Reading Strategies
What is an inference?
Double your points: State one from chapter 2/3 of the books.
Making an educated guess or noting an implicit (implied) detail
What is the first part of any sort of writing, and what do you look for when you do it?
Breaking down the prompt!
Who/what/why, or kind of writing, amount of writing, key details.
In what season does yellow fever begin?
Summer
What is the setting of both novels? Be specific!
South Philadelphia, August, 1793.
What is the point of view of Fever 1793?
First person (Mattie's)
What is a prediction?
Double your points: State one from chapter 2/3 of the books.
Using context clues and content to figure out what might happen next or how the section will end
What is the purpose of informational writing? What is one thing you do differently than other writing as a result?
To inform!
No "I", no opinions, just facts.
Who was president at the time of the fever?
George Washington
What is the central idea of the beginning of both books?
No one was aware that yellow fever was starting because they dismissed or downplayed the growing list of signs
What is the point of view of An American Plague?
Third person omniscient
What three things make up central idea, and which is the most important?
The who, what, and WHY of a text.
What is an example of a decent sentence starter for a zoom in?
Usage of the word/phrase ".." reveals...
What is the capital of the United States at the time of the story?
Philadelphia, PA
What is foreshadowing and what is one example of it in these books?
Foreshadowing is when the author hints at something to come later.
A notable example of foreshadowing is the mosquitos in chapter 1.
What is a text feature present in An American Plague, but not in Fever 1793?
Images, charts, appendix,
What are different forms of organization (or structure) for a non-fiction text? Name at least 2.
Double your points: How is Fever 1793 organized?
Chronological, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, process, description.
What is the last thing you should do before submitting a writing?
What symptom gives yellow fever its name?
Double your points: what is the high level vocab word that means that symptom?
Yellowing of the skins, eyes, and mucus.
Jaundice.
What disagreement do the doctors initially have about yellow fever?
They disagree about the seriousness of yellow fever and how to respond to it.
How does the structure differ between the two novels?
Quote at the beginning of each chapter
What are three things you should always annotate, and what two things must annotations always include?
Key details, new vocab, and important facts. Marked (highlight, underline, etc) and explained.
How can you connect ideas and make your writing flow better?
Transition words!
Why are we reading these two books?
*Multiple perspectives
*Real life connection
*Relevance of the setting
What made yellow fever an epidemic and not a pandemic?
Epidemic = one country (generally) and controlled
Pandemic = many countries (and out of control)
Which of our two books is fiction, which is nonfiction, and what's the difference?
Fever 1793 = fiction = fake (but, in this case, based on reality)
An American Plague = nonfiction = not fake