Grammar
Every word within a sentence has its own function.
What are parts of speech?
FANBOYS
What is a Conjunction?
dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
This girl from the Sharks falls in love with Tony in a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet.
Maria
The reader what your writing is about and what you believe or will prove.
What is a Thesis?
a word part added to the beginning of a word that changes its meaning.
Prefixes
Identify the dependent clause: “Because it rained, we stayed inside.”
What is “Because it rained”?
The feelings or associations a word suggests beyond its dictionary meaning.
Connotation
This brave teenage girl discovers she is Divergent and chooses Dauntless as her faction.
Beatrice
Invest in the question, restate the question, answer the question, cite your evidence, and explain your evidence.
What is R.A.C.E.?
a word part added to the end of a word that changes its meaning or its part of speech.
Suffixes
How many independent clauses? “I ran home, and I called my mom because I was late.”
What is Two?
"The classroom was a zoo."
Identify the figure of speech.
Metaphor
This young man trains Tris and later becomes her love interest.
Four
This text states....
On page 65, the author states....
This illustrates......
What are sentence frames for short response?
The main part of a word that carries its basic meaning.
It is the foundation to which prefixes and suffixes can be added.
Root Words
The cat slept, and the dog barked.
What is a compound sentence?
A phrase or expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the individual words.
Idiom
In this movie, society is divided into factions based on personality traits.
Divergent
After each piece of evidence, students must ask: How does this prove my answer? If they can’t explain it, the evidence doesn’t count.
What is the "Prove It " rule?
Meta-, Bio-, Pre-,In-
Prefixes
“When the cat slept, the dog barked, and the bird flew away.”
What is a compound-complex sentence?
"I'm drowning in homework."
Hyperbole
A sudden global climate disaster causes massive storms and a new ice age.
Day After Tomorrow
Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing
What is the writing process?