1st 9 Weeks Study Guide

English/Language Arts:
What you need to know:

Use citations and evidence from the text/story to explain what the story is
about.
The main idea of the text / story using details from the story
Describe a story: the beginning, middle, and end
Explain how a character changes in a story, using quotes from the text.
Write with a claim, evidence, and a conclusion
Ask questions about what you read
Paraphrasing / re-telling in your own words
Correctly use pronouns (I, me, he, she, herself, you, they, etc.)

How we learned it:

Characterization Hamburger Citations, characterization, claim/evidence/conclusion

Characterizat
ion
Exampl
e 1
Exampl
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2
Exampl

The ACES Phone Cartoon Paraphrasing / retelling in your own words, Describe a
story beginning, middle, and end.

e 3
Characterizat
ion

Video and 3 Little Pigs Identify the main idea of the text / story using details from
the story, making inferences: Detail + Detail + Detail = Main Idea. Main idea=who
or what and what about it.

How you can Practice:

First: Pick of the following articles to read:

NBA Referee Breaking Barriers:

http://www.sikids.com/blogs/2015/09/29/nba-referee-violet-palmer-is-still-breakingbarriers
Little-League Bus Tour of Civil Rights Monuments:
http://www.sikids.com/blogs/2015/09/21/little-league-teams-big-tour-of-history
The First Lady says We All Have Potential:
https://newsela.com/articles/firstlady-education/id/7622/
US Minority Students Lack Teachers that Look Like Them:
https://newsela.com/articles/teachers-diversity/id/3845/
Second: Identify the main idea, use three details to help you. Remember Main
idea = who or what and what about it.
Third: Why is the article important? Write a claim and provide three examples to
explain why.