Genre
This type of text argues a claim that they support with specific evidence and reasoning.
Argumentative
What genre is "Machines, not people should be exploring the stars for now" by Don Lincoln Ph.D
Argumentative
5th period
This type of question asks you to find the meaning of a word within a text.
Dictionary/Context Clues Questions
You make this using a topic position and reason
Thesis
This type of text gives us the facts and only the facts.
Informational Text/Informational Non-Fiction
What genre is the text "Of Feather's Flight and Freezing"?
Informational
What color was Mr. R's suit when he got married? It's his favorite color.
Purple
This type of question doesn't want an answer, it wants to make you think about something in a very specific way.
Rhetorical Question
These sentences just don't belong. Even in reading passages they will ask you to get rid of them.
Extraneous details, unneeded details, off-topic details, irrelevant details.
This type of text tends to reduce language, sometimes rhymes, and has lots of figurative language.
Poetry
"Look for me by moonlight, Wait for me by moonlight, I'll come to thee by moonlight though hell should bar the way."
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes / Poetry
Who is Mr. R's Favorite Marvel Comics character? Hint It's a villain, and he's been in only a few bad movies)
Dr. Doom
What are the keywords in a question that tell you there may be more than one possible answer but one is better than the other?
Quotes, Statistics, Expert Opinions
Types of Evidence
This type of text includes stories like Holes, Harry Potter, Dogman, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Fiction
He felt awful, Teresa sat a few desks away, no doubt thinking he was a fool. Without looking at Mr. Bueller, Victor Mumbled, Frenchie or wewe gee in September.
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto / Fiction
If Mr. R was not a teacher he would be this instead.
Chef
What is a keyword in a question that is telling you to give evidence for an inference?
In paragraph #__ what best supports the following
These aren't main ideas but they make the main idea better and more specific.
Supporting details
This type of text is rife with characters, suspense, dialogue, and stage directions.
Drama
He was standing now with one thumb pointing west. I couldn't figure out how he'd got there, but I thought maybe a fast truck had picked him up, beaten me to the Skyway, and let him off. I didn't stop for him. And then, late that night -- I saw him again.
The Hitch-Hiker / Drama
What is Mr. R's Sign?
Virgo
These types of questions ask you first to give an inference, then they will ask you to provide evidence for that inference.
2 step questions/ paired questions/double questions.
When double-checking evidence, this is what we look for. (list at least 2 things)
Quality, who said it, is the information recent, does it support the claim, is it relevant.