Stories we read
A tragic love story about two teenagers from rival families who secretly marry, but a series of misunderstandings and family conflict leads to their deaths, ultimately bringing peace between their families.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
This is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
This is the main idea of a story or passage.
What is theme?
This word means something that is not important or not related to the topic.
What is irrelevant?
This appeal uses emotions to persuade the audience.
What is Pathos?
A hero’s long journey home after a war, facing monsters, gods, and dangerous obstacles along the way while trying to reunite with his family and reclaim his kingdom.
What is The Odssey?
This is a word that shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
This is the author’s reason for writing: to persuade, inform, or entertain.
What is author’s purpose?
This word means to change something from one form, use, or belief into another.
What is convert?
This appeal uses facts, numbers, and logic to convince people.
What is Logos?
A powerful speech calling for an end to racism and segregation in the United States, where the speaker shares a vision of a future where people are judged by character rather than skin color and all citizens are treated equally and with justice.
What is I have a dream?
This is a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is an adverb?
This is the author’s attitude toward the subject or topic.
What is tone?
This word describes being completely focused or captivated by something, unable to look away.
What is transfixed?
This appeal relies on the speaker’s credibility or expertise.
What is Ethos?
A story about a girl reflecting on her mother’s past as a trapeze performer, realizing how her mother survived several life-threatening falls and setbacks by relying on courage, timing, and resilience, and how those experiences shaped both her mother’s life and their relationship.
What is The Leap?
This is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
This is created through word choice, setting, and imagery, and it helps shape how the reader emotionally experiences the story.
What is mood?
This word means a person’s natural mood, personality, or emotional nature.
What is temperament?
A firefighter explains fire safety based on 15 years of experience in the field. This is an example of this appeal.
What is Ethos?
In the paintball part, students take part in a fast-paced game where everyone reacts differently—some rush in and play aggressively, while others hang back and think more carefully before moving. As the game goes on, it becomes clear that people’s choices depend on personality, comfort level, and the situation, not just skill or “normal” behavior. The activity shows how quickly assumptions can be made about others, and how those assumptions can be wrong once you understand the full context.
What is Unusual Normality?
his type of word connects a dependent clause to an independent clause and shows relationships like time, contrast, or condition. FANBOY
What is a subordinating conjunction?
This literary technique uses hints or clues in a story that help the reader predict what will happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
This word means something that is not balanced or not equal in size, amount, or importance.
What is disproportion?
A commercial shows statistics about climate change and melting ice caps to convince people to reduce pollution. This is an example of this appeal.
What is Logos?