Vocabulary
What is the definition of "theme?"
A lesson that an author wants to teach their readers
What is the turning point called within the story?
What happens at this specific point?
Climax - where the story shifts and/or the character changes in some way (physically, mentally, emotionally)
What are some elements that you can include within your objective summary?
Goal, events, actions, character names, author's name, title of story/movie
** teacher discretion
Do themes contain specific details and names from the story you are reading?
NO!
Edit the dialogue below.
ms. rensel stated please get out a laptop and work on your stories
What is the definition of an "objective summary?"
It is a summary that contains no opinions and it gives an overview of the story/movie
Describe the purpose of the exposition.
Introduce the characters and the setting to the audience.
How long should objective summaries be?
No more than 2 to 3 sentences max.
What is the difference between theme and main idea?
Theme is the lesson learned by the audience and the main idea is the overall topic of the story itself.
What is "indirect dialogue?"
Reporting content without directly quoting it. No quotation marks are used - think gossip. (he said, she said)
What does it mean when you are asked to "best support your answer?"
Using evidence/quotes from the passage that supports your chosen answer - both answers should relate to one another.
** teacher discretion
1. Define plot.
2. What are some characteristics of plot?
1. The sequence of events that make up a story.
2. 6 elements
clear/flowing begining, middle, and end
Create an objective summary for the short story of the "The 3 Little Pigs."
"The Three Little Pigs" is a fable about three pigs who build three houses of different materials. A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses which made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house that made of bricks.
Create a theme statement for "friendship".
** answers may vary - teacher discretion
What are the two ways you can write dialogue?
Tag, "Speech."
"Speech," tag.
2 Parts:
What are "sensory details?"
Give an example sentence.
Smell, taste, feel/touch, sight/see, hear/sound
** answers may vary on sentence example
Name the plot structure in order.
1. Exposition
2. Conflict (gotcha)
3. Rising Actions
4. Climax
5. Falling Actions
6. Resolution
Create an objective summary for "Shrek."
There lived an ogre named Shrek (Mike Myers) who makes a deal with an evil Lord Farquaad to rescue the Princess Fiona who has a deep secret.
** teacher discretion
We can identify the theme from the story through the experiences of the __________.
The character 's within the story.
Which of the choices below is "indirect dialogue?"
1. Sally said, "Pass me cookies."
2. Sally told me to pass her the cookies.
3. I passed Sally the cookies.
Think "gossip". He said she said.
2 Parts:
1. Name 5 types of figurative language.
2. Give an example of 1.
Similie, metaphor, idiom, alliteration, onomatopoeia, allusion, personification, hyperbole
** answers may vary on examples
What are 3 elements that EVERY narrative story should include?
1. Dialogue
2. Figurative Language
3. Sensory Details/Imagery
Create an objective summary for "Finding Dory."
Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. She embarks on a journey to go find her parents that she suddenly rememebered she had and she finds herself at a marine institutewhere her friends make it their mission to bring Dory back home.
** teacher discretion
Are theme statements directly stated?
How can you identify the theme of the story?
No
You can use events, conversations, actions of characters, characterization/development
** answers may vary, teacher discretion
How many mistakes are in the dialogue below?
sally said I am going to seel sea shells by the sea shore but I need to create a sign first
we need to go to the ocean and collect sea shells replied tom.
i was going to when i get out of school today stated sally do you want to come with me
22
(capitalization, punctuation, adding quotations)