Think and Talk Like a Teacher: Annotating FICTION

1.Name the academic term:

the people (or animals, creatures…) in a piece of literature

• characters

• setting

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

2.Name the academic term:

the time (when) and place (where) of the events in a piece of literature

• characters

• setting

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

3.Name the academic term:

the author's message about life in a piece of literature

• characters

• setting

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.Name the academic term:

the ‘action’ of a story…the sequence of events in a piece of literature

• characters

• setting

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

5.Name the academic term:

the central character or hero in a narrative or drama-usually, the one with whom the audience identifies with; a major character

• dynamic character

• protagonist

• static character

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.Name the academic term:

a character that does NOT change in a section or in the entirety of a piece of literature

• dynamic character

• protagonist

• static character

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.Name the academic term:

a character that CHANGES in a section or in the entirety of a piece of literature

• dynamic character

• protagonist

• static character

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.Name the academic term:

a major character in opposition to the major character in a piece of literature. (Note~sometimes, not a person, but an obstacle such as a force of nature, society or inner conflict)

• dynamic character

• protagonist

• static character

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

9.Name the academic term:

Finding examples in a text where the author explicitly provides information about a character (example "Scrooge was a greedy misanthrope")

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

10.Name the academic term:

Finding examples in a text where the author shows what a character is like by describing what the character looks like, by telling what the character says and does, what the character is thinking, and by what other characters say about and do in response to the character (S.T.E.A.L.)

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3