Vocabulary
The central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work.
What is a theme?
A piece of writing that describes something that really happened.
What is a personal narrative?
Who are the main characters in "Flipped"?
Bryce and Juli
What are migrant workers?
What is moving around to find work?
A person, place, or thing?
What is a noun?
Clues or hints signaling events that might occur later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
What was Dan's most prized possession in "My Superpowers"
What are the two fruit/vegetable seaons Panchito worked?
What is strawberry and grape season?
The adjective in the sentence: The adorable kittens were sleeping.
What is adorable?
What is external conflict?
What is a character struggling with an outside force? (character vs character)
An initial action; an event that makes something else happen.
What is cause?
old, termites ate the walls, the floor is covered in earth worms, dusty, dirty.
Describe the moment Bryce and Juli both share and explain how its different in each story.
Bryce doesn't want to hold Juli hand and is trying to get away from her. Juli thinks Bryce likes her and is going to kiss her.
How can you tell if a word is a fragment?
What is missing a subject, a verb, or a complete thought?
The order in which events happen
What is sequence?
The circuit is an example of this type of story.
A short story.
Why does Juli instantly fall in love with Bryce?
What is dazzling blue eyes with black eyelashes
What was the response in My Superpowers?
Dan stood up to his bullies and punched Vernon and the other two ran away.
Names of all 8 parts of speech.
What is noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, and interjection ?
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
a piece of writing that includes an incident-response-reflection
What is a personal narrative?
What type of change was present in "My Superpowers?"
The main character changed in the story. He became brave and overcame his bullies and became rich and a famous writer.
2/3 of the stories are fiction, which ones?
What is "The Circuit" and "Flipped"
Make the fragment a complete sentence "Since I missed the bus."
"I missed school since I missed the bus"
"Since I missed the bus, I couldn't go to school"
"I couldn't travel anymore since I missed the bus"