miss alaineus powerpoint
DESCRIPTION
A presentation to introduce the vocabulary, strategy and skill for the 5th grade Macmillon/McGraw-Hill story "Miss Alaineus" by Debra Frasier.TRANSCRIPT
MISS ALAINEUS
Vocabulary
SLUMPED
A person is slumped in his chair if he slides down.
SOGGY Soggy is how something
feels when it is full of water.
STRANDS
strands are threads or similar items that can be twisted
together.
CAPABLE
Capable means you have the skill or power to do something
well.
CATEGORIES
categories are groups or classes of things.
GIGANTIC
Something gigantic is larger than other things.
CREDIT Credit is something given by teachers for extra work.
LUMINOUS
Something luminous is very bright and shiny.
MISS ALAINEUS
Strategy and Skill
FOCUS STRATEGY
Analyze Story Structure
STORY STRUCTURE LOOKS AT HOW THE AUTHOR HAS ORGANIZED THE EVENTS OF THE PLOT USING STORY ELEMENTS SUCH AS…
CHARACTER
The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another.
AND…
SETTING
The context and environment in which something is set.
…AS WELL AS LITERARY ELEMENTS SUCH AS…
FLASHBACK
A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
AND…
FORESHADOWING
Foreshadowing is a literary technique used by many different authors to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later on in the story.
Understanding how theevents of a story areorganized can helpreaders betterunderstand andremember what thet are reading.
FOCUS SKILL
Character and Plot
THE PLOT IS THE SERIES OF EVENTS THAT GIVE A STORY A …
PARTS OF A PLOT Beginning (exposition) Middle
Rising actionConflictclimax
EndFalling actionResolution
PLOT
beginning
Rising action
conflict
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
A
CHARACTER IS WHO THE STORY IS ABOUT.
CHARACTER
Sage
Mrs. Page Forrest
A Major character is the character the story is about.
The Minor characters are the other characters in a story.
GOOD READERS
Identify the problem the
character faces and how he or she tries
to solve it.
GOOD READERS
Look for examples of Foreshadowing
or hints about what will happen next.
GOOD READERS
Look for examples of Flashbacks or a return to events that took place before the story
events.