Genre
A made-up story set in the modern world that could actually happen is?
What is Realistic Fiction
Name that Genre/Subgenre
Indian-born NASA astronaut Kalpana Chawla. Covers her birth and upbringing in India, her graduate studies in the US, and her aerospace engineering career culminating in her selection into the NASA astronaut corps in 1995. Details her astronaut training and two shuttle flights, STS-87 in 1997, and the ill-fated STS-107 in 2003.
Non-fiction/Biography
The signature of a famous person?
What is an Autograph
On Mars, it stinks, it’s hot, and the air reeks of burning fuel. The rivers and lakes seethe with sulfur. Durango and his fellow mercenaries must protect miners on Mars from a band of cannibals and their evil queens!
Fiction/Sci-Fi
the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic?
What is Theme
A suspenseful stories based around a problem that is solved at the end of the story?
What is Mystery
Father and son team up for an unforgettable road trip to rescue a border collie. When their truck breaks down, they commandeer an old school bus, along with its mechanic, Gus, and a waitress escaping a tense situation.
Fiction/Realistic Fiction
Not able to do something; not having the necessary skills or ability to perform a specific act or function?
What is Incapable
Iron Jawed Angel. Silent Sentinel. Hero. Prisoner. Warrior. Each of these describes Alice Paul, the woman with a ferocious determination to legislate a woman's right to vote and share in equal rights with men. She devoted her entire life to the cause, making her one of the great American civil rights leaders of the twentieth century.
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Self
What are Types of Conflict
Writing that creates emotion; it usually has rhythm and rhyme?
What is Poetry
The great ocean liner Titanic is preparing to cross the Atlantic. On board is a sinister thief bent on stealing a rare book. Patrick is a twelve-year old Irish boy working as a steward on the ship. Can Patrick stop the thief?
Fiction/Historical Fiction
A person, bank, or company that lends money to someone?
What is a Creditor
The fourth edition of this best-selling field guide was revised and updated to include the latest information. All the time-sensitive material is valid through 2020: solar eclipses, phases of the moon, positions of the planets, and more. Twenty-four Monthly Sky Maps, revised and in color, show exactly what you’ll see when facing north or south in the night sky. Fifty-two Atlas Charts, also revised and in color, cover the entire sky, including close-ups of areas of special interest such as the Pleiades and the Orion Nebula. Two dozen pages cover the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse whose path crosses the continental United States, how and where to view it, and other aspects of current and future solar eclipses.
Nonfiction/Informational
the narrator's position in relation to a story being told?
What is Point of View
Paul Bunyan is an example of what Genre?
What is Tall Tale/Traditional/Folk
The fascinating history of the Internet and social media, and provides helpful information on how to safely use social media and navigate the Internet. The intriguing sidebars, detailed images, and in-depth Reader's Guide require students to connect back to the text and encourage multiple readings. The Check It Out! section includes suggested books, videos, and websites for further reading.
What does the root 'ped/pod/' mean?
What is a Foot
It’s 1814. Napoleon has escaped his imprisonment on Elba. Britain is at war on four fronts. And at Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, five young ladies are secretly being trained for a world of spies, diplomacy, and war….Napoleon’s invasion of England is underway and someone at Stranje House is sneaking information to his spies. Lady Jane Moore is determined to find out who it is. If anyone can discover the traitor, it is Jane—for, according to headmistress Emma Stranje, Lady Jane is a mastermind.
Fiction/Historical Fiction
This helps the reader understand what they are reading. The reader takes notes either in the margins, on notebook paper or post it notes?
What is Annotating/Annotation
Boy in the Striped Pajamas is an example of what Genre?
What is Historical Fiction
Abby and her little brother Jonah get pulled through the mirror in their basement into the story of the Little Mermaid! When they accidentally mess up the Little Mermaid’s story, they must figure out a way to restore her happy ending.
Fiction/Fantasy
The root "Aud/Audi" means?
What is to hear
One summer day the Grasshopper saw the Ant gathering food and said, "Hey, Ant, why don't you chill a bit?" The ant replied, "I've got work to do, and so do you. Winter's coming." The grasshopper said, "I'll do it later." Soon the icy grip of winter squeezed the fields and the grasshopper was hungry. He knocked on the ant's door and the ant said, "You shouldn't have played around so much." Then he shut his window. Work comes before play.
Fiction/Fable
Name all three types of Annotating that we have learned?
TTBME
Think like a reporter
Highlight/Underline and Annotate