Q3 Reading ReviewUse this power point to review our work in
reading for 4th Grade – Q3.
Details
• The details in expository text help define the main idea of the article.
• All details must support the topic of the piece.
Vocabulary in Context
• I can use context to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Look for context clues:• Look at the words around the word.• Think about what the word means to the
story.
Text Features
• I can explain, locate /use specific graphic features of text• Title- The title of a story.
• Subtitle- The text that is at the beginning of a paragraph used to introduce the topic.
• Bold lettering- use of a font to draw attention.
• Pictures/ illustrations – used to illustrate what the text says.
• The vocabulary questions that look like dictionary entries use three or four definitions.• Choose the definition that FITS the article
or story.
Dictionary Entries
Poetry
• I can describe forms of poetry:• Stanza: a group of lines in a poem.• Lines: a single group of words in a poem,
similar to a sentence.• Rhyme: the repetition of similar sounds in
a line of poetry.• Rhyme Scheme: the rhyming pattern of a
poem (e.g. – every pair of lines rhyme)
Poetry
• Types of poetry:
• Rhyming poem: certain lines in a poem rhyme.• Free verse: a poem that has no rhyming pattern.• Haiku: a poem having three lines that do not rhyme; the
three lines have 5, 7, and 5 syllables.• List poem: a poem that reads like a list of adjectives about an
object.• Couplet: a poem where pairs of lines rhyme. (every two lines
rhyme with each other)
Sensory Language
• I can recognize sensory language:• Sound words: chirping, hissing, laughing, screaming
• Touch words: stinging, tickling, scorching
• Taste words: bitter, tangy, fruity, hot
• Smell words: flowery, minty, sweet, spoiled
• Sight words: bulky, small, huge, tiny
Drama
• I can describe the structural elements particular to dramatic literature.
• Stage directions: details given that describe what a character does. These are usually written in parenthesis and are in italics.
• Prologue: an introductory paragraph that describes the setting and provides background information for the reader.
• Scene: the minor sections of a play. These can take place in different settings.
Theme
• I can summarize and explain the lesson or message of a work of fiction and its theme.
• The theme or lesson is usually in sentence form.• It is a moral lesson or author’s message to the
reader.• It is often implied.
Theme
• Some examples of theme:• To have friends you need to be one.• It is better to give than to receive.• Hope can prevail even in the worst of
times.
Author’s Purpose
• I can determine the author’s purpose for writing a piece:
• To entertain = fiction
• To inform = expository/ NF
• To persuade = expository/ NF
Character Interactions
• I can describe the interactions of characters and the changes they undergo. Such as:• Feelings• Similarities/ differences• Changes over time
Inference
• I can use background knowledge or schema + text evidence to support my comprehension and make inferences.• BK + TE = Inference in Comprehension• Inferences are not stated in the text. They
come from the reader’s feelings.
Figurative Language
• A simile compares two things using like or as. • Example: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what
you are going to get.• Hyperbole is a form of exaggeration.• Example: I’ve told you a million times!• An idiom is a group of words not meant to be taken literally. • Example: Its raining cats and dogs.• A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike items. • Example: You are my guardian angel.
I can determine how sensory language was used:
Plot
• I can sequence and summarize the plot’s main events and explain their influence on future events:
Which event happens right before the next event in sequence?
plot summary graphic
exposition
climax
conclusionrising action
falling action
Problem
Solution
Realistic Fiction
• This genre has these particular elements:
• Real events, people, and places• The events that take place could happen
Elements of Fiction
• Characters• Plot• Setting• Conflict (problem)• Resolution (solution)