Prior Knowledge
Persuasive Writing
Deep Reading
Summaries
TKAM
100
This is a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
100
I need these to support my claims.
What is evidence?
100
When I do this, I am guessing what will happen next in the text.
What is previewing the text?
100
I should use these six things as I am reading to help me ask questions.
What are the 5Ws and How?
100
I stop Scout from fighting, mainly because she can usually put a hurtin' on somebody.
Who is Jem?
200
This word shows action.
What is a verb?
200
I have to prove this by the end of the paper.
What is a thesis?
200
When I do this, I am drawing conclusions based on information that may or may not be obvious.
What is inferencing?
200
I need to use at least four of these to create a paragraph, and this one in particular gives important details.
What is a supporting sentence?
200
Atticus says its a sin to kill one of these.
What is a mockingbird?
300
Without these two things, your sentences will not be complete.
What are a subject and verb?
300
These should be included, even though your argument does not support them.
What are opposing arguments?
300
When I first see a piece of writing, I can do this by looking at the title, headings, any pictures, and even the synopsis.
What is previewing the text?
300
This is like a smaller version of an essay, because it has a topic, evidence and a conclusion.
What is a paragraph?
300
This economic event caused a lot of people to suffer, especially the farmers
What is The Stock Market Crash of 1929 (or the the Great Depression)?
400
These three are the basic parts of any essay.
What are the introduction, body and conclusion?
400
[DAILY DOUBLE] This should be connected to where you began but also be strong enough to end things.
What is the conclusion?
400
This is a comprehension strategy that involves reading just a few paragraphs at a time.
What is text chunking?
400
By continuing to write these as I read, I will have a good idea of what my text is about and create notes I can use to refresh my memory.
What are summaries?
400
A lawyer who is raising two young children on his own because his wife passed away.
Who is Atticus Finch?
500
Without knowing these 26 things, I could not have made it to high school.
What are the letters of the alphabet?
500
These should be used to help the reader shift from one point to another (hint: they can show the order of things or just be separators)
What are transitions (or transitional phrases)?
500
When I know this, I can tell whether this book will be fiction or nonfiction, involve present or past times, realism, fantasy, comedy or drama.
What is a genre?
500
[DAILY DOUBLE] This is what any piece of writing is based on, and is linked to the author's purpose.
What is the main idea?
500
The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird
Who is Scout?