Fiction
What is Fiction?
Fiction is stories that are not real
What is Argumentative Text?
Argumentative text persuade the reader to take side on the topic.
TRUE OR FALSE Informational text are NOT real
Informational text are real and true
What are you doing when you are making an inference?
educated guess made by connecting what you read with what you already know.
When you don't understand the meaning the word on the STAAR Test. What can you ALWAYS DO?
USE THE DICTIONARY
Peoples, animals, or things in fictional stories are called
characters
True or False Claim is the position being taken in the argument
TRUE
What does facts mean?
Key ideas are what?
Key ideas are the author’s main ideas
What can get you a good score on your Short Constructed Response SCR quesstion?
Using RACE Strategy, or providing a complete answer with evidence from the text
The problem in a story is the called the
CONFLICT
True or False The Mighty Baba Yaga was a Argumentative Text
FALSE
Name two Informational text we have read this year?
Hidden Figures, Simone Biles, Becoming Darth Vader, etc
How can you make connections while reading? Name the three ways
Text to Text, Text to self, Text to world/society
You are given scratch sheets of paper on the STAAR test. What can you do with them?
annotate the text, write RACE Strategy, or plan your essay
Theme is what_______________ and give an example of a theme
Theme is the message or moral in the story
Examples include: friendship, love, forgiveness, being kind, good vs. evil, courage etc
In your argument it is important to back it up with ____________________ and ___________________
reasons and evidence
What are some text features that authors use in informational text? Name at least 3
Subheadings, captions, photographs, maps, diagrams, bolded words, italics etc
The Authors purpose could be to _____________ Name at least one purpose
persuade, entertain, inform, describe, or instruct
TRUE or FALSE: The ECR (Extended Constructed Response) needs a INTRO, BODY, and CONCLUSION
EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER
TRUE
Exposition Rising Action, Climax, and Falling Action are all a part of the
PLOT DIAGRAM
Fill in the blank the counterclaim is the _______________ side to the argument
opposite
Organizational patterns or text structures authors use can include.... Name at least one.
description, sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, and compare & contrast
NAME AND EXPLAIN EVERY LETTER IN THE RACE STRATEGY.
R=Restate the question.
A=Answer the question.
C=Cite your evidence.
E=Explain your evidence.
Revise and Editing questions are questions that__________________
Have you correct errors such as (spelling, punctuation, combining sentence, using commas etc)