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Welcome to the Literature Studies Wiki-Page!


 * How to Use the Lit Studies Wiki:**

//This Page// //The Navigation Bar on the Left//
 * Below you will find games and quizzes organized by skill for scholars to use for extra skill practice in a fun way!
 * Look at the Classwork tab for this week's packets including homework. There is also a weekly reading log uploaded by date.
 * The Web Resources tab has links to helpful websites.
 * The Parent Communication tab gives your teachers' contact information and book lists by reading level.
 * The Book: Click on the title of the book that scholars are currently reading in class to listen to excerpts from the book we are reading in class or find enrichment resources.

Did you get your reading level but are unsure about what it really means? Follow this link to find a chart that shows to what grade level each reading level relates? For example if you are reading at a level T, you are reading at an early fifth grade level. [|Reading Level chart]
 * What does my reading level mean?**


 * Tools**

Interactive plot map: []


 * Games** These games are fun and double as skill practice.


 * Play this game called "Main Idea: What's the Big Idea?" for practice with find the Main Idea while having fun solving riddles when you get the answer correct! []


 * Play Evelyn's Expedition for extra practice with **fact and opinion** []


 * 'Play Baseball and practice your **figurative language** skills []
 * Play these games to practice **non-fiction** **genres** and reading untraditional types of non-fiction texts. Check out this video! Follow the link, then click on "Reading", then "Types of Texts", then scroll to the bottom for these two games.




 * Vocabulary Practice**
 * Quiz yourself and do good in the world. On this website, you can quiz yourself on vocabulary and feed the hungry**: [|http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1408]**


 * Flashcard Machine - Use this website to create online vocabulary flashcards for our class vocabulary words. You will need your notes from class to make the cards. If you don't have them all, click on the classwork tab and view some packets from previous classes **[]**


 * Skill Practice** - Online question and answer activities to give you extra skill practice


 * Poetry Line Breaks - []
 * Tone and Mood - this video will give you a review of Tone and Mood vocabulary
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 * Plot aspects - Quiz yourself on the plot aspects. Number 2 is not something we have learned. The answer is "narrative hook." You should know all the others though. []


 * Point of View - Didn't get point of view when we taught it? Watch another lesson on Point of View on youtube. You will need headphones for this if you are in the lab! Click on the image to go to the site, or click the link here: []

>> [] Check out this video! Follow the link, then click on "Reading", then "Types of Texts"
 * Fact and Opinion - Check out this video to explain why we learn the difference between fact and opinion! Follow the link, then click on "Reading", then "Fact and Opinion"
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2012-11-15 at 9.30.27 PM.png width="359" height="217" link="http://primarygamesarena.com/Types-of-Textgame-to-practise-1058"]]
 * Quiz yourself on fact and opinion. Follow the link, then click on "Reading", then "Fact and Opinion," then "Entry 3 Quiz"
 * **Literary Conflict** []
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2012-11-03 at 10.34.16 PM.png width="364" height="160" link="http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=character-conflicts-quiz"]]
 * **Genres**
 * Why do we study genre? How does it connect to real life?


 * **Main Idea**-
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 * [|http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/GetTheIdea/default.htm#page3]
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