Category 1
When and where the story takes place is called the...
The problem in the story is called the...
Conflict
The perspective from which the story is told is called...
Point of View
Using pronouns I, me, my, and we are all which point of view?
First
When will I be closing the grade book and submitting grades for the 1st progress report?
Thursday - October 30th
Which word means "belonging to them"?
There's
They'res
Theirs
Theirs
How the problem in the story is solved or fixed is called the...
Resolution
The overall lesson or repeated message in the story that teaches us a lesson about life or message is called the...
What is Ms. C dressing up as for Halloween?
Napoleon Dynamite
Up to how many extra credit points can you get this week just by dressing up?
50
What the story, paragraph, or writing is mainly about is called the...
Main Idea
Comparing two things using the word "like" or "as" are called...
Similes
What change needs to be made to the sentence?
Being able to hear those voices from the past is a privilage young people should be grateful to have.
A. Insert a comma after "past"
B. Change "is" to "are"
C. Change "privilage" to "privilege"
C. Change "privilage" to "privilege"
Giving human qualities or actions to an object, animal, or idea is called...
Personification
What are we celebrating this week at school?
Red Ribbon Week
Sentences that give the reader specific facts, descriptions and examples to help them better understand the main idea are called...
Supporting Details
A short paragraph that tells the main events from beginning, middle and end is called a...
What change needs to be made to the sentence?
As a teen in the junior ranks, Ortiz became the first Mexican of any age to compete in the world freestyle kayak championships.
A. Change "became" to "becomes"
B. Insert a comma after "age"
C. Change "word freestyle kayak championships" to "World Freestyle Kayak Championships
C. Change "word freestyle kayak championships" to "World Freestyle Kayak Championships
How many weeks have we been in school?
12 Weeks
What is the test prep focus for this week?
List and name all 6 conjunctions...
For
And
Nor
But
Yet
So
The way the author makes the reader feel through certain words or details is called the...
Mood
What is the topic for Unit 2?
Reality Check
Name at least 4 stories we have read in class together...
The Talking Skull
Homeless, and at the Head of Her Class
Freak the Mighty
Memories of a Former Migrant Work
The Fan Club
The Circuit
A conversation between two people in the story is called...
Dialogue