THE GIVER

What does this text/extract set out to do? EG: Inform, persuade, inspire, criticise, alarm, excite, entertain its readers.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.6

This text is taken from: a narrative, a biography, a diary, a drama, an autobiography etc.

Find and Copy one WORD or one PHRASE (two to five words) that shows….(OUR STUDENTS FIND THIS DIFFICULT).

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which WORD in the x paragraph suggests that … (they need to make sure to look in the target paragraph).

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Give one piece of evidence to support a claim that is made.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.9A

What is the MAIN reason for …. (many reasons may be given- which is the PRIMARY or MAIN one).

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1B

Look at paragraph x. Find and COPY a metaphor, a simile etc. (Again- retrieval is our weakest area).

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What happened in the PREVIOUS paragraph? What is a PENULTIMATE paragraph? What is a prologue? What is an EPILOGUE?

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

What Techniques does the writer use to involve the reader in the text?

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.3A

CCSS.W.8.3B

What is the effect of : Short sentences, ellipses, exclamation marks, quotation marks.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.RL.8.4