Academic Subjects
Language Arts
Literary Genres
Writing Processes
Potpourri
100
Why do we read in school? Three possible answers.
What is for information, knowledge, and understanding
100
Why do we read literature? Three possible answers.
What is for pleasure, language, insight to ourselves
100
This writing genre draws from the writer's own experiences and uses vital literary language.
What is Personal Narrative
100
What is the order of the writing process? Four steps.
Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing.
100
What strategy uses questions to support a reader's comprehension?
What is scaffolding
200
Why do we write? Three possible answers.
What is to express ourselves, communicate and demonstrate what we know.
200
What literary genres should 4th and 5th graders be able to write? Three genres.
What are literary narratives, arguments, and poetry
200
List three poetic structural features.
What are line structure, stanza structure and rhythm or meter.
200
In this stage you have a plan sketched out, are refining story structures, plots, and characters and are letting ideas flow.
What is drafting.
200
This poem is an example of which poetic structure? Tyger! Tyger! burning bright in the forest of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
What is Rhythm or Meter
300
Why can reading be difficult for student's across the different academic subjects?
What is because most literacy programs do not pay much attention to the differences between reading a novel in language arts and reading a textbook.
300
What sets literature apart from other disciplines?
What is the emphasis in other disciplines is typically on information whereas literature emphasizes expression of that information
300
What are the three categories of figurative language?
What are intensification of form, imagery, and analogy.
300
In this stage the focus is on correcting use of conventions, punctuation, and capitalization. Attention on the use of dialouge is also included.
What is editing.
300
This feature of poetry encourages readers and listeners to use their knowledge of common objects to visualize.
What is Imagery
400
This type of approach to instruction can help student's learn to take control of their own learning by defining learning goals and monitoring their progress in acheiving them.
What is Metacognitive approach
400
What are some things a student can refer to in order to shape their stories when having difficulty getting started? Three possible.
What are imaginations, experiences, and favorite author's stories
400
What genre uses the claim-evidence-reasoning structure?
What is a literary essay.
400
In this stage the writer chooses a storyline, setting, and characters. The author also may talk about ideas with others.
What is planning.
400
In the past, this was considered to be a mostly passive, receptive process.
What is Reading
500
What are the three elements student's must obtain in order to develop academic competence?
What are factual knowledge, conceptual framework, and organize knowledge
500
What do personal account stories lack when written by children?
What is a conflict-resolution structure
500
What is the difference between a literary essay and a persuasive essay?
What is literary essays are based on texts.
500
In this stage the writer works to refine the storyline where necessary and make the quality of their writing as polished as possible.
What is revising.
500
Research shows that familiarity with these helps students comprehend text.
What are Genre and Text Structures