ELA - writing
The term for commas, periods, question marks, exclamation points...
What is punctuation?
The term for the reason why an author writes a text
What is author's purpose?
Define an inherited trait.
What is a a feature of an organism that you got from your parents or ancestors?
Name the 3 Branches of government.
What is the executive, judicial, and legislative branch?
Name a big change that Miss A. is making in her household hopefully soon!
What is getting a kitten?
True or False: Wegmans should be capitalized.
Explain why.
What is true?
The term for a problem in a story.
What is conflict?
Name the two poles on a magnet.
What is North and South?
The branch of government in the Supreme Court with Justices.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Name the parts of speech.
What is a noun, verb, and adjective?
Name the structure and each part for an opinion essay.
What is OREO - opinion, reasons, examples, and opinion restated?
After a character attempts to resolve a conflict, then there is usually a _________________.
What is a solution?
The term for a push or pull that can change the way something moves.
What is force?
Name a research technique we practiced during the country project in school.
What is categorizing information or pulling out important information from a source?
What is the term for what the text is mostly about.
What is main idea?
Two techniques to add description to your writing and help the reader visualize.
What is snapshot and thoughtshot?
The two types of conflicts.
What is internal and external?
Define friction.
What is a force that slows down moving things OR a force that pushes against an object to slow its motion?
What is the traditions and beliefs a group of people practice in their daily lives?
Name the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
What is a simile uses "like" or "as" to compare and a metaphor uses "is/was"?
Something is wrong with this sentence.
Miss A. loves Tacos from silver iguana restaurant and running at cobbs hill park.
What is tacos should not be capitalized and Silver Iguana and Cobbs Hill Park should be?
Name each part of THIEVES.
What is title, header, introduction, every first sentence, visuals/vocabulary, end-of-reading questions, and summary?
Name the 4 parts of the life cycle in order.
What is reproduction, life begins, growth and development, and maturity?
Name the 7 continents and the 5 oceans.
What is Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Arctic Ocean?
Name a mindfulness technique we have practiced this year.
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