Noteworthy
What are the four sections in Cornell notes?
Heading/topic, notes, cues/Qs, and summary.
What is the difference between a paraphrase and a summary?
Summaries target the entire text and focus on main ideas. Paraphrases target a section of text and keep the same level of detail.
What is the inciting incident?
Name one part of speech, then identify it in a sentence.
Student choice!
When you go somewhere with company, the other person is doing this with you.
Accompanying
How do you annotate a text?
By marking the text and adding notes.
How would you correctly quote a text in your own writing?
Do not make any changes, put quotation marks around the quote, and name the source.
What is the purpose of the exposition in a narrative?
To set up the story by giving background details about setting and character.
Give an example of a coordinating conjunction.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
If you group cats by size or breed, you have done this.
Categorize
Why is it important to summarize the main ideas in Cornell notes?
To help with organization and recall.
Summarize the plot of the short story "Eleven."
A girl goes to school on her 11th birthday. There is an incident at school with a red sweater that ruins the day. (Or similar)
How does a plot diagram help in understanding a story?
It visually represents the events in order (organization and clarity).
How do adjectives enhance a sentence?
They make your sentences more specific and interesting.
When you form your opinions or behavior to match the rest of a group, you are...
Conforming
How do you use the cues/Qs section of Cornell notes?
To organize the page or quiz yourself.
Why is paraphrasing important in academic writing?
To avoid plagiarism, make ideas more accessible, focus on specific ideas, etc.
Why can it be helpful to outline a story?
It helps to organize your ideas, develop a theme, establish characters/conflict, etc.
What kinds of words can be described or modified by adverbs?
Verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
How can we operate as a team to achieve our goal?
Cooperate
Give three specific examples of annotations.
Defining vocabulary, making predictions, making connections, asking questions, identifying key ideas, identifying important concepts... (etc.)
To avoid plagiarism and show who the ideas belong to.
How do you format a conversation in a story?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Identify all parts of speech in the sentence:
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
Adjective, adjective, adjective, noun (subject), verb, preposition, adjective, adjective, noun.
Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Give two examples from our vocabulary list.
Attribute, conduct, construct, contract.