Museum, Johnson House, Wyck?

200

Triple! To fail to obey a law, rule, or promise.

What does violate mean?

200

The middle of the story/the turning point.

What is the climax?

200

The author of "Promises to Keep"

Who is Sharon Robinson?

400

Another word for the focus statement.

What is the thesis statement?

400

Double! The house that was used in a battle.

What is Cliveden?

400

The way a story or text is organized. Arrangement of story elements (plot, characters, setting).

What is a story structure?

400

Beginning of the story.

What is the exposition?

400

Who "The Most Beautiful Roof in the World" is about.

Who is Meg Lowman?

600

Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow.

What are all the colors in the introduction/essay?

600

James Logan's House.

What is Stenton?

600

Words to describe a picture using your senses.

What is imagery?

600

End of the story.

What is the resolution?

600

Esperanza's friend after she moved to America.

Who is Isabel?

800

Double! State the author, the text, and the pages.

What do you do if you are stuck, and don't know how to start/how do you start your essay?

800

House that was a stop on the underground railroad.

What is the Johnson House?

800

Containing a lot of detail. To expand on or explain further.

What does elaborate mean?

800

When the roller coaster starts to go up in the story.

What is the rising action?

800

Esperanza's dad got her one every year for her birthday.

What are dolls?

1000

The very first word in a body paragraph.

What is a transition word?

1000

Religion of the people of the Wyck house.

What are Quakers?

1000

Words or phrases used to express sudden, strong emotion.

What are interjections?

1000

Double! When the story starts to slow down.

What is the falling action?

1000

Double! The author of "The Most Beautiful Roof in the World"

Who is Kathryn Lasky?

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