Understanding Text
The most important idea in part of a text.
What is the Key Idea?
A person, animal, or figure in a story
What is Character?
The reason the author created the text
What is Author’s purpose?
Information that explains or develops a key idea
What is Supporting detail?
This is the volume level that everyone should be at in the hallway and when walking into class.
What is voice level zero
The main point the author communicates in an informational text.
What is Main idea?
The time and place in which a story occurs
What is Setting?
The perspective from which a text is told
What is Point of view?
The way an author organizes information
What is Text structure?
A red shirt, black or khaki pants, and mostly black shoes.
What is the dress code?
A reasonable conclusion based on evidence and what you already know
What is Inference?
The main problem or struggle in a story
What is Conflict?
The author’s attitude toward the subject
What is Tone?
A structure showing why something happened and its result
What is Cause and effect?
These points are awarded for showing positive behavior.
What are PBIS Points?
Details or quotations from a text that support an answer
What is Text evidence?
The connected events that make up a story
What is Plot?
The feeling a text creates in the reader
What is Mood?
A structure showing similarities and differences
What is Compare and contrast?
This assignment should be started and completed within the first 5 minutes.
What is the Do Now?
Combine information and ideas to form a new understanding
What is Synthesize?
A message about life or people revealed through the story
What is Theme?
Language that communicates more than its literal meaning
What is Figurative language?
A position or statement the author wants readers to accept
What is Claim?
The best teacher.
Who is Mr. Rodriguez?