Name 4 types of fiction texts?
What is fables, fairy tales, mysteries, historical fiction, science fiction, realistic fiction, fantasy.
Daily Double!! Name 3 text features found in non-fiction text.
Heading, Subheading, Table of Contents, Bold Print, Photographs, Sidebar, Glossary, Index, Charts/Graph, Map
What is the difference between fact and opinion?
Fact is something that can be proven and an opinion is something that you believe.
Name a type of non-fiction text
Biographies, sports, animals, planets, history
What are the 5 elements of fiction?
What is characters, setting, problem, events, solution.
When writing a report, what are 2 sources you can use to research information?
What is encyclopedia, internet, books.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! What are three things you should do BEFORE reading the selection or passage on the EOG?
What is read the title, read the questions, highlight key words in questions, read the answer choices
What is another name for what the story is about in a fiction text?
What is the main idea.
DAILY DOUBLE!!! What does it mean to use context clues?
Read and look at the words around the unknown word to determine its meaning.
The way that a story is told is the _____ __ ______.
What is point of view.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!! Name the point of view that shows the narrator is not a part of the story.
Third person
Why does an author include different text features?
To highlight the information and facts that are being shared on the topic and make it easier to understand.
What is one type of poetry?
Acrostic, Haiku, Limerick, Shape or Concrete, Free Verse
What is the lesson that the author is trying to teach the reader called?
Theme
Give an example of a fiction title that is written about a person by another person.
What is ......(any biography title)
How might understanding the use of text features support your understanding of non-fiction texts?
It makes it easier to find information in the text and get the facts that you need without reading the entire book.
What does it mean to add your "voice" when writing a text, such as poetry?
add your personality.... so that the person reading it knows more about you as a person.
What is the difference between a compare and contrast?
Name 2 types of text structure that can be used in writing.
Problem and solution, Cause and effect, Sequencing, Compare and contrast, Description