Story StructureCharacters- Who?

Plot- What? (the most important events)

Setting- When and Where?U1L1

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PLOTConflict- the problem in the story that the character needs to face, which affects events in the plot

Resolution- the way the character(s) solve the problem

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Author’s PurposeThe reason or reasons the author wrote a selection• Author’s write to inform, entertain or

persuade a reader

• You can use text clues to such as facts and opinions to help you infer the author’s purpose

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Cause and EffectCause- tells “WHY” it happens

(raining)

Effect- tells “WHAT” happens

(need umbrella)

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ThemeThe author uses a story’s setting, characters and characters’ actions to reveal a message or moral.

Understanding CharactersUse character traits (what the character is like, their personality) to recognize, infer and predict how characters have different relationships with other characters in the story.

U1L5

Compare and ContrastCompare- two or more things that are similar

Contrast- two or more things that are different U2

L1

Predict and InferTo use what we have read

and what we know to learn more than the

author tells us.

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Fact and OpinionFact is a statement that can be proven true.*A Sea Otter has wide, webbed feet.

Opinion is a statement that tells someone’s thoughts feelings or belief.• It often begins with I believe or I think and

has words like best, should, seem and probably.

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Understanding CharactersUse character behavior(what the character thinks, does, and says) to recognize, infer and predict how characters have different relationships with other characters in the story.

Thoughts Actions Words

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VisualizingVisualizing is when you make a movie in your mind.

Stop and describe the pictures that you see in your mind.

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ConclusionsA reasonable guess about ideas that are not stated directly in the text.

Use text clues+ your own experiences=

conclusion

Author’s PurposeThe reason or reasons the author wrote a selection• Author’s write to inform, entertain

or persuade a reader

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Fact and OpinionFact is a statement that can be proven true.

Opinion is a statement that tells a thought, feeling or belief.• It often has the words believe, think, best,

worst, should, seem and probably. U3L1

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Sequence of EventsThe order in which events take place in time.• The story may use the words

before, first, second, next, then, eventually, and finally.

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VisualizingVisualizing is when you make a movie in your mind.

Stop and describe the pictures that you see in your mind.

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Cause and EffectCause- tells “WHY” it happens

(raining)

Effect- tells “WHAT” happens

(need umbrella)

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Summarize Briefly retell what is important in your own words. • You can summarize by saying-

somebody-wanted-but-so.

Short and to the point!

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Text FeaturesParts of the text, such as titles, headings, or special type(boldface print).• Boldface print is type that is heavy and dark to make it stand out

from the words around it and it is used to highlight important terms.

Graph Diagram

Table of contents Map

DMain Idea and DetailsMain Idea is the key point an author wants to make about a topic.

Details are facts or examples that support a main idea.

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Compare and ContrastCompare- two or more things that are similar

Contrast- two or more things that are different U4

L1

Monitor and ClarifyThis is when you ask yourself if you understand what you have read. If you don’t then slow down, reread and look for clues.

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Sequence of EventsThe order in which events take place in time.• The story may use the words

before, first, second, next, then, eventually, and finally.

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Understanding CharactersUse character behavior(what the character thinks, does, and says) to recognize, infer and predict how characters have different relationships with other characters in the story.

Thoughts Actions Words

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PersuasionTo convince someone to think or act a certain way.• The author is trying to get you to get you

think the way they do about a topic.

U4L4

Predict and InferTo use what we have read

and what we know to learn more than the

author tells us.

DMain Idea and DetailsMain Idea is the key point an author wants to make about a topic.

Details are facts or examples that support a main idea.

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DVisualizingVisualizing is when you make a movie in your mind.

Stop and describe the pictures that you see in your mind. U4

L5

ThemeThe author uses a story’s setting, characters and characters’ actions to reveal a message or moral.

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SummarizeBriefly retell what is important in your own words. • You can summarize by saying-

somebody-wanted-but-so.

Short and to the point!U5L1

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Cause and EffectCause- tells “WHY” it happens

(raining)

Effect- tells “WHAT” happens

(need umbrella)

U5L2

Predict and InferTo use what we have read

and what we know to learn more than the

author tells us.

U5L3

Text Features Parts of the text, such as titles, headings, or special type(boldface print).• Boldface print is type that is heavy and dark to make it stand

out from the words around it and it is used to highlight important terms.

Graph Diagram

Table of contents May

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Monitor and ClarifyThis is when you ask yourself if you understand what you have read. If you don’t then slow down, reread and look for clues.

U5L4

Compare and ContrastCompare- two or more things that are similar

Contrast- two or more things that are different

Author’s PurposeThe reason or reasons the author wrote a selection• Author’s write to inform, entertain

or persuade a reader

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