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)