Thinking Jobs
What should you identify first when reading a text (before using the Thinking Jobs)?
The genre of the text: Non-fiction, fiction, or poetry
Where is a PREFIX found in a word?
The beginning of the word Ex: impossible
How many details from the text should be used to support your answer in written responses?
At least TWO details
Where a story takes place
Setting
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence, background knowledge, and reasoning
An inference
What are the NON FICTION Thinking Jobs?
Mainly Teaching and Author's Point of View
Where is a SUFFIX found in a word?
The end Ex: tension
What you should do when you come to a word you don't know in a text?
Read the words around it and use context clues to try to understand it.
DAILY DOUBLE: The message or lesson of a story or text
Theme
What is something you should do the night before taking the ELA state exam?
Get a good night's sleep
What are the POETRY Thinking Jobs?
Literal Meaning and Deeper/Figurative Meaning
What is the prefix in the word "mistaken"?
mis-
Taking notes and underlining important ideas when reading a text is called?
Annotating
The emotion that the READER feels from a story.
Mood
What should you do the morning before taking the ELA state exam?
Eat a healthy breakfast
What are the FICTION Thinking Jobs?
Character, Setting, Problem, Solution, and Theme
What is the suffix in the word "presentable"?
-able
What type of question is being asked when it says: "What is this story mostly about?"
What is Central Idea or Main Idea?
How the information within a written text is organized is called the ___________?
Structure
Name the figurative language used in the following: She is as innocent as an angel.
Simile
Why do we use thinking jobs when reading a text?
To help us annotate and understand the text
Non-, Un-, Dis-, and Ir- are all prefixes that mean ________?
Not. Ex: imperfect = not perfect
What is the 'claim' in an extended response?
The claim is another word for the answer, thesis, or main/central idea of your response.
The attitude that the author creates for a piece of literature. Ex: Suspenseful
Tone
A word that means to examine a text critically is...
Analyze