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Restate the question and answer it.
What is an assertion/answer? It is the topic sentence.
Name three of 5 different plot elements in a story.
Setting
Rising actions/Conflict/problem
Climax
Falling actions/events
Resolution/solution
Identify what is the prompt asking you to do?
Prompt: You have read passages from the novels The Georges and the Jewels and Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse. Both were written in the first person point of view.
Write an essay in which you compare the way the authors use first person point of view to develop the characters. Be sure to cite specific examples from both passages.
Compare and contrast how the authors use first person point of view to develop the characters.
Restate the prompt
You have read a passage from Navajo Code Talkers, the article “American Indians in the United States Army,” and the passage “What’s So Special About Secret Codes?”
Write an article to display at a local history museum that explains the authors’ purposes for writing. Include an explanation of each author’s purpose and what information the author includes to convey that purpose. Consider how the authors’ purposes are similar and different.
In the article "Name of article" the author's purpose for writing this is to ______________________________.
What is the meaning of the word as it is used in the following sentence.
The chase (sequence) began with the hero in a car, then he jumped into a helicopter before finally skydiving into the stadium.
What is the meaning of the word sequence?
sequence = order (happening in order)
The C stands for Citing evidence.... where do you get your evidence?
What is from the text/illustrations/sources?
Name the two types of narrative writing prompts you will see on the LEAP?
1st or 3rd person Re-Write , Continuation of a story
Identify what is the prompt asking you to do
Prompt: You have now learned about tornadoes by reviewing three sources: the passage from Tornado!, the article “Measuring Tornadoes,” and the article “New Alert System Designed to Warn Residents of Storms and Other Dangers.”
Write an essay explaining the purpose of the information in each source. Be sure to include how data gathered by scientists and officials have changed our understanding of tornadoes. Support your answer with evidence from each source.
Write an essay that explains what is the purpose of each article (what type of information is each article giving you).
Restate the prompt
You have read three texts that claim that the main role of a modern zoo is to protect animals in captivity (while they are held) captive. Write an essay that compares and contrasts the evidence each passage uses to support this claim. Be sure to use evidence from all three passages to support your response.
In the article "Name of article" the main role of zoo is to protect animals in captivity by ________________________________________.
What is the meaning of the word as it used in the following sentence.
The (egocentric) man never remembered his wife's birthday but got angry when she forgot his.
What is the meaning of the word egocentric?
egocentric = self-centered
Make sure to use these at the beginning and end of your quotes.
What are quotation marks?
Determine is the prompt is a perspective re-write or continuation.
Prompt: You have read a passage from "The Growin Of Paul Bunyan". Think about how the story would be different if it would be told from Johny's point of view. Write a story from Johny's point of view.
Perspective re-write or 1st person
Identify what is the prompt asking you to do
Prompt: . You have now read three passages discussing exercising in cold weather. Write an essay that analyzes how a person can overcome the challenges of exercising throughout the year, despite the weather conditions. Use details from all three passages to support your answer.
Analyzes how a person can overcome the challenges of exercising throughout the year, despite the weather conditions.
Restate the pronpt
Prompt: You have read “The Sword of Damocles” and “The Eighteenth Camel.”Write an essay describing how a common theme is conveyed through the events that occur in each passage. Use details from both passages to support your response.
In the passage "Name of Passage" the theme that is conveyed is _______________________.
Or
In the passage "Name of Passage" the theme is ______________________________.
What is the meaning of the word as it is used in the following sentence
It (commemorates) the disaster that put our town smack on the front page of the Boston and New York tabloids.
What is the meaning of the word commemorate?
commemorates = marks by some ceremony or observation
This explains how your evidence supports your answer or topic sentence and provides deeper analysis.
What is commentary or explaining?
Determine if the prompt is a perspective re-write or continuation.
In the passage, the author creates a vivid setting and two distinct characters, Mrs. Chipley and Sally. Think about the details the author uses to establish the setting and the characters.
Write an original story about what happens when Sally arrives at Aunt Sarah’s house. In your story, be sure to use what you have learned about the setting and the characters as you tell what happens next.
Continuation because you are continuing the story.
Identify what is the prompt asking you to do
Prompt: The author of “Exercise and Cold Weather” discusses the dangers of exercising in harsh weather and the precautions people should take before exercising in these conditions. Write an essay analyzing the ways the people described in all three passages have either acted properly or improperly while exercising in cold weather. Be sure to include evidence from all three passages in your essay.
Analyze the ways the people described in all three passages have either acted properly or improperly while exercising in cold weather.
Restate the prompt
Prompt: Based on the passage from “Roberto Ignacio Torres Bakes” and the passage from “The Dreamer,” write an essay that explains how Papi and Neftalí change
In the passage "Name of Passage," (name of character) started out as _______________. By the end the passage, the character changes because __________________.
What is the meaning of the word as it is used in the following sentence
Although he wasn't one hundred percent sure who committed the crime, (speculation) led the police chief to hone in on a suspect.
What is the meaning of the word speculation?
speculation= guess based on information
When you are finished writing, you should go back and re-read your essay or short answer to check for grammar, punctuation, and if you have what?
What is details?
Determine if the prompt is perspective re-write or continuation.
In the passage from Zoobreak, the author develops two very different characters named Ben and Griffin. Consider the details the author uses to develop these two characters.
Write an original story that continues where the passage ends. In your story, be sure to use what you have learned about the characters as you tell what happens next.
Continuation
Identify what is the prompt asking you to do
Prompt: You have read two passages that share a similar theme. Write an essay comparing how each passage demonstrates the theme of children being given the freedom to follow their own desires. Support your response with details from both passages.
Compare how the theme "children being given the freedom to follow their own desires" are similar in both stories.
restate the prompt
You have read three articles about penguin rescue efforts after an oil spill.
• from "The Amazing Penguin Rescue" by Lauren Tarshis
• "The Amazing Penguin Rescue" by Dyan deNapoli
• "Update on Penguin Rescue Efforts from Oil Spill in South Atlantic"
Write an essay explaining the similarities and differences in each article's point of view about penguin rescue efforts after an oil spill. Support your essay with information from all three sources.
In the article "Name of Article," the author's point of view about penguin rescue after an oil spill is __________________________________.
What is the meaning of the word as it is used in the following sentence
It was the friendliest tap, a bit (tentative), as if she was afraid she had arrived too early at a friend's house.
What is the meaning of the word tentative?
tentative = done in a careful or unsure way (indicating a lack of confidence in exactly what will happen)