1. Warm Up for January 8, 2015 Read the following passage and then answer the questions. The paragraphs below are the final paragraphs of a letter to the editor: Furthermore, the recycling program will create jobs. People are also needed to maintain the recycling facility and to repair machinery. Finally, the program could transform our city. You know how you feel when you clean out a messy room? Well, that is how we all will feel when the recycling program takes effect. It will be like cleaning out the city to make it more attractive. It could be life-changing! 1. True/False. Readers can infer that the writer feels strongly about the topic of a citywide recycling program. 2. What are 2–3 words or phrases that helped you answer question 1

2. January 2015 – 7th Grade Reading
Semester Exam Review
January 2015 – 7th Grade Reading

3. Genres What are the Reading Genres we have studied so far this year?
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4. Genres Autobiographies/Biographies Memoirs and Personal Narratives
Traditional Literature
Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Fables
Expository and Informational Text
Drama
Poetry

5. Autobiography What are the features of Autobiographies?
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6. Autobiography form of nonfiction (true) story of a real person’s life
auto means self
bios means life
graphien means to write
written by the person the story is about
author does not need to do research
author shares how he/she feels and what he/she thinks

7. Biography What are the features of Biographies?
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8. Biography written by someone other than the subject
about the subject’s life
birth date
place date of death *
country or city the subject is from
significant contribution problems or obstacles the subject had to overcome
important events from history people who influenced the subject

9. Personal Narrative What are the features of personal narratives?
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10. Personal Narratives
Focus is on a particular event in a person/writer’s life
1st person
Uses diction and sensory details to express emotions that place the reader in the personal experience

11. Memoirs What are the features of Memoirs?
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12. Memoir Autobiographical
Captures certain highlights or meaningful moments in one’s past
Contemplation of the meaning of that event at the time of the writing of the memoir
Much more emotional and connects the writer to someone or something that had and impact on their life

13. Traditional Literature
Folktales
Fables
Myths
Legends

14. Folktales What are the features of folktales?
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15. Folktales Based in oral tradition with no known author.
Anytime and anyplace (once upon a time in a place far away).
Common ending (they lived happily ever after).
Often magical.
Typically evil is defeated and hero/heroine triumphs.
Contain universal truths and values of time.
Were sometimes used to instruct children in values.
Contain common narrative motifs and common themes.
Examples are: Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Red Riding Hood, Snow White. Sleeping Beauty, Rumplestiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Bremen Town Musicians, Three Little Pigs, East of the Sun and West of the Moon.

16. Fables What are the features of fables?
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17. Fables Have a moral. Were meant to entertain. Brief tale.
Poetic tales with double or allegorical significance.
Animal characters.
Satirize human conduct.
Examples are: Ant and the Grasshopper, Fox and Grapes, Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, Dog in the Manger, Tortoise and the Hare, Lion and the Mouse, Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.

18. Myths What are the features of myths?
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19. Myths Found in almost all cultures.
Used to explain natural phenomena of the world.
Used to explain creation.
Used to explain origins of people.
Sacred or based upon religious belief.
Main characters are animals, deities or humans.
Greek myths (Zeus and Mt. Olympus); Roman myths (Jupiter), Norse myths (Odin and Citadel of Asgard).

20. Legends What are the features of Legends?
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21. Legends May be based upon person or event of historical significance.
Typically secular rather than religious.
Principal characters are human.
Examples are: Beowulf, Robin Hood, King Arthur.

22. Dramas What are the features of Dramas?
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23. Dramas
Plot
Characters
Theme
Point of view
Symbolism
Stage directions

24. Poetry What are the features of Poetry?
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25. Poetry Mood Alliteration Tone Onomatopoeia Imagery Assonance Metaphor
refrain
Personification
Simile

26. Figurative Language List and give an example of each of the following:
Personification: _____________________________________________
Simile: ____________________________________________________
Metaphor: _________________________________________________
Idiom: ____________________________________________________
Hyperbole: _________________________________________________
Imagery: ___________________________________________________

27. Paraphrase vs Summarize
Paraphrasing is…
Summarizing is…
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28. Paraphrase vs Summarize
Paraphrasing is…
Summarizing is…
Restating the original authors words in your own words.
Providing a shortened or condensed version of the original text.
A paraphrase may not necessarily be shorter than the original text.
Includes the main ideas or points of the piece

29. Practice with Summarizing and Paraphrasing
Practice with Summarizing and Paraphrasing. Use the following passage to write a summary and paraphrase.
Nobody called him Abe--at least not to his face--because he loathed the nickname. It did not befit a respected professional who'd struggled hard to overcome the limitations of his frontier background. Frankly Lincoln enjoyed his status as a lawyer and politician, and he liked money, too, and used it to measure his worth. By the 1850's, thanks to a combination of talent and sheer hard work, Lincoln was a man of substantial wealth. He had an annual income of around $5,000--the equivalent of many times that today--and large financial and real-estate investments.

30. Possible Paraphrase and Summary
By the middle of the century, Lincoln enjoyed life as a well-respected lawyer and politician, having acquired a position of status and wealth that was well removed from his early "frontier background". He now was bringing in $5,000 a year (this translates to $87,500 in dollars [Derks, 2]), and had substantial "financial and real estate investments". As a consequence, he disliked being called Abe because of its association with his rural heritage.
When we think of Abraham Lincoln, the image of a wealthy lawyer is not the first that comes to mind. A man, who worked hard, struggled and came from a less than ideal background is often the picture we invoke. However, it is an incomplete portrait. Mr. Lincoln was successful both professionally and financially even by today's standards.

31. Making Inferences
Why do we make inferences? 1. ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________________

32. Making Inferences
Why do we make inferences? 1. Authors don’t always tell every detail or give every bit of information in nonfiction or in fiction stories. 2. Readers make inferences to supply information that authors leave out. 3. When you make an inference, you add what you already know to what an author has told you.

33. Now Let’s Practice Inferencing…
What the author said what I know = my inference
The weather had been scorching for weeks.
Summer is the hottest time of the year.

34. Plot

35. Complete the Plot Diagram below using the story of the Three Little Pigs

36. Textual Features Make a list of all the textual features you can think of. How can each help you better comprehend what you are reading? 1. 8. 2. 9. 3.
10. 4.
11. 5.
12. 6. 7.

37. What are Textual Features?
Authors include text features to help the reader better understand what they have read.
Text features can be found in textbooks, magazine articles, newspapers, reports, web pages, and other forms of nonfiction text.
Text features provide information that may not be written in the text itself.

38. Textual Features Make a list of all the textual features you can think of. How can each help you better comprehend what you are reading?
Table of Contents
Captions
Index
Textbox
Glossary
Maps
Titles
Diagrams
Subheadings
Tables
Text (Bold, Color, and Italics)
Timelines
Pictures and Illustrations

39. Organizational Patterns What are the six main organizational patters?
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40. Organizational Patterns What are the six main organizational patters?
Chronological: Information is organized in order of time.
Cause and Effect: An action and its results are explained.
Compare and Contrast: Tells how two things are similar and different.
Problem and Solution: A problem and answer are suggested.
Sequence / Process: Information is listed step-by-step.
Spatial / Descriptive: Describes something in order of space. Describes how something looks.