Reading Review

Unit 1 Realistic Fiction Review

4th Grade

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​First let's review how to write in a complete sentence.

​What makes a sentence complete?

​-It must have a subject (who or what the sentence is about.)

​-It must have a predicate. (an action/verb).

​-It must end with punctuation.

​-It must begin with a capital letter.

​Who is going to use complete sentences on all four questions Friday?

​Now, let's review how to analyze a character.

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​Character traits describe a character. We want to avoid easy words like good and bad. Try to choose unique words that fully describe the character.

​After you decide on a trait for the character, you must support your decision with EVIDENCE!

Multiple Choice

Which answer below would be a good description of Rob, from The Tiger Rising, at the beginning of the book? (Look for the answer that is written in a complete sentence and has evidence to support the trait.)

• shy

• Rob is lonely.

• Rob is sad because he just is.

• Rob is lonely because he has moved to a new town and has no friends.  He is also lonely without his mom.

​Finally, you will be asked two questions on theme. So what is theme?

​Remember that when you tell the theme of a story, you DO NOT give characters' names. You only give names when explaining your evidence.

Multiple Choice

What is theme?

• A lesson or moral in a story

• what the text is mainly about

• how the author feels about the text

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between theme and main idea?

• Main idea is what the text is mainly about and theme is the lesson or moral in the story.

• Theme is what the text is mainly about and Main idea is the lesson or moral in the story.

• Theme is specific to characters in the story and main idea is not.

Multiple Choice

A theme should be a sentence, not just one word. 

• TRUE
• FALSE

Multiple Choice

One way you could figure out the theme is to...

• Skim through the story.

• Just read the beginning of the story.

• Think about what the character has learned.

• Read the ending of the story.

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of this story?  

• Eat your vegetables.
• Don't brag. Be mode

• Don't talk to strangers. 
• Necessity is the mother of invention.

Multiple Choice

The theme for the story to the left was "Don't brag.  Be Modest."  Which piece of evidence below proves that theme is correct?

• The princess bragged about her dresses and lost all of her friends. This proves you shouldn't brag about what you have.

• The princess bragged about her beauty and lost her friends. This proves that you should always have extra friends.

​Good luck on your post assessment Friday!