Nouns
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, or thing.
What is an adjective?
An adjective describes a noun.
What is conflict?
The problem in a story.
What is identity?
A) Who someone is
B) A group of people
A) Who someone is
Choose a character trait to describe Madison.
Madison likes to swim. She practices every day for swim team tryouts. Madison practices for one hour every day.
Madison is ___________.
A) Active
B) Lazy
A) Giraffe
B) Foolish
C) President
Giraffe and President
Which words are adjectives?
A) Green
B) Salty
C) Fish
Green and Salty
What is theme?
The message of a story.
What the protagonist learns.
Define the word "describe."
Describe: use adjectives to tell about how something looks, feels, smells, tastes, and sounds.
Choose 2 character traits to describe Aditya.
Aditya is a good person. He makes dinner for Taylor. He helps clean the apartment. Aditya even feeds the rabbit, Mochi.
A) Helpful
B) Greedy
C) Loving
Find the noun in the sentence.
Colin likes to paint.
Colin
Find the adjective in the sentence.
The playful dog ate my socks.
playful
What is a protagonist?
The main character in a story.
Define the word identify.
To tell who or what someone/something is
What is the type of conflict?
Brittany cooked food for her family. Brittany's sister was busy, so she could not eat dinner with the family. Brittany was angry at her sister.
Individual vs. Individual
Find the nouns in the sentences.
Marc rides his skateboard in the park.
Marc, skateboard, park
Find the adjectives in the sentence.
The intelligent student completed the difficult exam.
intelligent and difficult
Name 2 types of conflict.
Individual vs. __________
Individual vs. __________
Use "describe" in a sentence.
Example:
"You can describe me as confident."
What is the type of conflict?
Matthew was alone in the house. He heard a scary noise..."oooooOOOOOOoooo." Matthew slowly searched the dark house. "AAAAHHHH," he screams.
Individual vs. Supernatural
Find the nouns in the sentences.
The family visited the beach on a bright and hot day in July.
family
beach
day
July
Find the adjectives in the sentence.
The athletic friends visited the mountains on a cold and snowy day in January.
athletic
cold
snowy
Identify the 6 parts of plot.
1. Exposition
2. Initiating Event
3. Rising Action
4. Climax
5. Falling Action
6. Resolution
Use the word "identity" in a sentence.
Example:
"I am a teacher from the United States. That is my identity."
Which part of the plot is this?
All of a sudden, it started raining. There was lightning and thunder. The wind blew harder and harder. The people were scared there might be a tornado.
Initiating Event