The Big Picture
$100: The "Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then" strategy helps you do this for a fiction story.
Answer: What is Summarize?
$100: If you see the words "Problem, solution, or solve," you are looking at this text structure.
Answer: What is Problem & Solution?
$100: "Her cheeks were as fluffy as cotton" is an example of this.
Answer: What is a Simile?
Passage 1: The Solar Oven
"Building a solar oven is a great way to cook using the sun. First, find a cardboard box and line it with aluminum foil. Second, cut a flap in the lid and cover the opening with plastic wrap to trap heat. Finally, place your food inside and set it in a sunny spot. Eventually, the temperature will rise enough to melt chocolate or cheese."
1. What is the text structure of this passage?
What is Sequence
The letter "D" in the P.I.E.D. acronym stands for this purpose.
Answer: What is Description?
$200: To find the Central Idea of an Informational text, you must ask who, what, where, when, why, and this.
Answer: What is How?
$200: This structure explains why something happened and what happened because of it.
Answer: What is Cause & Effect?
$200: Giving human traits to non-living things, like "The car groaned."
Answer: What is Personification?
Passage 2: The Forest Guardian
"The old oak tree stood like a giant over the forest floor. Its branches were long fingers reaching for the clouds. Every time the wind blew, the leaves danced and sang a rustling song to the animals below."
3. Identify the simile in this passage.
like a giant
$300: This is the name for what is happening specifically in the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
Answer: What is Plot?
$300: This structure uses signal words like "both, also, similar, and different."
Answer: What is Compare & Contrast?
$300: This poetry type has 3 lines and usually focuses on nature.
Answer: What is a Haiku?
Passage 3: Two Tiny Travelers
"Ants and termites both live in large colonies and work together to build impressive homes. However, ants are known for their narrow waists and bent antennae, while termites have thick waists and straight antennae. Unlike termites, which eat wood, ants primarily eat nectar, seeds, or other insects."
Based on the context clues, what is a "colony"?
Colony means a group of insects living together.
$400: A summary should only retell these types of events.
Answer: What are important events?
$400: To find a context clue, look at the sentence with the word, the sentence before, and this.
Answer: What is the sentence after?
$400: This is a word or phrase used to compare unlike things without using "like" or "as."
Answer: What is a Metaphor?
Passage 3: Two Tiny Travelers
"Ants and termites both live in large colonies and work together to build impressive homes. However, ants are known for their narrow waists and bent antennae, while termites have thick waists and straight antennae. Unlike termites, which eat wood, ants primarily eat nectar, seeds, or other insects."
6. What is the text structure?
What is compare and contrast
$500: These are provided by the author to support their specific point or claim.
Answer: What are Reasons?
$500: This type of source is a description based on research told by someone who was NOT there.
Answer: What is a Secondary Source?
$500: A 5-line poem that is intended to be funny.
Answer: What is a Limerick?
CATS
What is Central Idea, Author's Perspective, Text Structure, and Summary