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Characterization
I can infer that...
Context Clues
What does the Fox say?
100
The first step you do on a passage...
Star and Circle
100
What 5 qualities does an author use to create characterization?
Speech Thoughts Effects Actions Looks
100
What is an inference?
an educated guess What I know + Text = Inference
100
What does the word context mean?
in it's place
100
List the 6 elements of plot...
Exposition conflict rising action climax falling action resolution
200
what does a circle question mean?
A circle question tells you where to go, or provides the evidence.
200
Define indirect characterization
when the author describes a character without explicitly saying the qualities.
200
Ms. Short danced into the room, her eyes glittering as she sang good morning to her students. She high-fived Rafael as he entered the room. How is Ms. Short feeling? How did you know?
Ms. Short is happy/excited
200
how do you answer context clue questions?
Reading the sentence before an after the word.
200
define first person point of view
the the Narrator is the main character.
300
How can you prove your answer choice is correct?
Dotting and underlining for evidence.
300
How does a main character IMPACT the story?
A main character can impact the story by making a big decisions which results in the climax.
300
13. The Lufkin Panthers football team had been intensely practicing for months to defeat the Allen Alligators. The Panther’s quarterback could throw better than any other boy in Texas. It was finally the day of the big game. The entire town of Lufkin was at the game. The band started to play and the cheerleaders were getting the crowd cheering. The Lufkin Panther football team burst onto the field helmets in hand prepared to fight the battle ahead of them. How is the Lufkin Panther football team feeling on the day of the game?
The Panthers are excited
300
What is one alternative you could use to answer context clue questions?
the dictionary.
300
What is an excerpt?
a piece of a story
400
What key answers must you be able to answer in order to successfully "chunk"?
Who? What? Where? Did anything change?
400
Suzanne sat proudly on the front row. The teacher passed out test booklets and pencils. Other students began to sweat, but not Suzanne, she gently yanked the test from the teacher's hand and eagerly began writing. She completed the test, all with a glimmer of expectancy in her eyes, she had never failed a test before. How does Suzanne's actions describe her thoughts?
the reader can tell Suzanne is a confident students.
400
14. I woke up this morning after a long night’s sleep. I ate a big breakfast with eggs for protein, just like Ms. Short kept nagging me to. I had been studying all week, I knew I would ace that test. After breakfast I hopped on the bus and rode to school. I had Ms. Pierce first period so thankfully I could have that test finished and I could relax for the rest of the day. The bell rang, I walked into Ms. Pierce’s class ready to face my challenge… From the text evidence, how do you PREDICT the student did on his/her test?
The student did well/passed
400
21. Even though these three men were playing in the formely all-white NBA, their lives were not suddenly easy. When the teams traveled for games, for example, the three black players often found that they were not allowed to sleep in the same hotel as the other players, and they usually couldn’t eat in the same restaurants. Once, after winning a game in Boston, the players were hugging each other and celebrating. Suddenly some fans started spitting on the players. John Kerr, a white Celtics player, remembered the APPALLING incident saying, “We were celebrating the win, I had my arm around Earl, and some fans just spit on us. It wasn’t because we had won the game. They were spitting on Earl. What does the word appalling mean?
horrible/bad
400
What is a conflict and how does it affect the plot?
Conflict= Problem The main character must make a decision about the conflict.
500
What doe you need to do in order a context clue question?
read the sentence before the word, the sentence with the word, and the sentence after the word.
500
How does Point of View affect the story?
Point of view refers to the perspective of the narrator.
500
15. Johnny Appleseed started giggling and turned bright red. Johnny Appleseed loved frijole day in the cafeteria, but NO ONE else liked when Johnny had beans. Yesenia grabbed her nose and yelled “EWWW” at the top of her lungs. Shelby grabbed his backpack and leapt across the room. Lety rolled her eyes and said “not again”. Erik and Erick both started laughing hysterically. Ms. Short tried to calm the room down by explaining that it was something natural that happens sometimes. Based on the characters reactions, what conflict can you infer happened due to Johnny Appleseed eating beans? How did you know?
Beans made Johnny fart (gross!)
500
And so it came to pass that Nathanil "Sweetwater" Clifton- the fist black star of the NBA and one of the men who BROKE the color barrier in professional basketball- spent the rest of his life driving a taxi in Chicago. What does Broke mean?
Brought to an end
500
How are you going to do on the Reading MOY?
CRUSH IT! (aka pass it)