What is a gist?
What is repetition?
How many school days do we have each year?
175
Circle the subject and underline the predicate:
The car was really loud.
Subject: The car
Predicate: was really loud
What food shape to we use to help us write paragraphs?
burger/sandwiches
How did Jack feel about poetry in the beginning and then at the end of Love that Dog?
He did not like poetry
What does inspire mean?
to encourage someone to do something
What is the name of the sporting event that happens every 4 years in the summer and the winter?
Olympics
What are the nouns in this sentence?
The mouse ran under the couch to get away from the cat.
mouse, couch, cat
What is the first sentence in a paragraph called?
Topic Sentence
Who wrote "Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening?"
Robert Frost
poems: stanzas, lines, rhyme, repetition
prose: paragraphs, sentences,
What two countries are right next too the USA?
Canada and Mexico
Label the verbs in this sentence:
Ms. R saw her cat hiding behind a door.
saw, hiding
What does a conclusion sentence do?
Wraps up the writing
rewrite the topic sentence
What is a theme?
The hidden message of a poem or prose
Name one characteristic that makes this a poem:
-written in stanzas
-4 lines
-rhyme
-not written in complete sentences
What is the biggest country in the world?
Russia
Label the adjectives in this sentence: The quick, brown fox jumped over the two lazy dogs.
quick, brown, two, lazy
Why are details important to a paragraph?
explains your thinking
In Love that Dog, on page 20, Jack says
"I really really really
did NOT get
the pasture poem
I read today."
How do you think he is feeling?
Jack is feeling frustrated, mad and confused
Name 3 features of a poem?
-stanzas/lines
-repetition
-imagery
-rhyming
What is the name of this animal?
Kiwi
As a group, write your own sentence and label the subject and predicate.
answers will vary
What is a good topic sentence for this prompt: Who inspires you?
answers can vary:
-Someone who inspires me is_____.
-____ inspires me.