The Reading Exam for the second nine week period will be on Friday, December 14. It will consist of term definition recognition and reading comprehension. Students were given a study guide today and we will have 5 days of review in the classroom.
2nd nine week study guide Herbert 6th grade Exam date 12-14
| graphic feature | includes headings, titles, font, type color maps, pictures, bold print |
| fiction | literature that is made up such as novels and short stories, fables, folktales |
| non-fiction | literature that is not made up such as textbooks, newspapers, biographies, |
| character traits/characterization | traits are the qualities a character shows or adjectives to describe ; characterization is the process the author uses to reveal traits to the reader and can be direct or indirect |
| foreshadowing | use of clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot |
| flashback | interruption in plot to tell what happened in the past |
| main idea | most important idea in a story or essay. It can be stated in a topic sentence or implied |
| supporting detail | details that add info to the main ides |
| mood | the reader’s feelings when they read a story or essay |
| style | the way an author chooses to write including word choice |
| tone | the attitude or feeling an author has towards his or her subject |
| genre | type or category of literature |
| historical fiction | fiction based on historical events |
| science fiction | fiction rooted in scientific fact and research |
| fantasy | fiction based in magic, myths and events and characters that will and have never existed |
| mystery | who done it? |
| compare/contrast | compare shows what is alike and contrast shows what is different |
| fact/opinion | a fact can be proven with research an opinion cannot |
| conflict/internal and external | struggle between opposing characters or forces; internal takes place within a character’s mind and external conflict involves other characters or outside forces |
| point of view | relationship of the narrator to the story; first person is told by one of the characters in fiction or “I”; in 3rd person the narrator is not a character in the story; in 3rd person limited we know the thoughts and feelings of only 1 of the characters in omniscient we know the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters |
| novel/short story | |
| cause/effect | cause is why something happens and effect is what happens |
| context clue | the words in a sentence that help you to understand what another word means |
| autobiography/ biography/memoir | non-fiction life stories |
| diagram/graphic | a textual feature that gives information in a an illustrative form |
| plot/plot parts | plot is what happens in a story it includes exposition where we learn the setting main conflict and characters, rising action or complications, climax and resolution or falling action |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| sequence | the order of events or things in a story |
| infer | to read between the lines and make a statement about meaning in text |
| predict | to guess what might happen next by using information from a text |
| theme | the moral or message of a piece of literature |
| dialect | the regional accent a character or person uses in dialog |
| dialog | what characters say in a story |
2nd nine week study guide Herbert 6th grade Exam date 12-14
| graphic feature | includes headings, titles, font, type color maps, pictures, bold print |
| fiction | literature that is made up such as novels and short stories, fables, folktales |
| non-fiction | literature that is not made up such as textbooks, newspapers, biographies, |
| character traits/characterization | traits are the qualities a character shows or adjectives to describe ; characterization is the process the author uses to reveal traits to the reader and can be direct or indirect |
| foreshadowing | use of clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot |
| flashback | interruption in plot to tell what happened in the past |
| main idea | most important idea in a story or essay. It can be stated in a topic sentence or implied |
| supporting detail | details that add info to the main ides |
| mood | the reader’s feelings when they read a story or essay |
| style | the way an author chooses to write including word choice |
| tone | the attitude or feeling an author has towards his or her subject |
| genre | type or category of literature |
| historical fiction | fiction based on historical events |
| science fiction | fiction rooted in scientific fact and research |
| fantasy | fiction based in magic, myths and events and characters that will and have never existed |
| mystery | who done it? |
| compare/contrast | compare shows what is alike and contrast shows what is different |
| fact/opinion | a fact can be proven with research an opinion cannot |
| conflict/internal and external | struggle between opposing characters or forces; internal takes place within a character’s mind and external conflict involves other characters or outside forces |
| relationship of the narrator to the story; first person is told by one of the characters in fiction or “I”; in 3rd person the narrator is not a character in the story; in 3rd person limited we know the thoughts and feelings of only 1 of the characters in omniscient we know the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters | |
| cause/effect | cause is why something happens and effect is what happens |
| context clue | the words in a sentence that help you to understand what another word means |
| diagram/graphic | a textual feature that gives information in a an illustrative form |
| plot/plot parts | plot is what happens in a story it includes exposition where we learn the setting main conflict and characters, rising action or complications, climax and resolution or falling action |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| sequence | the order of events or things in a story |
| infer | to read between the lines and make a statement about meaning in text |
| predict | to guess what might happen next by using information from a text |
| theme | the moral or message of a piece of literature |
| dialect | the regional accent a character or person uses in dialog |
| dialog | what characters say in a story |
2nd nine week study guide Herbert 6th grade Exam date 12-14
| graphic feature | includes headings, titles, font, type color maps, pictures, bold print |
| fiction | literature that is made up such as novels and short stories, fables, folktales |
| non-fiction | literature that is not made up such as textbooks, newspapers, biographies, |
| character traits/characterization | traits are the qualities a character shows or adjectives to describe ; characterization is the process the author uses to reveal traits to the reader and can be direct or indirect |
| foreshadowing | use of clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot |
| flashback | interruption in plot to tell what happened in the past |
| main idea | most important idea in a story or essay. It can be stated in a topic sentence or implied |
| supporting detail | details that add info to the main ides |
| mood | the reader’s feelings when they read a story or essay |
| style | the way an author chooses to write including word choice |
| tone | the attitude or feeling an author has towards his or her subject |
| genre | type or category of literature |
| historical fiction | fiction based on historical events |
| science fiction | fiction rooted in scientific fact and research |
| fantasy | fiction based in magic, myths and events and characters that will and have never existed |
| mystery | who done it? |
| compare/contrast | compare shows what is alike and contrast shows what is different |
| fact/opinion | a fact can be proven with research an opinion cannot |
| conflict/internal and external | struggle between opposing characters or forces; internal takes place within a character’s mind and external conflict involves other characters or outside forces |
| relationship of the narrator to the story; first person is told by one of the characters in fiction or “I”; in 3rd person the narrator is not a character in the story; in 3rd person limited we know the thoughts and feelings of only 1 of the characters in omniscient we know the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters | |
| cause/effect | cause is why something happens and effect is what happens |
| context clue | the words in a sentence that help you to understand what another word means |
| diagram/graphic | a textual feature that gives information in a an illustrative form |
| plot/plot parts | plot is what happens in a story it includes exposition where we learn the setting main conflict and characters, rising action or complications, climax and resolution or falling action |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| sequence | the order of events or things in a story |
| infer | to read between the lines and make a statement about meaning in text |
| predict | to guess what might happen next by using information from a text |
| theme | the moral or message of a piece of literature |
| dialect | the regional accent a character or person uses in dialog |
| dialog | what characters say in a story |
The 6th grade bee will be in the cafeteria on January 7 during 1st period. The 7th and 8th should be on Monday the 7th or Tuesday the 8th at the time chosen by the teachers in that grade. We will have the School Championship Bee on Wednesday the 9th. The top five from each grade will participate in the Championship Bee that will be at a time yet to be determined. Please encourage your good spellers to participate.