4 P's of Prediction
This "P" means you need to look for things that repeat in a text.
Patterns
What does QAR stand for?
Question-Answer Relationship
How many continents are there?
A simile compares two things using these two words.
Like or as
What is the setting in a story?
The time and place where a story happens.
This "P" uses information revealed in illustrations or photographs.
Pictures
What are the four QAR question types?
-Right there
-On my Own
-Think and Search
-Writer and Me
What begins with “T,” ends with “T,” and has “T” inside it?
Teapot
What is personification?
giving human traits to nonhuman things
True or false: The theme is always stated directly in the story.
False
Do you check your predictions before or after reading?
After
Think and Search means..
The answer is in the text, but you need to look at more than one sentence.
What gas do plants take in that humans breathe out?
Carbon Dioxide
“The baby was as quiet as a mouse.” What type of figurative language is this?
Simile
What is the theme in a story?
the underlying message
Define Prior Knowledge
Information the reader already knows
Identify the question type:
What would you do if you got lost while hiking?
On my own
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
The snow was a white blanket covering the town.
Metaphor
What is the plot in a story?
The sequence of events that happen in a story
What are the 4 P's of prediction?
You have to name ALL
-prior knowledge
-patterns
-pictures
-proving
Identify the question type:
How does Angie's character change throughout the story?
Think and Search
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
“I told you a million times!” What kind of figurative language is that?
Hyperbole
The beginning of a story where characters and setting are introduced.
Exposition