Vocabulary
In "First Day Jitters", this comparison suggests that August is feeling extremely nervous about going to school.
What is the simile "butterflies... were more like pigeons"?
The following quotes from "The Performance Space" depicts a character tracker.
"How can someone who's not a real teacher actually teach science?" "What's the deal with your face?" "Why is your hair so long?"
MS. L: Julian is rude.
What are Character traits?
You do this FIRST when presented with ANY question. (MC or SAR)
What are read the directions, and pull apart the question. (Highlight key points)?
This is done to gain a better understanding of a difficult/long question.
Tells the reader what the story is MOSTLY about.
What is Central Idea?
Chapter "Time to Think" is an example of which character tracker? (pg 114-117).
What is Character's Relationship?
You do this to reveal your magic maybe answers.
What is getting rid of silly answers/distractors?
Develop a claim to the following question.
What influences a person’s decisions? Discuss two characters from the reading whose decisions are heavily influenced by those around them.
Varying answer must include:
RESTATE OF THE QUESTION
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
What is a metaphor?
Read the following summary of "Ex-Friends":
"Jack misses being friends with August, but he also has more friends now that he's not hanging out with August".
What is this an example of?
What is Character's Problem?
What is restating the question in your own words?
Read the excerpt from a student's writing response:
Julian, Jack, and Charlotte's treatment of August gives him mixed emotions. He dislikes the tour because of Julian’s behavior, but appreciates Charlotte and Jack for standing up for him. This tells me that his comments negatively impacted August. However, he also comments on the positive effects of Charlotte and Jack’s company. This reveals the theme of how a person can have lasting effects on another.
What is the student missing?
What is evidence and page number?
BONUS: Find and write out the evidence to this question (With pg. #).
A description of the character's thoughts, feelings, or actions.
What is characterization?
Use the following quote from "A Tour of the Galaxy" to answer the following question:
"August is the Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are planets orbiting the Sun."
Which character tracker is this an example of?
What is Character's Perspective?
This should be done when given a page number within a question.
What is looking back in the text?
Read the following quote from the text:
If a Wookiee started going to the school all of the sudden, I’d be curious. I’d probably stare a bit. (62)
What is missing?
What are quotation marks?
The moral, message, or lesson about real life, provided by the text.
Example from Wonder: Society must lose the idea of being an "ordinary kid" because it isolates those who do not fit other people's expectations.
What is theme?
Jack's motivation for changing his mind about the Grand Tour, WITH QUOTE.
What is Jamie's reaction to August in the park?
"It was because when I heard Jamie talking about how he had run away from August going “Ahhh,’ I suddenly felt really bad...if a little kid like Jamie, who’s usually a nice enough kid, can be that mean, then a kid like August doesn’t stand a chance in middle school." (pg 141)
You receive zero points for a question when you do this.
What is leaving the answer blank/ not choosing an answer?
Complete the REASONING portion of this SAR:
Pop culture references build our understanding of August by aligning their stories to our everyday lives. In the reading, August compares himself to the Wookiee of the Hobbit. He feels like an ugly beast-like creature compared to his friends. In defense of his schoolmates however, Auggie says “If a Wookiee started going to the school all of the sudden, I’d be curious. I’d probably stare a bit” (62).
Varying answers must SUPPORT evidence and include a SENTENCE STARTER.
This tells me that...
This proves... (etc.)