Theory note · Grade 5
Text and types of speech
What a text is and how narration, description and reasoning differ.
All materials
The lessons are in Russian; titles and summaries are in English.
Found: 8 materials
Theory note · Grade 5
How to identify the style of a text
A ten-step plan: from topic and speech situation to a conclusion about style.
Theory note · Grade 5
Retelling a text (izlozhenie)
Kinds of retelling, an eleven-step plan and ways to compress a text.
Theory note · Grade 5
Short essay: a work plan
Five steps for a short essay: aim, plan, topic, checking and reading aloud.
Theory note · Grade 5
Intonation: expressive speech
Five tools of expressive speech and a marked-up example from a poem.
Vocabulary · Grade 7
Obsolete adverbs
Old adverbs found in literature: what they mean, with examples.
Theory note · Grade 8
Incomplete sentences; parcellation
How an incomplete sentence differs from a one-member sentence; what parcellation is.
Theory note · Grade 9
Analysing a poem
What to look for when analysing a poem, with examples from the notebook's analyses.
