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Part One
analyzing Personal Narratives: The scholarship Jacket
aCTiViTY 1.1
selecting Language Resources
Learning Targets
• Adjust language choices to suit the academic setting and audience.
• Use knowledge of morphology, context, reference materials, and visual cues
to determine the meaning of words.
• Use general academic and domain-specific words while speaking and writing about personal narratives.
The chart presents words and phrases you will use in discussion and writing. Think about each word or phrase. Circle Q, H, or T to indicate how well you know it. Work with a partner, asking your partner to explain each word or phrase. Listen closely to the explanation, and then write your partner’s name in the In Our Own Words column along with his or her condensed idea.
Rating
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H
T
I have seen this word or phrase, but I have questions about its meaning.
I have heard this word or phrase, but do not know it well.
I know this word or phrase so well that I could teach it to someone else.
Word or Phrase
Definition
In Our Own Words
personal narrative Rating Q H T
a story based on one’s own life and told in the first person point of view; describes an incident, and includes a response and a reflection on the incident
narrator
Rating Q H T
the person who tells a story
character
Rating Q H T
a person or animal in a story
incident
Rating Q H T
the central piece of action that is the focus of the narrative
response
Rating Q H T
the immediate emotions and actions associated with the incident in a story
reflection
Rating Q H T
a description that explores the importance of the incident in a story
adverb
Rating Q H T
a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb; often shows time, manner, place, or degree
phrase
Rating Q H T
a group of words that express an idea
2 SpringBoard® English Language Development grade 7
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