NONFICTION
What are the thinking jobs for NONFICTION text?
1. What is the topic?
2. What are we learning about the topic?
3. What is author's point of view (POV)?
What are the thinking jobs for FICTION text? (Name at least 4)
Who are the characters?
what do I know about the characters?
What's the problem/solution/lesson learned?
A conversation between characters is called...
Dialogue
There are more than 200 different kinds of owls over the world.
Name all the nouns!
owls, world
How do you know if the genre of the text is nonfiction?
text features: table of content, photographs, captions, map, labels, facts/information about a topic...etc.
How do you know if the genre of the text is fiction?
characters, dialogue, problems, solution, illustrations... etc.
The name of the book.
Title
Jerry is wearing red snickers today.
Name all the nouns in the sentence!
Jerry, snickers
How do you answer the question: "What is the main idea of the text?"
The main idea of the text is... I know this because... (The text is mostly about...)
This describes where and when the story takes place.
Setting
Tells what important words in the text means.
Glossary
Name the last story we read in Close Reading.
Whoooo's Out at Night?
The words next to or underneath a picture that explains what it is or what it is about.
Caption
motivation
Words in a text that are important and written in a darker print.
Bold Words
Owls sleep during the day.
Name the verb in this sentence!
Sleep
What is Author's POV stands for and what does it mean?
Author's Point of View: How the author feels or thinks
The Plot
A list of headings in the book.
Table of Content
The snowy owl's white feathers match the snow.
Name all the adjectives in the sentence!
snowy, white