Unit 1 Vocabulary

What is a Cold Read?

• When you are given a new text that you are unfamiliar with and asked to read AND answer questions about it during one class period.

• A type of reading done in cold weather.

• Reading a text without any prior knowledge.

• Reading a text with a group.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Define Central Idea.

• To write 1 sentence, explaining what an entire text is about.

• The main character's thoughts.

• The setting of the story.

• The author's purpose.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is a Summary?

• To write a few sentences about a text you’ve read, including the most important parts.

• A detailed analysis of a text.

• A list of characters in a story.

• A poem about the text.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Who is a Breadwinner?

• Someone who earns money to support their family.

• A person who bakes bread.

• A character in a story.

• A type of poem.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is an Inference?

• When you make an educated guess using information that you are given.

• A summary of a text.

• A type of conflict in a story.

• A character's dialogue.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Define Solution.

• A means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation.

• A type of poem.

• A character's internal conflict.

• The setting of a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is Responsibility?

• The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.

• A type of conflict.

• A character's dialogue.

• A summary of a text.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What does it mean to Stammer?

• Speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.

• To write a summary.

• To create a poem.

• To solve a problem.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Define Fume.

• Feel, show, or express great anger.

• A type of poem.

• A character's internal conflict.

• The setting of a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What are Characters in a story?

• The individuals within a story.

• The setting of the story.

• The author's purpose.

• The main idea of the text.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D