Strategies
What is RACE
R - Restate
A - Answer
C - Cite Evidence
E - Explain
The time and place in which a story takes place.
Setting
This tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
Heading
The person or character who is telling the story.
Narrator
How long has Ms. Garcia worked here?
2 years
What is TDPAT
T - Title
D - Devices
P - Paraphrase
A - Author's Mood/Voice
T - Theme
A struggle or problem in a story.
Conflict
When an author gives hints and clues about events that are likely to happen later in the story.
Flashback
What is paraphrasing?
Putting a part of the story in your own words.
What's Ms. Garcia's favorite drink?
Alani
What is CQCLIPER?
C - Connection
Q - Question
CL - Clarify
I - Inference
P - Predict
E - Evaluate
R - Reflect
A narrator in the story is telling his or her own story using pronouns such as: I, me, or my.
First person point of view
This is a brief statement of the main events of a story.
Summary
What are the lines in a poem called?
Stanzas
How old is Ms. Garcia?
24
What goes in the SECOND and THIRD box of a FLEE Map?
RACE
The time order in which events happen.
Chronological Order
The sequence of events in a story.
Plot
Writing that contains verses, lines, stanzas, and rhyme schemes
Poetry
Where did Ms. Garcia go to college at?
UTSA (The University of Texas at San Antonio)
What type of stories is TDPAT used for?
Poems
When a story goes back in time presenting the reader with events that happened earlier.
Flashback
The message or lesson the author is trying to give the reader?
Theme
Writing that uses cast of characters, dialogue, scenes, settings, set directions
Drama or Play
What did Ms. Garcia teach last year?
Art