Informative
The job of a knight.
What is to protect the king/castle, fight in wars, practice chivalry, etc.?
The name for what we use to support our ideas in opinion writing.
What is evidence?
Name a book that follows narrative form.
Answers vary.
The verb of this sentence:
Hunter raced to the bathroom.
What is "raced"?
The first novel we read this year.
What is Holes?
The life of a monk.
It is important to use credible _____ when writing about your opinion.
What are sources/evidence?
The points of view and their definitions.
First person: "I, me we," told from narrator's perspective.
3rd person: "He, she, they," told from outside perspective.
The adverb in this sentence:
Levi worked slowly on his homework so as not to make a mistake.
What is "slowly"?
The definition of theme.
What is, the lesson or message of a story or book?
The battle that changed history, and the reason we speak English today.
What is the Battle of 1066/the Battle of Hastings?
The number of paragraphs and sentences per paragraph expected in opinion and informative writing.
What is five paragraphs, five sentences?
The difference between personal narrative and narrative.
Personal narratives tell a true story about a person, told from that person's point of view. Narratives themselves are just a story.
The meaning of the prefix "un"
What is "not" or "the opposite of"?
The main character from Fever 1793 was searching for whom for most of the book?
Mattie (Matilda) was searching for her mom after the fever.
The main events that led to the end of the Middle Ages.
What are the invention of "modern" weapons, the Crusades, and/or the continued growth of the Middle Class?
What are, stating your opinion, using evidence to support your opinion, using examples and reasons together.
Definition of a fable.
The object of this sentence:
Matilda rode her horse as fast as she could into the forest.
What is, "horse"?
There are arguably two conflicts in Hatchet, one internal (in Brian's mind) and one external. What are they?
What are, his conflict with sadness and "the secret," and his conflict with nature.
The influence of Ella Fitzgerald on modern music and jazz.
What is, she sold millions of records, was one of the first female African American jazz artists, created charities and had festivals/events named in her honor?
Our prompt for our opinion writing performance task.
What is, should students need good grades to participate in after school sports?
The difference between historical fiction and contemporary fiction.
What is, historical fiction tells a made up story about a real time period from the past, and contemporary fiction is also made up but focused on a modern time period.
The prepositional phrase of this sentence:
Celeste was happy at school, so she didn't want a vacation.
What is "at school"?
The theme of Holes.
Potential answers: What is, justice versus injustice, friendship, the power of fate, etc.?