Theme
Plot Diagrams
Genres
Schema and Inferences
Random/ Grab Bag
100
The relationship between "theme" and "topic/big idea".
What does the following statement point out? --> The theme is not the topic, but a point made about the topic.
100
This is the purpose of a plot diagram.
What is mapping out the events of a story?
100
The two main types of literature, including work that is real, and work that is not real.
What is nonfiction and fiction?
100
To form one, you need to use your schema plus evidence.
What is an inference?
100
The artist who sang the song "War", which addresses discrimination and the racial conflict.
Who is Bob Marley?
200
The three things you look for from characters when determining theme.
What are actions, important things characters say, and how they change?
200
The four types of conflict.
What is Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Supernatural?
200
Informational literature, biographies, and autobiographies all fall into this genre of literature.
What is Nonfiction?
200
This is what the term "schema" refers to.
What is your prior knowledge and background information about a topic?
200
The part of a plot diagram/story that would contain "happily ever after"
What is the resolution?
300
Freedom, trust, family, and good versus evil are all examples.
What is a big idea?
300
This is the part of a story that introduces setting and characters.
What is the exposition?
300
The genre of literature that often uses rhythm and rhyme to convey its meaning, and is usually written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader.
What is poetry?
300
These are some of the purposes/uses for schema and inferences outside of reading and writing.
What is driving a car, having an idea about something before you start (such as what to expect, how to approach it), formulating an experiment, reading nonverbal or body language, and much, much more?
300
The procedure for this reading strategy is as follows: state the purpose, skim, preview, connect to schema, actively read, apply metacognitive strategies and apply metacognitive monitoring?
What is Monitoring for Meaning?
400
Before reading the text, you should do this to look for clues about the theme.
What is preview?
400
This is called the "climax".
What is the turning point of the story?
400
One of these fiction subgenres includes impossible elements (such as magical powers), while the other uses science and technology.
What is the difference between fantasy and science fiction?
400
What we could infer about Laura's opinion from her thought about the national anthem and her civil rights speech.
What is feelings about discrimination based on popularity in middle school?
400
These are several of the big ideas in "The Fan Club"
What are betrayal, friendship, popularity, insecurity, fear, and peer pressure, etc.?
500
A good theme statement shows which ______________________ it is important to learn.
What is a life lesson?
500
These are the events that occur before and after the climax.
What is "rising action" and "falling action"?
500
The subgenre of literature in which stories are passed down from one group to another in history.
What is traditional literature?
500
The type of schema that was activated by your social observations and discussions.
What is behavior in groups, discrimination in schools, middle school social life, gossip, etc.?
500
The turning point or climax of "Persephone and Demeter".
What is Persephone's eating of the pomegranate seeds?