NAME THAT GENRE
COMPREHENSION SKILL
GRAVY TRAIN
LITERARY ELEMENTS
READING STRATEGIES
100


ALICE IN WONDERLAND, PETER PAN...

FICTION 

100

The order of events in a story..

Sequence 

100

WHERE DID MR. JOE TEACH BEFORE CHINA? 

MARSHALL ISLANDS

100

Setting 

Where something takes place 

100

3 types of Author's Purpose? 

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

200

Scene 2 ...

Drama 

200

When you retell the main points of the story after reading it then you are giving a....

Summary 

200

Who owns Star River? 

Mr. Tang

200

Plot 

The sequence of events in a story

200

What happened

and 

Why something happened

Cause 

&

 Effect

300

Name a non fiction book we read.

Talking in the New Land

300

2 part answer: 

When you find similarities in a text 

When you find differences  in a text

Compare & Contrast 

300

What are the TWO major rivers in China? 

Yangtze and Yellow river 

300

Conflict 

The problem a character faces

300

Theme

The BIG idea of a story 

400

Lewis & Clark....

Historical Fiction 

400

Main Idea:


Details: 

Most important topic 


Support the Main Idea

400

Name 3 countries that border China 


There are 14 total 

Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Burma (or Myanmar, which is the official name), Laos, Vietnam and North Korea

400

Name and describe the 3 points of view

1st Person: I, me, my

2nd Person: you, yours 

3rd Person: he, she, it, they 

400

Questioning

Asking questions about text information 

500

Name the TWO Expository Texts we read. 

Letters from Yosemite & So You Want to be President?

500

When you use information you learned before, pictures from the text, reading the name of the title...what is this called? 

Background Knowledge

500

Name ONE of the four most important Chinese inventions.

  • Compass
  • Gunpowder
  • Papermaking
  • Printing
500

What are the five elements in a Plot Diagram?

Exposition 

Rising Action 

Climax 

Falling Action 

Resolution

500

Infer 

Using background knowledge and clues to know what author is trying to say

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