Vocabulary
plot: What happens in the story
sequence of events: The order of events in a story
mystery: A subgenre of a narrative fiction, often thought of as a detective story
inference: Using clues within a story and knowledge that the reader already has to make meaning from the text
prediction: Using the text and background knowledge to make a guess about what will happen next in the story
sequence of events: The order of events in a story
mystery: A subgenre of a narrative fiction, often thought of as a detective story
inference: Using clues within a story and knowledge that the reader already has to make meaning from the text
prediction: Using the text and background knowledge to make a guess about what will happen next in the story
RL 3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RL 3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza:describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
RL3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
Cam Jansen is the young detective, a young girl with a photographic memory. She uses her amazing memory and the help of her friends to solve everyday mysteries in her town.