Story Elements
Name 3 story elements
Character, setting, plot, theme, conflict
What are the five parts of speech we have gone over?
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Pronoun
What are 2 things Oprah Winfrey is known for?
Author, tv show host, own television network, actor, etc.
A complete sentence must contain…
Subject, predicate, verb
Fact or Cap: The heart is the fastest muscle in the body.
Cap, eyes react quicker than any other muscle. It can also prompt other muscles to move as well.
What is a Context Clue?
Ideas, themes, or messages we may find in the passage
Describe this word using adjectives only:
Thomas Mifflin School
Remember: Adjectives describe a noun
Answers may vary
(Examples: Large, Vivid, Welcoming, Lively, Loud, Busy, etc.)
Chadwick Boseman played what Marvel Superhero
Choose the correct sentence:
She don’t like pizza or She doesn’t like pizza
She doesn’t like pizza
Fact or Cap: Dolphins are not a type of fish
Fact
What does a main idea tell us? What do supporting details do?
Main idea is what the passage is generally about. Supporting details aid in explaining and proving the main idea
Change the pronoun to match the noun in the sentence so it is not repetitive:
Maya, Chloe, and Randall wanted to go to the mall to get Maya, Chloe, and Randall comic books.
Maya, Chloe, and Randall wanted to go to the mall to get themselves comic books.
First African American president
Barack Obama
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:
“The group of students ___ going on a field trip.”
A. are
B. is
“The group of students are going on a field trip.”
Fact or Cap: Fish cannot blink
Fact, they lack eyelids
In a story, the main character refuses to enter a dark forest because she once got lost there as a child. This past experience influences her actions throughout the story.
What inferences can you make about the character and how this would impact the story?
Answers may vary;
However, character may need to go into dark forest to retrieve something important. May impact her ability to face her fears
In the sentence:
“The nervous student quickly finished her difficult test.”
Identify:
This Supreme Court case in 1954 ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What was the name of the case, and why was it important in American history?
Brown V. Board of Education
It was important because it ended legal segregation in public schools and was a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement.
Identify and correct the error in this sentence:
“After the game we was tired and hungry.”
The error is “we was.”
It should be: “After the game, we were tired and hungry.”
Fact or Cap: London is the capital of France
Cap, Paris is
Read the scenario:
On the first day of school, Maya moves to a small town in Alaska. She loves painting but feels nervous about making friends. When a class art contest is announced, Maya wants to enter, but another student tells her she isn’t good enough. Maya must decide whether to believe him or believe in herself. In the end, she enters the contest and wins second place, gaining confidence.
Identify the following:
Setting, Plot, Main Character, Conflict
In the sentence:
“After the loud thunder shook the windows, we ran inside.”
Identify:
Hint:
Preposition: describe relationships with other words in sentence
Verb: action word
Pronoun: replaces a noun
Name the film:
The true story of three African American women mathematicians who worked at NASA during the Space Race. They faced both racial and gender discrimination but played a major role in America’s success in space exploration.
Hidden Figures
Rewrite the sentence correctly and explain why:
“Running down the street, the backpack fell off Maria’s shoulders.”
Correct sentence:
“While Maria was running down the street, the backpack fell off her shoulders.”
Explanation:
The original sentence makes it seem like the backpack was running instead of Maria. That is what we call a dangling modifier.
Fact or Cap: The Atlantic Ocean is larger than the Pacific Ocean.
Cap, the Pacific Ocean is larger