Setting of this story at the beginning of the story
What is New York City, modern times, on a summer morning
100
What external conflict do the girl and the father have that first day when he shows her how to stack the wood for a fire?
What is person v environment because they can't light a fire in the middle of NYC
100
comparing two unalike things using like or as
What is simile
100
restating the story in your own words
What is summarizing
100
asking something to yourself as you read
What is questioning?
200
What is the setting at the end of the story?
What is ten years later, in a forest, camping with Dad
200
When the girl is in the fire-building contest years later, what internal conflict might she have?
What is the best technique to use here (her dad taught her several-- the A, the log cabin, the teepee etc)
200
referring to another work or literature or famous person in your own story
What is allusion
200
picturing what the author is talking about, in your own mind
What is visualizing
200
stating what is being described in the story in another way, to describe it further and better
What is elaborating
300
What inspires the father stop to teach the little girl how to build a fire in the first place?
What is they were throwing sticks for the dog on a walk, and the girl started to gather sticks of her own. So, the dad showed her something to do with the sticks (build a fire)
300
The point of view of this story
What is 1st person POV
300
a true story told about someone else's life
What is biography
300
guessing what will happen next in the story
What is making predictions
300
looking at words and phrases around an unfamiliar word, to guess at its meaning
What is using context clues
400
Describe three things about the main characters
What is a girl (or teenage girl) who loves her dad, likes camping and the outdoors, has good fire-building skills, appreciates family and camping
400
An example of cause and effect in the story
What is (various)
400
the words you use and how you say them are affected by the region of the world where you grew up
What is dialect
400
using clues in the story to put things together and figure it all out
What is drawing conclusions
400
having that moment when you realize why the author is telling you something in the writing
What is recognizing author's purpose
500
What does the fire symbolize?
What is something to keep the girl and her father's relationship warm
500
the mood of this story
What is content, sentimental, sweet, wistful, happy
500
hints that tell you what might happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing
500
reading in between the lines to guess at the meaning in a story
What is making inferences
500
putting descriptions together to make the meaning of something more clear