3rd six week homework
by: Marissa Jackson
Graphic organizer
A graphic organizer is a communication tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge.
How To Use Graphic Organizers
Descriptive or Thermatic Map
A Descriptive or Thematic Map works well for mapping generic information, but particularly well for mapping hierarchical relationships.
Network Tree
Organizing a hierarchical set of information, reflecting superordinate or subordinate elements, is made easier by constructing a Network Tree.
Spider Map
When the information relating to a main idea or theme does not fit into a hierarchy, a Spider Map can help with organization.
Problem and Solution Map
When information contains cause and effect problems and solutions, a Problem and Solution Map can be useful for organizing.
Problem-Solution Outlier
A Problem-Solution Outline helps students to compare different solutions to a problem.
Sequential Episodic Map
A Sequential Episodic Map is useful for mapping cause and effect.
Fishbone Map
When cause-effect relationships are complex and non-redundant a Fishbone Map may be particularly useful.
Comparative and Contrastive Map
A Comparative and Contrastive Map can help students to compare and contrast two concepts according to their features.
Compare-Contrast Matix
Another way to compare concepts' attributes is to construct a Compare-Contrast Matrix.
Continuum Scale
Continuum Scale is effective for organizing information along a dimension such as less to more, low to high, and few to many.
Series of Events Chain
A Series of Events Chain can help students organize information according to various steps or stages.
Cycle Map
A Cycle Map is useful for organizing information that is circular or cyclical, with no absolute beginning or ending.
Human Interactive Outline
A Human Interaction Outline is effective for organizing events in terms of a chain of action and reaction (useful in social sciences and humanities)
Revising
rereading work done previously to improve one's knowledge of a subject, typically to prepare for an examination
Editing
prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it
Editing & Revising
Level 1
you use a color for each description
level 2
more advanced rainbow editing
level 3
most advanced
setting
when and where the story takes place
setting
Why is a story's setting important?
setting 1
a magical castle in 1766
setting 2
in a bungalow on the beach in 2004
setting 3
a beautiful garden in London,England 1999
plot
a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story. These events relate to each other in a pattern or a sequence. The structure of a novel depends on the organization of events in the plot of the story.
Aladdin Elements of a Plot Structure
Exposition
The first is the exposition or the introduction. This is known as the beginning of the story where characters and setting are established. The conflict or main problem is introduced as well.
rising action
The second element of a plot is known as the rising action which occurs when a series of events build up to the conflict. The main characters are established by the time the rising action of a plot occurs and at the same time, events begin to get complicated. It is during this part of a story that excitement, tension or crisis is encountered.
climax
The third element of a plot is known as the climax or the main point of the plot. This is the turning point of the story and is meant to be the moment of highest interest and emotion. The reader wonders what is going to happen next.
falling action
The fourth element of a plot is known as falling action or the winding up of the story. Events and complications begin to resolve and the result of actions of the main characters are put forward.
resolution
The last element of a plot is the resolution or the conclusion. It is the end of a story and ends with either a happy or a tragic ending.
point of view
the way the author helps you see and hear what is going on in the story
Narrative Point of View
1st person
when a character narrates the story with I-me-my-mine in his or her speech. The advantage of this point of view is that you get to hear the thoughts of the narrator and see the world depicted in the story through his or her eyes.
2nd person
in which the author uses you and your, is rare; authors seldom speak directly to the reader
3rd person
an outsider looking at the action. The writer may choose third-person omniscient, in which the thoughts of every character are open to the reader, or third-person limited, in which the reader enters only one character's mind, either throughout the entire work or in a specific section. Third-person limited differs from first-person because the author's voice, not the character's voice, is what you hear in the descriptive passages.