Historical Fiction
A theme from The Butterfly
What is
Don't give up hope
Fight for what is right
(Other options at the teacher's discretion)
Spell the word given by the teacher.
Teacher discretion
Identify the conjunction/s in the following sentence.
Whenever it rains, Preppy scurries to his tree and hides in the branches so he stays dry.
What is
whenever, and, so?
Writers make this to plan a realistic story where the problem gets worse before it gets better
What is a story arc?
Money raised by Trinity students will be donated to Nets for Life in order to purchase these
What are mosquito bed nets?
The act of putting yourself into the shoes of a character to feel what they are going through
What is empathy?
The name of the new word after adding a prefix or suffix to a base word
What is a derivative?
The reason why possessive pronouns are coded blue instead of yellow
Possessive pronouns function as adjectives
Three elements used to show a scene instead of tell a scene
What is dialogue, action, and feeling?
Next year, there will not be any of these types of days at Trinity.
What are Tall Tuesdays?
The term given to people who helped hide slaves as they traveled north in the mid 1800s
Who are conductors or station masters?
Give an example of an exception to the following rule: The (oi) sound in the initial or medial position is spelled with "oi"
Possibilities may be:
oyster
foyer
The acronym used to remember the most common conjunctions
What is FANBOYS?
Two reasons to begin a new paragraph
What is
1. to separate different parts or times of the story and 2. to show when a new character is speaking
The five debatable topics during Inquiry Seminar
What is
Should humans eat meat, do school uniforms limit student expression, are Grimms fairy tales too grim, do nontraditional school calendars affect student achievement, do head injuries make sports too dangerous?
Explain the power dynamics in Freedom Summer.
Teacher discretion
The reason why the word "scoundrel" is spelled with -ou.
The (ou) sound is heard in the medial position.
Examples of this type of pronoun include
this, that, these, those
What are demonstrative pronouns?
Examples include:
meanwhile, at the same time, early that morning
What are transitional phrases?
The term given in a debate when one team does not address another team's argument
What is dropped?
The historical event that stated, "All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of any public place, regardless of race, color, religion, or national origin."
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Give the reason why the words "down" and "growl" have -ow- in the medial position instead of -ou-.
The (ou) sound comes right before a final -n or final -l.
"Either...or..." and "neither...nor..." are these type of conjunctions
What are correlative conjunctions?
This part of a story shows what is happening and where, and also gets readers into the world of the story.
What is a lead?
The two founding fathers who were the best, yet worst of friends
Who are Jefferson and Adams?