Reading
An author's message or life lesson
what is a theme
This is the general atmosphere created by the author's words
What is mood
These 3 places were the first early English settlements
Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth
This reading strategy asks you to think about your reading and then write about it.
What is stop and jot
growth and fixed
the four narrative elements in every story
What are characters, setting, problem and solution
these words help your writing flow smoothly from one paragraph to the next
what are transition words
This term is used to describe a government where everyone has a say in government and where we voted for our leaders
What is a Democracy
this reading strategy helps you to comprehend what you just read by retelling the most important parts
What is summarizing
this mindset is the one where you can never be as smart as someone else because you were born that way
What is a fixed mindset
These are the parts of a story pyramid. There are 5 of them.
The nickname we give to a 5 paragraph essay
The Bing, the Bang, and the Bongo
this term refers to jobs and money
What is economy
This reading strategy requires you to write your thinking in the margins of the paper
What is annotating
When learning something new, you must do this so as not to lose what you just learned
What is practice
The turning point in a story
What is the climax
genre
This was the name of the first form of government in the United States
What were The Article of Confederation
This reading strategy uses your BK and TC to come up with a new idea
What is inferring
This three letter word is an important concept in the growth mindset
What is Yet
idioms, metaphors, similes are all known as this
What is figurative language
what is a graphic organizer
This section of the Constitution was added to help to protect people who were accused of a crime
What were the Bill of Rights
This reading strategy is when you guess what might happen next in the story
What is making a prediction
Although no one likes to make one of these, they in fact help your brain to grow smarter
What is making a mistake