Visual icon is a light bulb. Represents the topic of your writing.
What is the trait of ideas?
100
Visual icon of a bulls eye. Specific vocabulary that is used in a piece of writing.
What is the trait of word choice?
100
When a character remembers an incident and the story is told from that time in the past.
What is a flashback?
100
Phillip has a change in attitude about Timothy because this happens.
What is Timothy slaps Phillip for calling him stupid?
100
This is the central conflict of "Rikki Tikki Tavi."
What is the cobras want to kill the human family that rescued Rikki?
200
Visual icon of a telephone. It's an auditory trait. The reader hears a variety of sentences.
What is the trait of sentence fluency?
200
Contains a subject and a verb.
What is a complete sentence?
200
Because of this, we know that the story is told in the form of a flashback.
What is Billy is an old man at the beginning of the story. He remembers the story of his dogs and the rest of the story is told from 12 year old Billy's point of view.
200
Timothy wants Phillip to learn to do things on his own because of this.
What is Timothy thinks he may die and wants Phillip to be prepared?
200
The residents of Maple Street make this inference when they realize their power has gone off, cars won't start, etc.
What is the "meteor" has caused the outage/aliens have landed?
300
Visual icon is a toolbox. Tools such as capitalization, spelling, punctuation, etc. are used to help the reader through the writing more easily.
What is the trait of conventions?
300
Is missing either a subject or a verb.
What is an incomplete sentence?
300
Billy's dogs died "for a reason," according to his parents. What was that reason?
What is Billy's parents believed that Billy's dogs died so the family wouldn't be separated?
300
Timothy teaches Phillip to fish, light a fire, catch rainwater, etc. because of this.
Timothy wants Phillip to learn to survive on his own?
300
This is how the author of "Three Skeleton Key" builds suspense at the beginning of the story.
What is he tells the story of the rats eating a dog on a ship and of the three dead convicts found on the island?
400
Visual icon is a smiley face. This trait tells the reader how the writer feels about the topic.
What is the trait of voice?
400
Reading a piece of writing to a partner and then having your partner critique your writing.
What is peer revision?
400
This legend says that two children were lost in a snow storm and when they were found in the spring, a plant had grown between them. According to legend, this seed is planted by angels.
What is the legend of the red fern?
400
Phillip no longer has anything in common with his friend Henrick because of this.
What is Phillip has grown up/matured?
400
The narrator of "Stolen Day" realizes that he has made a mistake by saying he has inflammatory rheumatism because of this.
What is his family laughs at him?
500
Visual icon of a train. The three parts of a good piece of writing.
What is the trait of organization?
500
A good piece of writing should include these three elements.
What are the beginning, middle, and end?
500
Billy's dogs show many examples of this theme when they check on Billy at night, try to catch the coons, and risk their lives for him.
What is the theme of love?
500
This is the lesson Phillip learns about people from his time on the cay.
What is Phillip has learned that all people are the same - regardless of their skin color?
500
When a woman claims she's seen Les Goodman outside looking at the night sky. We know she's saying he's looking for aliens by using this skill.