Character Traits
Genre
Author's Purpose
Nonfiction Text Features
Patricia Polacco
100

Scott is always asking questions. He wants to know all about how things work and why things are the way they are.  He is ???

Curious

100

True and factual

Nonfiction

100

 The three major author's purpose categories

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

100

Important words are often written in . . . 

Bold Pring

100

What is Patricia's brother's name? 

Richie/Richard

200

No one wants to play with Carol because she always tells everyone what to do.  She is ? 

Bossy

200

Book written about a person

Biography

200

A cookbook with instructions

Inform

200

Words found under a picture or illustration

Caption

200

Who was Trisha's fifth grade teacher? 

Mr. Falker

300

Alex is always making jokes. He can make almost anyone laugh.  He can also make th most amazing silly faces.  He is ???


Funny

300

Made up but parts could happen. 

realistic fiction

300

A letter to Mr. Pendelton asking about a pajama day. 

Persuade

300

Definition of important words

Glossary

300

What was the theme of the Keeping Quilt? 

Family and tradition

400

Eddie almost always remembers to say "please" an "thank you". He is  ???

Polite

400

Story written by a person about their life

Autobiography

400

A book about volcanos.

Inform

400

Toy factory. . . . pg. 4

Elf jobs . . .  pg 18. 

Santa's outfit . . . pg. 29T

What is this?? 

Index

400

What is one thing Trisha gathered for Thunder Cake? 

Eggs, sugar, flour, tomato

500

Mr. Cowen enjoys giving gifts to his family and friends. He also gives a lot of his money to charities to help people in need.

Generous

500

Fables, Myths, Legends, Fairytales, Folklore

Traditional Literature

500

Dog Man books

Entertain

500

Tells us what we'll be learning about in the section of the text. 

Heading

500

What did the kids want to buy Eula in Chicken Sunday? 

A beautiful Easter hat

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