Reading – Unit 1

Skills Test Review

Compiled by Terry Sams, Piedmont Elementary

Genre: Realistic Fiction TE 91i

In Realistic Fiction the characters speak and act like real people.The story describes real-life problems and events.The outcome, or problem resolution, seems to be reasonable.

Click on Genre to learn more about different genres and Realistic Fiction.

Historical Fiction

Historical fiction is realistic fiction that takes place in the

past. The characters, setting, problems and events are based on things that really did or could have happened during a past time period.

Comprehension Skill: Setting•Setting is the time and place in which a story occurs.

•Sometimes the setting is important to the lot of a story. At other times, the setting is only background.

•Sometimes pictures show the setting, and sometimes you have to imagine it.

•Details the author has written can help you see, hear, feel, and smell what it is like to be there.

Practice Setting TE 43a

Detail About Where/When

Grandpa’s kitchen/morning

breakfast table/morning

dishes on the table

How Setting Affects Story

Grandpa learns Justin doesn’t like to do dishes.

Grandpa shows him that doing dishes can be easy.

Justin learns men can do dishes well.

Comprehension Skill Review –Sequence TE 67a

• Sequence is the order of the events that occur in a story.

• You can determine the order of events by clue words such as first and next, in the beginning, then, following, after, and finally.

• Some story events may occur at the same time.

• Other story events, such as flashbacks, are told out of order.

Comprehension SkillAuthor’s Purpose is the author’s reason or reasons for writing this story.

Authors don’t usually tell you this. You have to figure the reasons out.

It might be to inform or teach, to entertain, to express their feelings, and to persuade or convince you.

Comprehension Skill: CharacterCharacters are the people or animals in a story or non-fiction article. You can learn about characters by what they think, do, and say. You can also learn about characters by paying attention to how they are treated or talked about by other characters.

Research Skill – Textbook/Trade Books TE

43jTextbooks usually teach abut one subject, such as social studies or math. These books are organized to help you find information quickly.Each chapter title tells you about main section of the book, and the headings and subheadings show what information you can find in a particular section.Vocabulary words are often printed in bold and included in the margin.

Literary Devices – Point of View TE 109i

Point of view is how an author decides to tell a story.The author chooses a narrator and then tells the story through that person.In first-person point of view, the narrator is a character in the story who uses I or we.In third-person point of view, it is told by a narrator who is not a character in the story

and uses words such as he, she, it, and they.

Research Skill – Outlines TE 109j

An outline can help you organize information you read.

Outlining helps you remember important points and understand what you read.

Outlining information can also help you prepare for tests.

Vocabulary Skill – Context Clues: Unfamiliar Words•When you see unfamiliar words, use context clues, or words around the unfamiliar word, to figure out its meaning. •The context may give a definition or an explanation. Sometimes a synonym is used as a

context clue.Example: Pedro could hear the loud, terrified bellows

of animals trying to escape.

Research Skill – Parts of a Book TE 129j

Table of contents – listing of the chapter and lesson titles and the page on which each one begins found in the front of the book.Glossary– dictionary of important terms in the book found at the end of a book. Index - an alphabetical listing of subjects covered in the book. Also in the back of the book

Section heads, captions, marginal notes, and headnotes are text organizers found within a chapter.Section heads are titles of sections Captions are text under pictures Marginal notes are additional facts noted in the marginHeadnotes are introductory text to help you decide at a glance what the information is about.

Research Skill – Parts of a Book TE 129j

Sentences

Complete Sentences More on Complete Sentences

Compound Sentences

Complex Sentences