ELA Skills
How does making connections help you?
To better understand the text or the theme.
The main character's name is...
Rachel
The Main character is...
Deza Malone
noun.
What is my first name?
Nicole
A life lesson that the author hides in a story is called...
A theme.
The conflict in the story is about this...
The red sweater
The conflict in the story is about
Deza's teacher thinks she cheated.
verbs
What does my husband do?
MBTA driver
What are the 3 types of connections you can make with the text?
Text to text. Text to World. Text to Self.
Rachel does this in front of her whole class.
She cries.
Deza gets this Grade on her english work...
C +
Words used to describe nouns are called...
Adjective
What is my son's name?
Jack
What does annotating mean?
Taking notes on the text.
Who did the sweater belong to?
Phyllis
Deza's classmate tells her that the teachers at their school are....
racist/ predjudiced
Words that replace nouns are called
Pronouns.
What is my favorite video game?
Skyrim.
What is the problem of a story called?
conflict
The antagonist of the story is...
Mrs. Price
What chore are Deza and the young boy doing at the end of the story?
Wishing dishes.
Words that describe actions are called
Adverbs.
Where did I grow up?
Yonkers, NY