ELA Week 3.21

3.21 Nonfiction

Spelling: Nonfiction

Write your words in your agenda Monday.  Spelling bonuses are due no later than Thursday.

*If you made below 80% on your spelling test last week, you MUST complete a spelling choice (practice activity) and turn in by Thursday.  You may complete and turn in a second activity/choice as a bonus. 

1.     nonfiction

2.     true

3.     facts

4.     information

5.     research

6.     topic

7.     article

8.     essay

9.     biography

10. autobiography

11. newspaper

12. magazine

13. interview

14. historical

15. details

Vocabulary: Nonfiction Text Features

As we continue to read nonfiction, it is important to understand the different features, or parts, of the text.  You are responsible for finding out what each of these terms mean.  For your test on Friday, not only will you need to know the definition of each term, but you will also be given pictures to identify the various terms.  (For example, you would need to identify a picture of map as a map.)

*If you made below 80% on your vocabulary test last week, you MUST complete a vocabulary choice (practice activity) and turn in by Thursday.  You may complete and turn in a second activity/choice as a bonus. 

1.     glossary

2.     index

3.     chapter

4.     caption

5.     image

6.     map

7.     label

8.     heading

IRA: Dialogue & Quotation Marks

            Writers make their stories interesting by having characters talk to each other.  Choose a passage to copy correctly that uses quotation marks.  Underline what the speakers actually say (the part in quotation marks) with different colors for different speakers.  For example, if Charlotte and Wilbur were talking, you might underline Charlotte’s words in black and Wilbur’s words in pink.

You may complete this IRA on your own paper or as a Google Doc (due by Friday).

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