The Essay
The three parts of an essay (HINT: Think hamburger!)
What are the introduction, body and conclusion?
A conclusion you come to based on literal observations
What is an inference?
After finding a word in the dictionary, do this to make sure you pick the right definition.
What is try out the different definitions to make sure they make sense in the sentence?
In addition
What is to add on?
Neel and Lal's father
Who is the Raja?
In a literary essay, a main idea must be supported by these from the text.
What are details?
The main or general meaning of a piece of writing; you captured it for HW on a post it.
What is the gist?
The way that words in a dictionary are organized.
What is alphabetically or alphabetical order?
What is to introduce an example?
These two characters were turned into spheres by the Demon Queen.
Who are Lal and Mati?
This part of an essay is like the foundation of the house; everything else grows out of this.
What is the main idea?
Another word for express or communicate; it is part of our Long Term Learning Target.
What is convey?
This strategy invites you to read around the word (including the sentence before and after) to figure out the meaning.
What is context clues/context?
What is to sum up/conclude?
Kiran's birth mother, she helped Kiran near the end of the book.
Who is the Moon Maiden?
Use these types of words and phrases to connect ideas within sentences, between sentences and between paragraphs.
What are transitional words and phrases?
Another word for quality or characteristic
What is trait?
You can use this strategy to figure out the meaning of words like revision, biography, heroic, misunderstand, rethink, biology, mistake.
What is word parts or root words/prefixes/suffixes?
But
What is to show a contradiction or the opposite?
This character is Neel's half sister. At the end of the book she tries to eat the main characters/
Who is Bogli?
This paragraph sums up the essay's main points.
What is the conclusion.
This type of thinking goes with the ideas strand on the rubric; it means an explanation of the meaning of something based on a careful examination.
What is analysis?
The definition of revision based on the prefix and the root word.
What is see again or vision again?
As a result
What is to show cause and effect?
At the end of the book, Kiran realizes that these things have special powers to heal.
What are her tears?