Reading 5th Grade
What is the setting?
The location and time of a story
Find the conjunction: "I wanted to play outside, but it was raining."
but
What are the 5 Ws?
-Who
-What
-Where
-When
-Why
What is THEME, when asked about a story, or novel?
Theme: The moral or message learned in the story. The message the author is trying to teach you.
What is the main idea?
What the text is mostly about.
Which word is a pronoun?
-Sarah
-She
-Running
-Happy
What is a headline?
The title/name of an article.
What is wrong with this sentence?
He sprinted to the store and buy some milk.
The verb tenses don't agree - walked is past tense and buy is present tense.
He walked to the store and bought some milk.
The Boston Tea Party happened because colonists were protesting what?
Taxes
The vocabulary words listed in the back of the book is called?
Glossary
Correct this sentence:
"my favorite holiday is the fourth of july."
My favorite holiday is the Fourth of July.
What is the purpose of a caption?
-To describe the who, what, where, when, and why of a picture.
-To give details on a picture.
What is a suffix?
Using context clues, what does the word vivacious mean in the sentence below?
Even though the crowd didn't cheer, Lily remained vivacious.
cheerful, animated, high-spirited, upbeat
How would you describe the main character in a story?
The main person or animal in a story. Usually the conflict surrounds them in the story.
Choose the correct word:
"The dog wagged (its/it's) tail."
its
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
What is a prefix?
Part of a word added to the beginning of a root word that changes the meaning of the root word.
"He was as quiet as a mouse" is an example of a ___.
A simile
What figurative language is this below?
Lucy Lu loves lasagna and linguini.
Alliteration
Combine these sentences using a conjunction:
"I was tired. I finished my homework."
-I was tired, for I finished my homework.
-I was tired, but I finished my homework.
-I was tired, yet I finished my homework.
-I was tired, because I finished my homework.
A newspaper article should focus on facts or opinions?
FACTS!!
What is an adjective? Provide an example!
A word that describes a noun.
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.” is an example of what type of figurative language?
Hyperbole