What is the setting of a story?
Where the story takes place
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
Name a few text features.
- Title
- Change in font.
- Diagrams
- Headings
- Captions
-Index
To use strong exaggeration
hyperbole
What is the turning point, high point, or main event is in a story?
Climax
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
When you cite evidence to prove your answer in an ECR, how do you let the reader know that you found the evidence in the passage?
Using The text says and including quotation marks.
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
Pairing what you read with what you know to make an educated guess
Making an inference/inferencing
What is the conflict?
The problem of the story.
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
How many sentences should your ECR be?
8
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
To give a short explanation that only includes the most important parts.
Summarize
Which word in the sentence is the pronoun:
"Mrs. Salonga was so excited to teach her students this new math"
her
Include transitions and sentence starters
1. Controlling Idea - I will + Prompt or Restate prompt.
2. Reason 1: The first reason is
3. Evidence 1: The text says..
4. Explanation 1: This shows that..
5. Reason 2: The second reason is..
6. Evidence 2: The author states...
7. Explanation 2: This shows that...
8. Conclusion: In Conclusion
Write a controlling idea based on the prompt below:
Explain how Clementine's experiences have led her to feel that her voice has been silenced.
I will explain how Clementine's experiences have led her to feel that her voice has been silenced by Reason 1 + Reason 2.
Clementine's experiences have led her to feel that her voice has been silenced by / because Reason 1 + Reason 2.
Using the prompt below write a controlling idea:
Explain how living in poverty leads Aladdin to justify his actions.
Living in poverty leads Aladdin to justify his actions by Reason 1+ Reason 2.
When a reader's personal experience relates to the text.
Text to Self Connection
How do you find controlling idea from a prompt
I will + Prompt.
Restate the prompt + Reason 1 and Reason 2
List all the elements in a plot diagram:
Setting
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
How would you explain theme?
The moral of story / Lesson learned
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
Metaphor
Write out all the FAN BOYS.
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So