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Reading Strategies
Elements of a Story
Genres of Literature
Examples of Genres
Double Dutch
100
How many reading strategies are there?
7
100
What is the events leading up to the climax?
Rising action
100
What is genre is based on facts?
Non-Fiction
100
What is the genre and subgenre? The Man behind the Moon by Shelton Pacer This text tells the true life story of Richard Proctor, who argued in the 1870s that the dark spots on the Moon's surface were craters formed by collision, not volcanoes as previously believed.
Nonfiction; biography.
100
Who already knew Delia's secret?
Yolanda
200
What is making connections?
text to text text to self text to life (world)
200
What is the solution to the problem?
Resolution
200
What is stories, myths, and fables that people told one another over the years?
Folklore
200
The Basketball Player by Terry Rudder Chris Bosworth has just moved from the farm to the city, and he may be the most awkward freshman in the history of high school: he is lanky, unfashionable, and his voice keeps changing pitch when the teacher calls on him in class. When Chris starts playing for the underdog basketball team for the school, things start to change for him in a big way
Fiction; Realistic
200
How much money did Randy receive from Mr. Clifford?
$300
300
What is inference?
Knowledge + Text
300
What is the events of the story? What the story is about?
Plot
300
What is elements that are not real, includes talking animals or characters with magical powers usually a conflict between good and evil?
Fantasy
300
Cordwood Pete retold and illustrated by C.G. Mills Mills retells the stories of Cordwood Pete, younger brother of Paul Bunyan. Unlike Paul, who grew to be a giant, Cordwood Pete was a mere 4 feet 9 inches. Pete's growth was stunted because he could never get enough to eat with Paul eating everything in site. What Cordwood Pete lacks in size, he makes up in speed: he's fast enough to cut 50 square miles in a single day!
Fiction-Folklore: Tall-Tale
300
Where did Randy tell Delia that his Dad wants him to move?
California
400
What is bring everything together in the end?
synthesize
400
What is the lesson learned or message about life?
Theme
400
What is a myth?
Has gods, goddess; may account for the creation of something
400
Space Racers by Eric Marshall This book follows a group of competitors from different interstellar backgrounds who are competing to win the ultimate race across the universe.
Fiction; Science
400
Who did Randy first tell about his dad?
Bomani
500
When you think about the text as a whole and form opinions about what you read?
Evaluate
500
What is the high point of the story?
Climax
500
What is a verse written to inspire thoughts and feelings in the reader?
Poetry
500
Odysseus's Long Trip Home retold by Ginger B. Miller After the fall of Troy, Odysseus, hero of the Trojan War, and his men seek to return home. But after angering Poseidon, the God of the sea, the journey home is anything but smooth. Miller retells the epic story of Odysseus's voyage across the sea.
Fiction-Folklore; Myth
500
What is the theme of the novel?
Secrets