Parts of Speech
"Figure" out that Language
Informational Texts
Literary Genres
Melting Pot
100
Jump, jumping, jumped
What are verbs?
100
Same Stuff as Stars
What is alliteration?
100
The author's belief about the topic about which they are writing.
What is point of view?
100
A magical story that always ends with "happily ever after"
What is a fairy tale?
100
Underlining and recording thoughts in the margins when reading a text.
What is annotating?
200
Derek Jeter, Yankee Stadium, baseball glove
What are nouns?
200
Zzzzz! Zzzzz!
What is onomatopoeia?
200
To inform, to entertain, to persuade.
What is author's purpose?
200
A traditional story of historical events that explains a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon
What is a myth?
200
Claim, evidence, interpretation, judgment.
What is CEIJ or Open Response?
300
Glossy, delicate, big
What is are adjectives?
300
I am sunshine on gray Sunday mornings.
What is a metaphor?
300
The big idea of a text.
What is central idea?
300
A short story starring animals that teach a lesson.
What is a fable?
300
A poem that celebrates a person, place, or object with no formal structure.
What is an ode?
400
For, beneath, around, up, with, etc.
What are prepositions?
400
The hose snaked its way around the house and out into the grass.
What is personification?
400
Supports the central idea.
What is the main topic?
400
Real events and fictional characters.
What is historical fiction?
400
S-T-E-A-L.
What is indirect characterization (speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, looks)?
500
Very, slowly
What are adverbs?
500
The fresh cut grass clung to the lawn mower blades and filled the air with hints of spring.
What is sensory detail?
500
Specific facts, figures, or quotes that support both main topics and central ideas in a text.
What are supporting details?
500
Contains real facts and information.
What is non-fiction?
500
(crouching on tall stool center)
What are stage directions?
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