PASSAGE PICKER

  1. Pick out the passage you would like to share with your group and write down the page________ and paragraph________ numbers.
  2. Write down the first two words _______  _______ and the last two words _______  ________ of your passage.
  3. The passage you choose is a great example of a _________________ type of passage.

 

POSSIBLE TYPES OF PASSAGES

Important                        Informative                    Interesting

Surprising                       Controversial                 Descriptive

Historical                        Confusing                       Persuasive

Dialect                             Simile                             Metaphor

Personification               Idiom                              Alliteration

Fantasy                           Thematic                         Scientific

Problem/solution           Fact/opinion                   Cause/effect

Step by step                    Math                               Foreshadowing

Symbolism                      Scary/frightening          Humorous/Entertaining

 

  1. This passage is a ______________ type of passage because_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  2. Think of a good thinking question about the passage.  Write it down along with the answer to this question.
  3. Answer one of these questions in a complete sentence:  Why did the author include this passage in the story?  What does this passage add to the story?

 

Pick four passages that exhibit the following:

 

1 descriptive

1 interesting

1 fact/opinion

1 On your own

 

Desriptive p.31 par.1  The house of Dies Drear…yellow rust.

This passage is descriptive and interesting.

What do you feel when you read the description of this house?  Would you want to move there?

Interesting p.33 par.7  There was a war…something unkind.

This passage uses symbolism and descriptive.

What does Thomas mean when he says the house is bitter and frozen.  What is unkind about the house and land?

Fact/Opinion p.16 par.1  When Thomas’ father…turned to slavery.

This passage is historical.

What exactly is an Underground Railroad?  Is there a train?

On your Own  p.35 par.1  It’s not the gray day…the house has secrets.

This passage can be foreshadowing about discovering secrets within the house.

Why does Thomas believe there are secrets?