Word Cloud

​Word Cloud

By Elizabeth Flores

*proper nouns will help us predict main characters and setting.

​Proper Nouns

1. if a word repeats within the text, it is important to the plot

2. words must be NOUNS and VERBS
   
   

​Repetitive Words

Scan for repetitive words and proper nouns

Multiple Select

Why do we scan for repetitive words?

• Help us predict the story

• To make our paper look pretty

• repetitive words are important to the plot

• build our vocabulary

Pronouns determine Point of View....

First Person - The main character is telling the story. (I, me, we, us)

Third Person- there is a narrator (He she, they, them )

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​Scan for Pronouns!

Multiple Choice

What do pronouns help us identify?

• proper nouns

• point of view

• setting

• prepositions

Multiple Choice

What does it mean if a story is in Third Person?

• The main character is telling the story

• The author is telling the story

• There is a narrator telling the story

• The teacher is telling the story

Draw

Write 3 pronouns that show the story is in the first person.

Scan for BOLDED or Underlined words

Why do we want to know the bolded or underlinded words?

These words were preselected... 1.. you can bet they are going to ask a question about them.
2.....In content areas, they are important to the main idea.
3.....These are grade level terms to help increase your reading level.