Growth Mindset Statements and Affirmations
I am a ________________ solver.
Problem
3 things you need in an introductory paragraph
Claim, author, title, and/or genre
"I must shout it out or I will burst from the ridiculousness!"
the boy watching the Emperor's Procession
At least 8 hours per night.
How much sleep you should get.
It was raining so hard, I am soaked to the bone!
Hyperbole
I ________ new things.
TRY
What is required in a body paragraph
Evidence
"I would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees."
Esperanza
Most important meal of the day
Breakfast
It was so dark out, it was as if the air was painted black.
Simile
I learn from my ________________.
Mistakes
When explaining what figurative language means, you should use a __________ verb.
Bridge
"I just hope that nobody I know sees us together."
Constancia (Connie)
Doing this each day can lower your blood pressure
Deep breaths
My temper burning flames of anger!
Metaphor
Learning is my ____________.
Superpower
The proper way to cite a quotation is____________.
quotation marks at the beginning and end of the quote, parentheses with the number of the paragraph, end quotation marks and a period.
" I don't want to inherit her place by the window."
Esperanza- The House on Mango Street
The human body should consume this many 8oz. glasses of water each day.
8
The trees swaying back and forth dancing a waltz.
Personification
I am ________ enough to try.
Brave
An important element of a conclusion paragraph is_____________
Re-state the claim
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
Robert Frost/ The Road Not Taken
A self care habit to practice RIGHT before a test is
deep breaths, review, study
The flag would swoosh when the wind kicked up.
Onomotapoei or personification