Lesson 31 — Activity 2: Assignment
Completion requirements
In this assignment, you will practise the Retelling and Relating parts of the 3Rs of Comprehension.
Remember the parts of a paragraph:
1. topic sentence /1
2. body with supporting details /3
3. concluding sentence /1
When done, review using the
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.
Marking Guide:
In this assignment, you will practise the Retelling and Relating parts of the 3Rs of Comprehension.
Do the following:
- Choose a book you have read, or a TV show or movie you have watched.
- You will write two responses: a retelling response and a relating response. (You may use a different topic for each response, if you'd like to. For example, you may choose a story you've read for the retelling response and a TV show you've
watched for the relating response.) Begin by picking any of the prompts shown under each category. This prompt will be your topic sentence.
You might start the retelling with these beginning prompts:
This is about ...
This is what happened ...
I noticed that ...
I like the part when ...
It started like this ...
My favourite part was ...
The main idea ...
The "big idea" is ...
The most important part ...
This is about ...
This is what happened ...
I noticed that ...
I like the part when ...
It started like this ...
My favourite part was ...
The main idea ...
The "big idea" is ...
The most important part ...
You might start the relating with these beginning prompts:
This makes me think of ...
This reminds me of ...
I remember when ...
Something like this happened to me ...
This is like ...
When I read or saw this, I felt ...
This happened to me too when ...
When I was young ...
It sounds like ...
This makes me think of ...
This reminds me of ...
I remember when ...
Something like this happened to me ...
This is like ...
When I read or saw this, I felt ...
This happened to me too when ...
When I was young ...
It sounds like ...
Remember the parts of a paragraph:
1. topic sentence /1
2. body with supporting details /3
3. concluding sentence /1
When done, review using the
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper
nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper
nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper
nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper
nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
Please do one of the following:
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.