Reading
What do you call where the story takes place?
Setting
Every fiction story should have these three things...
A beginning, middle, and end
3 x 6
18
Who was at war during the American Revolution?
Colonists vs. British
What is the capital of Maine?
Augusta
What is a plot?
What happens in the story
When a character is speaking in a story, what do you do differently to that text?
Add quotation marks around it
4 x 8
32
Who announced "The British are coming" ?
Paul Revere
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D.C.
What does it mean to summarize?
A short way of saying what a story or article is about - sharing the mains ideas & supporting details (NO CHICKEN SANDWICHES!!!!!!!)
How would you fix this sentence:
"On Saturday I went to the park it was a lot of fun because I played on the playground?"
It is a run-on sentence! Add "and" before "it was a lot of fun" or break it into two sentences
7 x 7
47
What happened during the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists were upset at the tea taxes so they protested by throwing tea into the Boston Harbor
Is California a state, country, or continent?
STATE!!!!!!!!!!!! In the country the United States in the continent North America
What does it mean to make an inference?
When something is not directly stated in a story but you learned it by looking for clues
How would you fix this sentence?
"The dog at the beach."
It's an incomplete sentence! What about the dog at the beach?!
8 x 9
72
Why did the British start taxing the colonists?
They were in debt after the French & Indian War
Where is the state of Kansas located in the United States? East coast, west coast, or in the middle?
What is the theme of a book?
The main message or the life lesson the author is trying to get across
Why can't you include opinions in nonfiction writing but you can include true facts in opinion writing?
Nonfiction writing is for providing true facts ONLY but with opinion writing you can use true facts to better support your opinion to make it more convincing
6 x 8
48
What does the saying "No taxation without representation" mean?
The colonists were angry about the taxes from the British because they had no say in government.
What CONTINENT is the country Italy located?
Europe