Goals/Growth & Fixed Mindset/Identity
What is a goal?
A goal is a guide, a target to work towards, and help people do their best!
What is denotation?
How many steps are there to the writing process?
5
Topic is another word for....
Subject
Written or spoken language that is make believe or not true.
True or False: Someone who has a growth mindset thinks that effort is unnecessary and believes skills are something you are born with?
False: Someone with a FIXED mindset thinks that effort is unnecessary believes skills are something you are born with?
What is connotation?
The emotions or feelings behind a word.
True or False: During the Drafting Stage, you create an outline for your paper.
False, during the Prewriting Stage
A topic sentence is always the first sentence of a paragraph: true or false?
False- a topic sentence is often, not always, the first sentence of a paragraph.
The purpose of fiction is to....
entertain
Is the following statement coming from an individual who has a growth or fixed mindset?
"I like to try new things"
Growth
Which phrase would have a more negative connotation?
A. After quitting my job, I crammed a box with documents and all my belongings and threw my stuff into the trunk of my car.
B. After leaving my job, I filled a box with documents and all my belongings and threw my stuff into the trunk of my car.
A
True or False: Revising is making your paper look better?
False: Editing is making your paper look better, revising is making your paper sound better.
A topic is usually how long?
1-2 words or 3-4 if it's a short phrase
How many different types of irony are there and what are they?
3- Situational, Verbal, and Dramatic
What is an example of something that makes up your cultural identity?
Knowledge and stories, language, traditions/rituals, techniques/skills, tools/objects, the arts/folk art, food/drink, values, the greater community, medical care, child rearing methods, celebrations, jokes, manners, and working schedules.
Which word has the most positive connotation below:
A. traitorous
B. backstabbing
C. untrustworthy
C
What are the 5 steps to the writing process?
1st Prewriting
2nd Drafting
3rd Revising
4th Editing
5th Publishing
What is the topic of the paragraph?
The movie Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for the summer of 1995. It is an exciting story about space exploration. In the movie, the astronauts get in trouble while they are trying to return to Earth. People in the audience are on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens. What makes it even more exciting is that it is a true story.
Apollo 13
In the movie, HOME ALONE, we know that Kevin has planted traps everywhere in the house, but the robbers do not know this. What type of irony is this?
DRAMATIC- the viewer knows about the traps and the robbers do not!
What does S.M.A.R.T. stand for in S.M.A.R.T. goals?
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic/Relevant, and Timely?
Now, the word snake in the dictionary is defined as a long limbless reptile with no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws capable of extension. If you called someone a “snake”. The connotation associated that would be and why?
A. Positive
B. Neutral
C. Negative
C. Negative, people who are snakes are typically seen as sneaky, deceitful, and liars.
True or False: A published paper should have the page number and last name on the top-left corner of the header of your paper.
Correct the statement if False.
FALSE:
A published paper should have the page number and last name on the top-right corner of the header of your paper.
What is the topic sentence?
________ Almost all of Whittier's citizens live in one fourteen-floor building. The building is set up to help people say inside during Whittier's long, harsh winters. The building contains a police station, a post office, a grocery store, a health center, and a laundry. There is even an underground tunnel that connects this building to the town's school.
A. Whittier, Alaska has cold winters.
B. Most people in Whittier Alaska spend their winters underground.
c. People in Whittier, Alaska stay indoors during the winter, mostly spending their time in 1-2 buildings.
C
Give an example of verbal irony.
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