Weekly Review

What is an inciting incident?

• the exposition

• where the conflict is resolved

• the event or decision that begins a story's problem

• where the problem becomes the most intense

On the plot diagram, where does the suspense build and the main character faces a series of (mini) conflicts?

• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

On the plot diagram, where does the main event happen?  (Think the turning point of the story and when the conflict is confronted.)

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which of these things is not related to the "theme" in a story?

• how a character is feeling
• a "life lesson" the main character learns
• a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand
• the moral of the story

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

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

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following is an example of THEME?

• Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.
• Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.
• How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
• Life is short; make the most of it.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is the theme of this story?  

• Eat your vegetables.
• Don't brag. Be modest. 
• Don't talk to strangers. 
• What does the fox say?

What is the theme of this story? 

• Necessity is the mother of invention.
• Don't steal.
• Respect your elders.
• Slow and steady wins the race.

Highlighting and annotating (taking notes) are techniques that can

• add to the reader's understanding

• make it difficult to understand main ideas

• express your artistic ability

• have no benefit at all

True or False: Good readers do not need to use reading strategies.

• True

• False