What is the setting of a story?
Where and when the story takes place
My alarm clock didn't go off. I jumped out of bed, ate breakfast and got ready for school. I grabbed my backpack and ran out the door. Make a prediction about this passage.
He missed the bus.
What is interesting vs. important information?
What do these letters stand for:
T-T
T-S
T-W
Text to Text, Text to Self & Text to World
Using different words to convey the same meaning of text.
What is paraphrase.
Ashley went to the vet with her dog on Sunday. Tiny the poodle did not look so well. She could hardly walk, open her eyes, or stand in the waiting line. Ashley began to feel nervous, like she might have to hear some bad news. Ask a W/H question about this passage.
"I wonder how Ashley feels right now?" "What could be wrong with the dog?" "Who drove her to the vet?"
Caption, labels, diagram, map, table of contents, glossary, index, illustrations, photographs
Rick and Larry drove through the quiet streets of Bakersville. Not a single porch light was on, doors and windows shut, and miles of farm land in between each home. The strangest part, neither Rick nor Larry saw a single cow, horse, or chicken on any piece of land. Where do you think Bakersville is? You MUST provide evidence from the text!
Any place/state that has lots of farm land and quiet neighborhoods.
What is needed to make a prediction about a text?
What is text clues + background knowledge = prediction
The mom got a cart and put her child in the front. She walked up and down aisles looking for things that she needed for the week. She put everything on the conveyor belt and bagged her items. Then, she went home and put everything away. Make an inference about what the mom was doing/where she was at.
What is shopping at a grocery store.
How did we practice summarizing fictional stories? What is the special phrase?
Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then