Literature
fiction, poetry, drama, graphic stories, but also artwork by distinguished painters, sculptors, or photographers.
Main Idea
the most important or central idea of a paragraph or of a larger part of a text. The main idea tells the reader what the text is about and is
Summary
identifies the key ideas, details, or events in the text and reports them with an emphasis on who did what to whom and when
Myth
a traditional or legendary story, usually with supernatural beings, ancestors, and heroes. These stories serve to explain the worldwide view of people by explaining customs, society, or phenomenon of nature.
Objective Summary
describes key ideas, details, or events in the text and reports them WITHOUT adding any commentary or outside description;
Retelling and recounting stories, including key details
retelling and recounting involve students giving an oral account of key details of a story in chronological order.
Themes
the ideas the text explains, develops, and explores; there can be more than one, but themes are what the text is actually about.
Key supporting details and ideas
important details and ideas support the larger ideas the text develop over time and are used to advance the author's claim. Not all details are equally important.
Analyze their development
refers to the careful and close examination of the parts or elements from which something is made and how those parts affect or function within the whole to create meaning.
Central Message
the main elements that build the story. The beams of the "building
Folktales
Started as oral tradition - short stories or legends passed down by word of mouth through the generations. These tales or legends were part of common group of people or folk, and may include supernatural elements.
Fables
a legendary story of supernatural happenings or a narrative that attempts to impart a truth (often through a moral) - especially in stories where animals speak and have human characteristics
Diverse Cultures
cultures that are ones with cultural variety and cultural differences that exist throughout the world or within a society
Development
the way authors add imagery, details, examples, and other information over the course of the text
Characters respond to challenges
characters are faced with problems and they respond or react to these problems or challenges. The way they react moves the story along and adds to the event sequence
Key detail
parts of a text that support the main idea, and enable the reader to draw conclusions and infer what the text or a portion of a text is about
Explicitly
clearly stated in great or precise detail; may pertain to factual or literal information but it is textually based
Inference
understand the text by generalizing, deducing, and concluding from reasoning and evidence that is not presented literally or explicitly
Quote accurately
Lifting lines" directly from the text or copying specific sections of the text to demonstrate understanding
Reading closely
reading that emphasizes not only the surface details but the deeper meanings and larger connotations between words, sentences, and the full text
Textual evidence
choose those pieces of evidence (words, phrases, passage illustrations) that provide the best proof of what they are asserting about the text