| A | B |
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| Predict | Crystal ball; Use background knowledge and clues from story to guess what will happen next |
| Making Connections/ Connecting With Prior Knowledge | Find a relationship/connection between what's being read and what reader knows about subject |
| Background (Prior) Knowledge | What reader experiences or knows about the subject |
| Create Sensory Images | Popcorn; Words relating to five senses & helps reader create image in head of what's is read |
| Make Inferences & Drawing Conclusions | Figure out a true statement based on background knowledge & clues (like a detective) |
| Ask Questions | Readers learn to ask questions about what's being read and of the author to better understand |
| Synthesize & Summarize | Putting together parts to make something new (H20) or retelling important parts or facts |
| Monitor and Repair | Monitoring and paying attention to notice when words or ideas are NOT making sense & fixing to understand better |
| Evaluate | Knowing why you are reading and deciding what's important or true |
| Rough draft | Ideas on paper in organized way |
| Prewriting activities | Web, brainstorm, list, mapping |
| Final copy | neatly written, in correct format |
| Revise or Revision | reread, rethink, and rewrite with improvements (add, delete, or rearrange parts) |
| Steps in the Writing Process | pre-write, rough draft, revise, edit, publish |
| Edit | check spelling, grammar, capitals, and punctuation: use editing marks |
| Webbing | Making an organizer with circle Includes topic, subtopics, and details |
| Brainstorming | Listing as many ideas as possible about a topic |
| Sequence of events | Listing events in order that they happen |
| ante- | means before, beginning, front |
| post- | means after, at the end, at the back, last |
| ob-, oc-, of-, op- | means up against or in the way |
| 3 types of connections | text-self, text-text, and text-world |
| Composing, usage & mechanics, and written expression | 3 Domains of Writing |
| Literal Language | words means just what they say |
| Figurative Language | words do not mean what they say & are added so reader can see pictures in mind |
| Types of Figurative Language | simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperpole |
| Simile definition | Comparison using like or as |
| Metaphor definition | Comparison using name-calling; not using as or like |
| Personification definition | Non-person have qualities like a human/person |
| Hyperbole definition | Extreme Exaggeration |
| Simile example | Larry was as quick as a bunny. |
| Personification example | The wild waves ate the beach away. |
| Metaphor example | Gym is a carnival of fun. |
| Hyperbole examble | I told you a million times to put your supplies away. |
| Compare | To find similarities or likenesses between 2 or more objects |
| Contrast | To find differences between 2 or more objects |
| amphi- ambi- | around or on both sides |
| contra-, counter-, or contro | opposite or against |
| simile | I watched Tony race as fast as lightening. |
| hyperbole | I told you a hundred million times to clean your room. |
| personification | Autumn's leaves scampered across my yard. |
| metaphor | Hurricane Katrina was a monster when it hit our city. |
| Unity | No essentia(important) ideas are missing AND no extraneous(unrelated) detailsElaborating of the central idea in an organized way; |
| Organization | Logical structure; steps of story arranged in an order |
| Central thought | overall theme or purpose; a message or idea about the topic |
| Elaboration | Providing specific details, examples, and illustrations in story to back up the main idea |
| Plot | plan of the story; initiating event, rising actions, climax, falling actions, resolution |
| Climax | Point with highest level of excitement; point where story starts to change |
| Conflict | Problem between two opposing sides |
| Internal conflict | problem going on inside the characters |
| External conflict | problem between two sides outside of body ex. two characters, character & nature |
| Theme | Lesson of story or what message the author is trying to present |
| Character Trait | what character says, does, thinks, & how others react to him/her |
| Cause | Reason something happens |
| Effect | what happens because of something else |
| Anti- | opposite or against |
| Listing | making a list of things or activities in order DONE IN PRE-WRITING |
| Composing | Writing domain includes focusing, structuring, elaborating done for an effective message |
| Written expression | Writer chooses vivid and precise vocabulary and information to show tone & voice of writer |
| Usage & Mechanics | Writer fixes spelling, capitalization, punctuation, format, and sentence structure |
| Dictionary | book that provides origin, pronunciation, and meaning of words |
| Thesaurus | Book to find synonyms, and sometimes antonyms of words |
| Online source | technological way of obtaining information and data about almost any topic |
| Glossary | Small dictionary sometimes found in the back of a non-fiction or text book |
| Setting | place, time, and duration of time in a story |
| Dialogue | conversation that uses quotation marks |
| anti or contra | opposite or against |
