Vocabulary
What word means to crash into something?
Collide
What is a synonym for tension - the feeling of nervousness or anxiety that makes a reader want to find out what will happen next?
Hint:The author creates it in "Button, Button" by revealing Norma is interested in the button, but Arthur is not.
Suspense
In an objective summary of a text, does the writer add their opinions or thoughts about the text?
No. Objective means NO OPINIONS.
What is one benefit of team sports that we read about in class?
TIME MANAGEMENT
BUILD SELF-ESTEEM AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY
Teamwork, decisive action, communication skills
What does POV stand for? Note the person/voice of the person telling the story (not the author).
Narrator's point of view
What does summarize mean?
To put the key ideas in your own words
STEAL is an acronym for the ways a reader gets to know what a character is like. What does the S or the A stand for?
Says - what the character says
Actions - what the character does
What must you include to support a written response about a text? Hint: It is a synonym for proof and you find it in the text.
Evidence
What is one negative of contact sports?
Mrs. Kirby will evaluate response based on our readings.
What can cause brain rot?
Too much scrolling of short form videos; Tik Tok
What is a synonym (a word with a similar meaning) of the word, demonstrate?
show, display, exhibit, illustrate, exemplify...
In "Button, Button," what happens when Norma (the wife) pushes the mysterious button? Be specific about what happens to what person.
He husband (Arthur) is killed in a train accident.
What are the 3 parts of a story that a writer should consider when writing a objective summary of a narrative text? Hint: What is the order of events in most stories?
Beginning, Middle and End
What is the name of a type of brain injury that can occur in contact sports. (Not CTE.) In this type of brain injury the effects are often short term and can include headaches and trouble with concentration, memory, balance, mood and sleep.
What does every sentence start with?
What does every statement end with?
A capital letter
A period
What does the word, paramount, mean?
most important
What is the theme in a story? (Definition of theme)
The message about life that is revealed through the story. Moral are lesson are acceptable answers.
What is the last paragraph of an essay called?
A conclusion
When using the term, pros and cons, what does cons refer to? In other words, what are cons?
the negatives or bad parts or effects
What does analyze mean?
To examine something closely to make deeper meaning
What does prevalent mean?
common, frequent, or regular
Who wrote, "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Edgar Allan Poe
What is the 4 letter acronym (word made up of letters) for a strategy for answering a question about a text?
RACE
(Not from contact sports unit) - What is the best thing you can do regularly if you want to become a better reader, writer, and thinker?
READ
Where does time always fly because it's so fun?
In ELA!!!!!