Determine the Theme
List as many synonyms for theme as your group can in 30 seconds.
theme, moral, central message, central idea, main idea, author's message
What is imagery?
Imagery is sight, hear, taste, touch, smell, and feel.
What are the steps for writing an argumentative paragraph? (in the correct order)
The steps for writing an argumentative paragraph are: claim, evidence, explanation, counter argument, evidence against counter argument, and claim.
How do you make an inference?
I make inferences by using background knowledge (schema) and text clues.
In 45 seconds list as many people as you can that are part of our Emerson family.
______________, ______________, and ______________ are all apart of our Emerson Family.
Why is having a theme important to a story?
Having a theme is important to a story because ________________.
Improve the sentence
Miss Enciso sat on a chair.
Group with the most descriptive sentence wins the points
Why should people support a claim?
What is a simile? Give an example.
A simile is a comparison using the words "like" and "as". For example, _________________.
Why is it important to have a family in school?
It is important to have family in school because ____________.
Find the author's message
Once there was a crocodile. He was really hungry. He saw a boy. The boy had some meat in his hand. He decided he wanted to eat both the boy and his meat. He would trick the boy.
The crocodile said, "Oh! Little Boy! could you please give me some meat?"
The boy said, "Oh no, you will eat me"
The crocodile said, "I promise, I won't eat you."
So the boy went near the crocodile to give him the meat. But, instead the crocodile tried to catch the boy. It caught just his arm.
There came a rabbit. It wanted to help the boy. It did help the boy. The crocodile wanted to eat the rabbit first, so he let go of the boy's arm.
The boy ran away and escaped and the rabbit too fled away. The cunning crocodile didn't get his dinner.
The author's message is _______________.
Improve the scene
Catalina sat on a chair while playing a game with her brother, Rigo, then he went to get something to drink. When he came back Catalina was gone and in shock he dropped the glasses.
Group with the most descriptive scene wins.
Group with the most descriptive scene wins.
Create your claim for the following question: Does the text support the claim that the humans should or should not protect flies?
Humans should protect flies because _____.
Humans should not protect flies because _______.
What is a metaphor? Give an example.
A metaphor is a comparison without using "like" or "as". For example, __________________.
How should you treat your Emerson family outside of Miss Enciso's classroom? Why?
I should treat my Emerson family outside of Miss Enciso's class with __________ because _________.
What is the central message?
Once upon a time, a man and his wife had the good fortune to have a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough.
They imagined that if the bird is able to lay golden eggs, its insides must be made of gold. And they thought that if they could get all that precious metal at once, they would get mighty rich very soon. So the man and his wife decided to kill the bird.
However, upon cutting the goose open, they were shocked to find that its innards were like that of any other goose!
The central message is ______________ because _________.
How does imagery help an overall scene?
Imagery helps an overall scene by __________.
These pollinators should be protected. Insects have a right to live. Also, they help people to live. People could help protect pollinators with a few simple changes. They could plant gardens with a variety of different plants. These gardens would attract pollinators. Further, land owners could limit mowed lawns and plant native wildflowers, shrubs, and grasses instead. Also, land owners could provide a clean water source for the plants and the pollinators. Finally, people could limit the use of chemicals. If pesticides are necessary, people could choose non–chemical or organic solutions and be sure they are properly applied. Through these simple changes, our pollinators could and should be protected.
Does the text support the claim? Provide evidence.
Pollinators should support be protected because _____.
How does the author's message help the reader?
The author's message helps the reader by ________.
What are SMART choices? Give an example.
SMART choices are _______. For Example, __________.
What is the moral?
The Lion and the Mouse
Once when a lion, the king of the jungle, was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down on him. This soon awakened the lion, who placed his huge paw on the mouse, and opened his big jaws to swallow him.
"Pardon, O King!" cried the little mouse. "Forgive me this time. I shall never repeat it and I shall never forget your kindness. And who knows, I may be able to do you a good turn one of these days!”
The lion was so tickled by the idea of the mouse being able to help him that he lifted his paw and let him go.
Sometime later, a few hunters captured the lion, and tied him to a tree. After that they went in search of a wagon, to take him to the zoo.
Just then the little mouse happened to pass by. On seeing the lion’s plight, he ran up to him and gnawed away the ropes that bound him, the king of the jungle.
"Was I not right?" said the little mouse, very happy to help the lion.
The moral is ______ because _______.
Pick out all the imagery you can from this paragraph
Grover was an easy target. He was scrawny. He cried when he got frustrated. He must've been held back several grades, because he was the only sixth grader with acn and the start of a wispy beard on his chin. On top of all that, he was crippled. He has a note excusing him from PE for the rest of his life because he had some kind of muscular disease in his legs. He walked funny, like every step hurt him, but don't let that fool you. You should've seen him run when it was enchilada day in the cafeteria.
Cross out whatever someone else's group has.
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Use: goo.gl/HqRg9a to find the supporting evidence for: Should cellphones be allowed in school?
then state your groups claim
Cell phones should be allowed in school because _____.
Cell phones should not be allowed in school because _____.
Why is it important to have an author's message in a story?
It is important to have an author's message in a story because ___________.
List everything Miss Enciso has taught you about family in 60 seconds. The group that has the most (after crossing some out) gets the points.
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