Purposes for ReadingTo Entertain
To Inform
To Persuade
To Express Feelings and Ideas
Onomatopoeia ListText StructuresLiteracyGood readers apply strategies within the text, about the text, and beyond the text to read fluently and comprehend what they read. Click here to download a set of questions to guide your reading conversations. The image above shows Fountas and Pinnell's Network of Processing Systems for Reading. Click to view it more easily.
Strategies and Skills SummariesClick here to practice understanding positive and negative connotation.
Idioms
Writing Dialogue |
Should People Support or Boycott Zoos? (articles)Fluency Passages (click for passages)"The First Rainbow" (click here for audio)
Grammar & PunctuationLiterary ThemesTheme is a story's lesson, message, or moral. There are often multiple themes supported in a story. Click here for some theme examples.
Narrative Writers' Techniques
Narrative Writers' Goals
Nonfiction Research & Writing-Westward ExpansionOregon Trail
http://oregontrail101.com/ http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/co/books/bke1/imaps/index.html Lewis and Clark http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/ http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/lewis_clark/ Gold Rush http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/california_gold_rush.php http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/californiagoldrush.htm http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=5423 Sacagewea http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/sacagawea.php http://www.historyforkids.net/sacagawea.html Point of View
Use the video below to practice identifying and describing the exposition (characters, setting, and problem), rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of the story.
Punctuation GamesGist Recording SheetSept. 11 TFK Response SheetPersuasive Writing (Click here for link to exercise.) |