Repeat after me... A THEME IS A "BIG IDEA". Theme is just one of the many things we call STORY ELEMENTS. Every subject area has its own vocabulary. In READING, when we are talking about fiction, good readers use certain words to describe STORY ELEMENTS. Here are a few you have already heard, and will probably get sick of because you will continue to hear them so much. Anyways, without further ado...
Antagonist and Protagonist
Characters
Dialogue and Dialect
Genre
Plot & Subplot
Point of View
Setting
Theme
Tone and Mood
Irony
Persona
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Style
Symbol
These vocabulary words will help you analyze your book club books over the next few weeks as we dive deeper into fiction. Let's check out this Brainpop to get a collective understanding of some of these words. You will use a few today in class as you read your books. Have fun reading!!
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/bookreport/
Sincerely,
C
P.S.
Getting things done is not always what is most important. There is value in allowing others to learn, even if the task is not accomplished as quickly, efficiently or effectively." - R.D. Clyde
Take your time. Do your best and forget the rest.
7 comments:
Word Finder:
Stags pg. 5 - An adult male deer
We shared this word as a group in order to understand it together.
Mothballs pg. 8 - Little powder balls that keep rodents away.
It sounds odd and interesting.
Inquisitive pg. 8 - Excited to get more knowledge or very curious.
None of us knows what it means.
stags pg5 = a big male deere. because it sounded interesting
mothballs pg3 = little powder balls that keep little bugs out of your house. it sounded werd
queer pg3 = a werd guy. it was interesting
Edgar diaz
wordfinder stags pg 5- A adult male deer.Becase it was a word that we did not find .
mothballs pg.8- it keeps rodents away.it was a word I did not now
queer pg.8-something weerd . we pikid it because it was a weerd word.
stags-an adalt male deer(page5).
pick because i did not know what it ment.
nor-means not or or.(page5)
i did not know what it ment.
wireless-it is a pone of some sort.(page5) it seemed to be interesting.
1.Stags (pg.5) And adault male deer. We picked this word because we did not know what it ment.
2.Queer (pg.4) A wierd person. We picked this word because it sounded intresting.
3.Mothballs (pg.6) A powdery ball that keep away rodents. We did not know what it ment.
Good afternoon Mr C here are some words from my book
Inquisitive pg.8 the reason I picked this word is because I didn't know what it ment, what the word means is curious.
Puzzled pg.11 the reason I picked this word is because it looked like a confusing word but I already knew what it ment, what the word means is confused.
Delighted pg.11 the reason I picked this word is because it sounded like a pleasent word, what it means is happy.
Intennded pg. 12 the reason I picked this word is because I never heard the word before, what it means is expecting.
Melancholy pg. 12 the reason I picked this word is because I never heard the word before, what it means is sad
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