ELA 1
What is the root word in: uncomfortable?
comfort
If you are stuck on a question for longer than 2 minutes, what should you do?
Move on to questions you DO know and come back later.
What does the prefix "pre" mean?
What is before?
What is the theme?
The message, moral, or lesson
Where is the adjective in this sentence?
The baby was sleeping in the wooden crib.
wooden
If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is it third-person or first-person?
What is third-person point of view?
What is a helpful strategy that helps narrow down the options?
Process of elimination
In the word looking, what is the suffix.
-ing
What does it mean to "summarize" a text?
A summary should highlight the main points of a story.
Can you explain the difference between a fiction and a nonfiction text?
Fiction: Imagination/not real
Nonfiction: Facts/based on real events
Which rhetorical device is used in the expression, "Emerald waters dance"?
Personification
How many times should you read the passage?
As many times as it takes to understand what is happening.
If the prefix -un goes in the word unavailable-what does that mean?
What is, not able to do something
Why the author wrote the text
When Billy worked hard to buy the two dogs in Where the Red Fern Grows, what theme was revealed?
Perseverance leads to meaningful rewards
What is the theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
Always choose to be honest
Oh no! You don't know what this vocabulary word means! What do you do?(Not just context clues, give me the strategies)
The text structure that gives readers events in the order they happen is known as
What is sequence or chronological?
What are the three primary author's purpose?
1.Persuade
2.Inform
3.Entertain
What text structure uses signal words like dates, first, next, finally?
sequence, chronological
Details that help support a main idea are called____.
What are supporting details?
What is the #1 best strategy that will help you succeed?
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
Buzz - is an example of which figurative language?
onomatopoeia
What is author's claim?
The main idea or opinion the author wants you to believe.
Compare and contrast