NARRATIVES

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NARRATIVES

• A story, poem, or personal experience

• Story elements
• Setting
• Character
• Plot
• Theme

See video http//flashcards.engrade.com/msleesch
ool15/narrativeleements
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ACTIVITY

• Narrative Text Structure
• Story Element Ease
• 1. Place header cards face up in a row. Place
  the story element cards face down in a stack.
  Provide each student with a copy of the texts.
• 2. Students review and discuss each of the texts.
  
• 3. Taking turns, students select the top card
  from the stack and read the category printed at
  the bottom of the card.
• 4. Write the title of the text that corresponds
  to the number on the card. Write information
  related to the story element and place in column
  under matching header card.
• 5. Continue until all cards are sorted.
• 6. Discuss the similarities and differences among
  the texts.
• 7. Peer evaluation

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EXIT TICKET

• Measuring Up to the Georgia Performance Standards
  and Instructional Strategies for Success Book.
• P.160-161

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HOMEWORK

• Comic Creator1. Read a story.2. Fold a paper
  into four boxes. In each box, draw one event. Be
  sure to draw in the background, and the
  characters.3. Use speech balloons to show the
  character's words.4. Use Comic Creator to
  publish your work.

If you do not have access to the internet, create
a comic strip on a sheet of construction paper
with the above mentioned directions.
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What is the purpose?

• The authors purpose is the main reason that
  he/she has for writing the selection.
• The authors purpose will be to
• Entertain
• Inform
• Persuade

Determine the authors purpose

• Use the information on the bottle to determine
  the authors purpose.
• A. To Inform
• B. To Entertain
• C. To Persuade

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What are the steps to determining the authors
purpose and point of view?

1. Read the selection carefully.
2. Determine if the selection is fiction or
   nonfiction.

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What is Fiction?

• A fiction piece is from the authors imagination
  and is not based on facts.
• The purpose of fiction is to entertain the
  reader. Fiction creates a mood

What is Non-fiction?
Non-fiction pieces are based on facts and
authors opinions about a subject. Non-fiction
pieces could be biographies, articles from
textbooks, newspaper and magazine articles. The
purpose of non-fiction writing is to inform and
sometimes to persuade.
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Point of View

• 1st person is you. Your saying your own thoughts
  and reliving/ telling the story. Key words I,
  we, us, me. Example I jumped off a cliff today.
  2nd person is talking to you. Key words You.
  Example Were you able to see that story about
  the guy who jumped off a cliff? 3rd person is
  talking about someone else(narrator). The
  audience can see all the actions. Key word He,
  she, it, they, them, him, her. Example You know
  the reporter covering that story about the guy
  who jumped off a cliff? ex. She is cool.

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ACTIVITY

• Whats the Purpose
• 1. Place header cards face up in a row. Place
  passage cards face down in a stack.
• 2. Taking turns, students select the top card
  from the stack and read it aloud.
• 3. Determine the author's purpose.
• 4. Place under appropriate header card.
• 5. Continue until all cards are sorted.
• 6. Peer evaluation

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Dialogue

• The part of the text that show people speaking.
• Quotation marks are used and the text is set off
  from the lines with one paragraph for each person
  that speaks.

Example-"This breakfast is making me sick,"
George said.
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POETRY

• ELEMENTS
• Alliteration-the use of the same sound at the
  beginning of 2 or more words in a phrase.
• onomatopoeia- words that sound like their
  reference
• Splash
• Crack
• Rhyme scheme- how often rhyming words occur
• Graphic Scheme-the capital letters and line
  length
• Stanzas-the group of the lines in poems
• Prose-poetry without rhyme (free verse)
• Refrains- lines or passages that are repeated at
  regular intervals
• Rhythm-a regular pattern of stressed and
  unstressed syllables

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EXIT TICKET

• Measuring Up to the Georgia Performance Standards
  and Instructional Strategies for Success Book.
• 219-221

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POETRY

• Figurative language- language that makes the text
  more lively.
• Imagery- making pictures with words using one or
  more of the five senses
• Personification-where animals or things have
  human traits
• Metaphor-comparing two unlike things
• Similecomparing 2 unlike things using like or
  as
• Hyperbole-an exaggeration of a fact
• Idion-speech that has meaning, but not a literal
  meaning
• Playful language
• Puns-a play on words
• Palindrome-words or phrases that can read the
  same way, forward or backward, such as mom,
  racecar

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EXIT TICKET

• Measuring Up to the Georgia Performance Standards
  and Instructional Strategies for Success Book.
• P.200-202
• Answer questions on page 203-204

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INFORMATIONAL TEXT

• Text that teaches or informs through the use of
  facts.
• Books, encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, etc.
• Answers the Who, What, Where, Why, When, and How
• Text features-the organization and features that
  make the text easier to read and find
  information.
• Topic sentence-the sentence that tells what the
  paragraph is about
• Concluding sentence- the sentence that brings the
  paragraph to a close
• Glossary- the list of words and definitions found
  at the back of the text
• Index- a list of subject with page numbers of
  location in the book.
• Table of contents- a preview of the upcoming
  sections of the book

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INFORMATIONAL TEXT

• Graphic Sources- aids that show information
  related to the text.
• Charts- a display that puts information in rows
  columns
• Graphs- display that shows comparison among data.
• Pictures-illustrations/photos that add to
  information
• Diagrams- picture that includes labels of certain
  parts
• Maps-a diagram of a place.
• Organizational patterns of text
• Chronological order-the order in which something
  happens
• Compare contrast-similarities and differences
  between text/topics
• Argument support- advantages and disadvantages
  of a topic
• Classification-organizing text/subjects by
  commonalities

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EXIT TICKET

• Measuring Up to the Georgia Performance Standards
  and Instructional Strategies for Success Book.
• P. 121-123
• Answer questions on p. 124-125

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COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES SKILLS

• Main Idea the major point that the author is
  making about the topic.
• Supported by supporting details(evidence)
• Cause Effect-
• the cause tells WHY it happened
• The effect tells WHAT happened because of the
  cause.
• Genres- the different types of texts, such as
• Mystery, adventure, narrative, informational,
  dramatic, poetry, etc.
• Fact Opinion-
• Fact- is a true statement
• Opinion- tells what someone thinks
• Authors Purpose- to know if the author is
  informing, entertaining, persuading or
  explaining. It can be more than one reason.
• Authors Viewpoint-the message behind the
  authors meaning of the text.
• Draw Conclusions Inference- to read between the
  lines gather information from the text using
  prior knowledge and what is given.

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ACTIVITY

• Students write facts and opinions based on a
  selected topic.
• 1. Place fact and opinion cards face down in a
  stack. Provide each student with a Vis-à-Vis
  marker.
• 2. Taking turns, student one selects top card
  from stack and reads the topic and the fact or
  opinion designation (printed at the bottom of the
  card) to partner (e.g., spider, opinion).
• 3. Writes a fact or opinion sentence that
  corresponds to the designation. For example,
  Spiders are beautiful and interesting.
• 4. Explains why it is a fact or opinion. For
  example, "This is my opinion, because someone
  else might think that spiders are ugly and
  scary."
• 5. Reverse roles.
• 6. Continue until all cards are used. Pair fact
  and opinion sentences about the same topic
  together and discuss the differences between the
  facts and opinions.
• 7. Peer evaluation

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VOCABULARY

• Prefixes-a group of letters that has its own
  meaning and can be added to the beginning of a
  word to change its meaning
• Suffixes- a group of letters that has its own
  meaning and can be added to the end of a word to
  change its meaning
• Synonyms-words that have similar meanings
• Antonyms-words that have opposite meanings
• Homophones-words that sound alike, but are
  spelled differently and have different meanings.
• Homographs- frequently called MULTIPLE meaning
  words words that have more than one meaning
• Context Clues- using words in a paragraph or
  sentence to determine the meaning of an unknown
  word.

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VOCABULARY

• Prefixes
• anti - againstcom - with, completelycounter -
  oppositedia - acrossdis - opposite ofex - out
  ofextra - beyondhemi - halfhyper - more than
  normalhypo - less than normalin - not,
  withoutinter - betweennon - absentover - too
  muchpost - afterpre - beforere - againsemi -
  halfun - not

Suffixes -able, -ible able to-fy to make-ism
belief-ist doer-ous full of
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GRAMMAR
SENTENCES

• Sentences- A sentence is a group of words that
  express a complete thought. It contains a
  capital at the beginning and punctuation at the
  end.
• Fragment sentence- are incomplete sentences.
• 4 types of sentences
• Declarative- makes a statement, ends in a period
• Interrogative- asks a question, ends in a
  question mark
• Imperative- tells or asks someone to do
  something, ends in a period.
• Exclamatory-expresses strong feeling, ends in
  exclamation mark.

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GRAMMAR
SENTENCE STRUCTURE

• Every sentence has 2 parts, a SUBJECT and a
  PREDICATE
• SUBJECT- all the words that tell whom or what the
  sentence is about.
• Predicate- all the words that tell what the
  subject does or is.
• Compound sentences- contains 2 sentences joined
  by a comma and the words and, or, or but.
• Complex sentence- a sentence that has a part that
  cannot stand alone (dependent clause) and a party
  that can stand alone (independent clause). It is
  joined by a comma.

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GRAMMAR
PARTS OFSPEECH
NOUNS

• Noun- a person, place, or thing
• Singular noun- names one person, place, thing, or
  idea
• Plural nouns- names more than one person, place,
  thing, or idea. Some spellings change with
  plural nouns.
• Most, add s
• End in s,x,ch,zz, or sh add es
• End with a vowel and add s
• End with a consonant and y change y to I and
  add es
• End in f or fe change f to v and add es
• End with a vowel and o, add s
• End with a consonant and o, add s or es

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GRAMMAR
PARTS OFSPEECH

• Proper nouns- names a particular or specific
  person, place, thing, or idea
• Possessive nouns - a noun that shows ownership
• Singular possessive- shows 1 person, place, or
  thing owns something. Add an apostrophe () and
  s
• Plural possessive show possession of a plural
  noun that ends in s by adding an apostrophe ()
  after the s. If a plural noun doesnt end in s,
  just add an apostrophe and a s.

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GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
VERBS

• The main word in the predicate.
• Types
• Action verbs- tells what the subject of the
  sentence does or did. Expresses action.
• Direct object receives the action of the very.
• Main Verbs with Helping Verbs- the main verb
  shows what the subject does or is. The helping
  verb helps the main verb to show an action in the
  sentence.
• Ex. I can help them reverse. The bold is the
  helping verb.
• These are helping verbs
• Am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, shall,
  can, has, could, have, had, may, might, must,
  etc.
• Linking verbs- a verb that links the subject to a
  noun or adjective in the predicate. Usually
  forms of be and can stand alone.

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GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
VERBS

• Linking verbs- a verb that links the subject to a
  noun or adjective in the predicate. Usually
  forms of be and can stand alone.
• Examples
• The state fair is a treat. It could be words
  that use the senses, such as look, appear, smell,
  seem, etc.
• Verb Tenses- verbs that show time
• Past- show action that already happened. Usually
  ends in ed.
• Irregular verbs are spelled differently- such as
  swim swam.
• Present- shows something is happening now.
  Usually ends in s or es.
• Future- shows something has not yet happened.
  Uses will or shall

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GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
VERBS

• Subject-Verb Agreement- if the subject is
  singular, so must the predicate and vice versa

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GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
PRONOUNS
SUBJECT OBJECT
SINGULAR I Me
You You
He/she/it Him/her/it
PLURA We Us
You You
they them

• A word that takes the place of one or more nouns
  the words that go with the nouns.
• Remember object pronouns can be used as the
  object of an action or after words such as to,
  for, with, in, or at.

Using I and Me correctly- to determine if its
used correctly, leave the other word out- such as
Bill and I entered a contest- leave out Bill I
entered the contest. Always name yourself last.
Use I as the subject or after a linking verb, use
me after action verbs or as objects of an action.
(see box above)
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GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
ADJECTIVES

• A word that describes a noun or pronoun. It
  tells what kind or how many.
• Comparative Adjectives- comparing 2 nouns or
  pronouns. Short adjectives usually add er or
  some longer adjectives add more instead. Special
  adjectives, change words, such as bad-worse.
• Superlative Adjectives-comparing more than two.
  Short adjectives usually add est, while longer
  adjectives add most instead. Special adjectives
  change words, such as worse-worst.
• Articles- a special adjective that describes a
  noun or another adjective.
• A is before a noun that begins with a consonant.
• An is before a noun that begins with a vowel
• The is before a word beginning with either a
  vowel or consonant.
• Demonstrative Adjectives- tell which one. They
  are
• This, that, these, those
• Proper Adjectives formed from a proper noun.
  It is always capitalized.

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GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
ADVERBS

• A word that tells more about a verb. It tells
  how, when, or where and action happened. Many
  adverbs end in ly. Adverbs can also describe
  adjectives and other adverbs. Regular adverbs
  are called Positive form.
• Comparative adverbs- comparing 2 actions. Short
  adverbs usually add er while, some longer
  adverbs add more instead.
• Superlative adverbs comparing more than 2
  actions. Short adverbs usually add est, while
  longer adverbs add most instead.

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GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
PREPOSITIONS

• A word that relates a noun or pronoun to another
  word in a sentence. These words show
  relationships between other words. Think of the
  bee and the box
• Ex.
• Above, across, after, against, around, at,
  behind, beside, by, down, during, for, from, in,
  inside, into, near, of, off, on, outside, over,
  past, through, under, until, up, with without
• Object of a preposition- the noun or pronoun that
  follows a preposition
• Prepositional phrase- begins with a preposition
  and ends with a noun or pronoun

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GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
CONJUNCTIONS

• A word, such as and, or, or but, that joins words
  or groups of words.

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GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
INTERJECTIONS

• A word or group of words that expresses strong
  feeling. It may contain an interjection or a
  comma to set off the rest of the sentence.

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RESEARCH AND WRITING PROCESS

• Mechanics- the correct use of capitalization
  punctuation such as periods, question marks,
  semicolons, apostrophes, commas, colons, and
  quotation marks.
• Bibliography-the documentation of the source of
  information for the text written
• Brainstorming- to list ideas and thoughts
  regarding the topic. Organizers are often
  created.
• Rough draft- to get the thoughts down on paper,
  without regard to conventions
• Editing/revising- to rearrange, modify, add, or
  delete information.
• Final draft- to write the final piece
• Proofreading- to edit for spelling and
  conventions
• Publishing- to create a final piece that is
  decorated, etc.
• Summarizing- to give just the main ideas and
  supporting details of a topic
• Plagiarism- to copy someone elses ideas as your
  own without documenting the source
• Paraphrasing- to change information around into
  your own words without losing the meaning.

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Activity websites

• http//www.fcrr.org/FAIR_Search_Tool/FAIR_Search_T
  ool.aspx