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Novel Excerpt
Part Two
Selecting Language Resources
Learning Targets
• Develop language resources to use while speaking and writing about personal narratives. PI.8.12a
• Use an expanded set of words to speak and write precisely. PI.8.12a • Adjust language choices to suit the academic setting. PI.8.4.
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.
ACTIVITY 2.1
WoRd CoNNECTIoNS
Cognates
The English word perspective and the Spanish word perspectiva are cognates. They both mean “a way of looking or thinking” and come from the Latin verb perspicere, meaning “to inspect carefully.”
Rating
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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
protagonist
Rating Q H T
the main character in a story
characterization
Rating Q H T
the way an author develops a story’s characters, by describing the character’s appearance, actions, words, and thoughts
setting
Rating Q H T
the time and place of a story
conflict
Rating Q H T
the problems or struggles that the main character faces in a story
dialogue
Rating Q H T
the words characters say to each other
perspective
Rating Q H T
the attitude, beliefs, or point of view toward something
socratic
Rating Q H T
an adjective referring to the ancient philosopher Socrates, who used questions to help followers discover truth
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