Story Structure

1. Story Structure Characters- Who? Plot-What? (the most important events) Setting- When and Where? U1L1

2. PLOT Conflict- 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 U1L1

3. Author’s Purpose • The 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 U1L2

4. Cause and Effect Cause- tells “WHY” it happens (raining) Effect- tells “WHAT” happens (need umbrella) U1L3

5. Theme The author uses a story’s setting, characters and characters’ actions to reveal a message or moral. U1L4

6. Understanding Characters Use 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

7. Compare and Contrast Compare- two or more things that are similar Contrast- two or more things that are different U2L1

8. Predict and Infer To use what we have read and what we know to learn more than the author tells us. U2L1

9. Fact and Opinion • Fact 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. U2L2

10. Understanding Characters Use 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. U2L3

11. Visualizing Visualizing is when you make a movie in your mind. Stop and describe the pictures that you see in your mind. U2L3

12. Conclusions A reasonable guess about ideas that are not stated directly in the text. Use text clues+ your own experiences= conclusion U2L4

13. Author’s Purpose • The reason or reasons the author wrote a selection • Author’s write to inform, entertain or persuade a reader U2L5

14. Fact and Opinion • Fact 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

15. Sequence of Events • The order in which events take place in time. • The story may use the words before, first, second, next, then, eventually, and finally. U3L2

16. Visualizing Visualizing is when you make a movie in your mind. Stop and describe the pictures that you see in your mind. U3L2

17. Cause and Effect Cause- tells “WHY” it happens (raining) Effect- tells “WHAT” happens (need umbrella) U3L3

18. Summarize • Briefly retell what is important in your own words. • You can summarize by saying- somebody-wanted-but-so. • Short and to the point! U3L3

19. 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 Map U3L4

20. D Main Idea and Details Main Idea is the key point an author wants to make about a topic. Details are facts or examples that support a main idea. U3L5

21. Compare and Contrast Compare- two or more things that are similar Contrast- two or more things that are different U4L1

22. Monitor and Clarify This is when you ask yourself if you understand what you have read. If you don’t then slow down, reread and look for clues. U4L1

23. Sequence of Events • The order in which events take place in time. • The story may use the words before, first, second, next, then, eventually, and finally. U4L2

24. Understanding Characters Use 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. U4L3

25. Persuasion • To 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

26. Predict and Infer To use what we have read and what we know to learn more than the author tells us. U4L4

27. D Main Idea and Details Main Idea is the key point an author wants to make about a topic. Details are facts or examples that support a main idea. U4L5

28. D Visualizing Visualizing is when you make a movie in your mind. Stop and describe the pictures that you see in your mind. U4L5

29. Theme The author uses a story’s setting, characters and characters’ actions to reveal a message or moral. U5L1

30. Summarize • Briefly retell what is important in your own words. • You can summarize by saying- somebody-wanted-but-so. • Short and to the point! U5L1

31. Cause and Effect Cause-tells “WHY” it happens (raining) Effect-tells “WHAT” happens (need umbrella) U5L2

32. Predict and Infer To use what we have read and what we know to learn more than the author tells us. U5L2

33. 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 U5L3

34. Monitor and Clarify This is when you ask yourself if you understand what you have read. If you don’t then slow down, reread and look for clues. U5L3

35. Compare and Contrast Compare- two or more things that are similar Contrast-two or more things that are different U5L4

36. Author’s Purpose • The reason or reasons the author wrote a selection • Author’s write to inform, entertain or persuade a reader U5L5