Fiction Reading
The reader can infer that Hannah is a quick thinker. Which detail from the text best supports this inference?
What does infer mean?
Assume/Conclude
Narrative writing (stories) follow a story arc, or story mountain.
What are the 5 parts of that story structure?
Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then
OR Exposition-Rising Action-Climax-Falling Action-Resolution
What are 2 things readers look for in non-fiction reading?
Central Idea/Details/Bias/Word Choice
Name all 5 paragraphs of an argumentative or expository essay.
Intro, Body 1, Body 2, Body 3, and Conclusion
What is the theme of the story? Use details from the text to support your answer.
What does details mean?
Text evidence; quote the text if possible
What is the lesson or message that the author tries to convey to the audience through the character and events in the story?
Theme
In fiction writing, we use I-ADD.
I = Inner thinking
What do the A,D, and D stand for?
Action, Dialogue, and Description
What are 2 ways we might take notes on, or from, a non fiction text?
Chunking the text, underlining important details, jotting questions in the margins, making connections, using boxes and bullets, setting up a t-chart
What is plagarism?
When you copy a sentence from a source without giving them credit.
Which of the following should you NOT do during the SBA?
A. Zone out for 30 seconds to give yourself a break
B. Skip/guess on questions that are tricky or getting in your head
C. Ask the person next to you for a pencil
D. Take notes on your scrap paper
C. Ask the person next to you for a pencil
What trait could you use to describe a character who is accepting of new things or ideas?
open-minded
Name the parts of I-ADD that are used in the passage below:
"Watch out!” I shouted to Dan. The boulder was picking up speed as it rolled down the mountain, like a cannon ball launched straight at us.
Action, Description, Dialogue
What is the term for what the author wants you to know or understand about the topic?
Central Idea
What does an introduction paragraph of an argument essay ALWAYS have to include?
A hook/some background information/three reasons and claim
Define the word: Convey
To show
Who is the narrator of the text?
The voice/character telling the story.
In what part of a story would a writer most likely include the following:
It seemed like it had been a long time since anything was normal, but now that Matthew was finally home, it hit him: normal was good. It might have taken losing almost everything, but he now realized what really mattered.
The end of the story/Resolution/the "Then" scene
Name all the different text strucutres in informational writing.
Cause and effect
Description
Chronological/Sequence
Compare and Contrast
Bonus: Problem and solution
What are the 3 parts of a body paragraph or short answer question?
Claim(reason), evidence, reasoning
How many details should you include in a short answer question?
2 details from the text
Imagine you read a story about a boy who wins a challenge by outsmarting his opponent rather than using his strength.
What is a possible theme for this story?
Sometimes in life, intelligence is more important than physical strength.
In life, physical strength isn't always the most important thing.
How should you plan a narrative before you write it?
Story mountain
What is a possible central idea for the below passage:
No matter what we call the rat, its body is built for survival. A rat can collapse its skeleton, allowing it to wriggle through a hole as narrow as three-quarters of an inch. An adult’s rat’s jaws are hundreds of times more powerful than a person’s. Large muscles allow it to bite down with a force of 7,000 pounds per square inch, about he same force as a crocodile’s jaws. Its teeth are stronger than copper and lead.
Rats are stronger than people think.
Rats are built to survive.
Rats' bodies are strong and able to survive almost anything.
Rats are extremely talented and strong animals.
Find the hook/background/claim/reasons of this informational intro paragraph.
Did you know that the population of elephants in the wild decreases every year? All around us, animals are going through drastic change, and there are many factors. Many believe that this is due to poaching, or hunting. Others think climate change has to do with it, and the change of environment. Regardless of what you believe, this matter affects all of us, and the animals on our planet. In truth, elephants are becoming endangered because people hunt them for their tusks, and because their habitat is being destroyed.
HOOK: Did you know that the population of elephants in the wild decreases every year? All around us, animals are going through drastic change, and there are many factors.
BACKGROUND: Many believe that this is due to poaching, or hunting. Others think climate change has to do with it, and the change of environment. Regardless of what you believe, this matter affects all of us, and the animals on our planet.
CLAIM/REASONS: In truth, elephants are becoming endangered because people hunt them for their tusks, and because their habitat is being destroyed.
How would you START to answer this short response question:
How does the author use dialogue to show the character's inner struggles? Use details from the text to support your thinking.
The author uses dialogue to show the character's inner struggles by...