Genre
The two main genres
Fiction and Nonfiction
A poem has...
Stanzas
TODAY ONLY! 10 cents for TWO chocolate bars! Come get Texas' BEST chocolate! You'll regret it!
The author is trying to...
convince/persuade you to buy chocolate.
The person that writes the selection
Author
You use this to make jots, write down your evidence, and identify the genre and main idea.
Four square/three square
This genre tells facts. Sometimes this genre includes dates.
Nonfiction
Photographs are used in this type of genre
Nonfiction
On a cold morning in Fayetteville the little dog pranced around the country. He was quite cold and lonely. He thought about how he wished he hadn't been so unkind to his brothers and sisters. He missed them now.
The author is trying to....
Entertain you by telling a story about a dog who was unkind to his family.
Point of view that uses the words I, me, my, us, we
First Person
You use this when you don't know a word.
Dictionary
This genre tells a story in the form of a plot.
Fiction
Illustrations are used in this type of genre.
Fiction
Third grade is WAY better than Kindergarten! In third grade you get to have your own chromebooks! You get to play with soccer balls at recess! Not to mention the teachers are so cool!
The author's purpose is...
to convince/persuade the reader that third grade is better than kindergarten.
Two different words that mean the same thing.
You do this before answering any question.
Read the passage 2 times.
This is another name for nonfiction text.
Informational text.
This tells you where to locate a chapter or topic.
Table of Contents
The sun is a giant star. The sun is the center of the universe. The sun is not a planet.
The author is...
Informing the audience with facts about the sun.
Words that sound the same but have a different meaning. Example: here, hear (Hint-Sound-Phone)
Homophone
You do this after you've answered the question.
Check your answer/provide evidence.
This genre has stanzas and a rhythm. This genre sometimes rhymes.
Poetry
For the extended constructed response you will write a minimum of 3 sentences. What will these three sentences contain?
Restate the question, claim, evidence, and conclusion.
With fiction texts the author wants you to...
learn a lesson from the story. Not facts, but a lesson that you can take to your real life.
Commas, period, quotations marks, exclamation point, question marks are all examples of..
Punctuation
You do this when you might be feeling overwhelmed, confused, nervous or not confident.
Brain break at your desk.