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-Theme
-Character names -Places -Evidence
What is one thing that you should look for while annotating during the NJSLA?
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-In the beginning....
-Next.... -Then... -Finally... OR -Character names -Locations -Overarching problem or theme
What are 3 things that all good summaries should include?
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-Making a educated guess
-Using context clues to inform ourselves of possible outcomes
What does it mean to "infer"?
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Lesson or moral of the story that the characters or readers can learn.
What is a theme?
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Six
How many different reading comprehension and engagement strategies did Ms. Ramsen teach you in book clubs?
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Character development
What is it called when readers watch a character grow and change over the course of the text?
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-Worried about his grandfather
-Trekking through the woods
Read the excerpt from "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" and decide the correct summary.
"l picked up the flashlight and stepped toward the trees.I tromped into the underbrush like a bloodhound scenting an invisible trail". |
-Theme
-Problem/solutions -Character change
What can readers learn from inferring about the main idea?
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-Readers can understand the main ideas of the reading.
-Readers can understand character actions.
Why is it important to look for the theme while reading?
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-What's your problem?
-Problem retell -Summarizing the text -Questioning -Visualizing while reading -Understanding while reading
Name two reading strategies that you can use while reading?
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HOT questions
What is the type of questions that you can ask yourself while reading and annotating?
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A The narrator is searching in the woods.
B Grandpa is lost in the woods. C The narrator is worried and searching for Grandpa. D Something has happened to Grandpa.
What is the main idea from the excerpt?
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A He wants to leave his parents
B He wants to go experience life C He wants to learn about Rabelais D He wants to learn more about the world
Make an inference about Miles-
"Why do you want to leave home, Miles?" Mom asked. "Because of me?" my dad asked. He had attended Culver Creek. I showed them the biography of Rabelais. "So this guy," I said. "He was this poet and his last words were 'I go to seek a great perhaps'. That's why I am going." |
The theme is the lesson where as the main idea is what the story is mostly about.
How is the theme of a story different from the main idea of a story?
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"Where the Red Fern Grows" OR "Chasing Lincoln's Killer"
Which book from the back bookshelf is Ms. Ramsen's favorite?
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Fiction--
Can be based off a true story Characters are not usually real Plot can reflect multiple different events that have happened. Nonfiction-- True story; it really happened! Characters and places are real. Contains factual information. Meant to inform the readers.
What is one difference between non-fiction and fiction?
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A The King wishes Caspian would be a tougher
boy who loves battles. B Caspian talks to his Uncle about the magical old days but this angers his Uncle who says they are not real. C The King is very upset with Caspian and his nurse for telling nonsense stories.
Give a summary--“What do you wish?” asked the King. “I wish – I wish—I wish I could have lived in the Old Days,” said Caspian. “Eh? What’s that?” he said. “What old days do you mean?” “Oh, don’t you know, Uncle?” said Caspian? “When everything was quite different. When all the animals could talk, and there were nice people who lived in the streams and the trees. Naiads and Dryads they were called. And there were Dwarfs. And there were lovely little Fauns in all the woods. They had feet like goats. And...” “That’s all nonsense, for babies, do you hear? You’re getting too old for that sort of stuff. At your age you ought to be thinking of battles and adventures, not fairy tales".
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A question why he is leaving home
B are upset about his exploration C have never left home D are unhappy about him leaving
We can infer that Miles' parents...
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A Facing a sudden identity crisis.
B Dealing with the forces of good vs. bad. C The sadness in the destruction of beauty. D How scary it can be to face reality.
What is the theme of the excerpt below?
"You're eating your Cocoa Krispies just how you like 'em --- doused in skim milk --- and you see this girl's face on the side of the milk carton. missing. She's cute--- probably cuter than you --- and has a feisty look in her eyes. You think, Hmm, maybe she likes soggy Cocoa Krispies too. And you bet she'd think Abercrombie boy was a hottie as well. You wonder how someone so . . . well, so much like you went missing. You thought only girls who entered beauty pageants ended up on the sides of milk cartons. Well, think again". |
The College of New Jersey or TCNJ
What is Ms. Ramsen's Alma Matter?
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-Time/date
-Place -People -Factual information
What is one thing that you should be looking for in a non-fiction article?
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A Dare to dream.
B Adults will never believe you. C There is no such thing as magic. D Boys need to be tough.
What is the message of the excerpt?
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Up to Ms. Ramsen :)
How is the narrator in the text feeling? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
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"how someone so . . . well, so much like you
went missing".
Which lines from the excerpt make it feel "real"?
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35 school days :)
How many more school days are left until the last day of school?
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