5th Grade
ELA
ELA
The suffix -less means what?
Without or none
These are: " "
What are quotation marks?
The root word aqua means
Water
What do you always include in an introduction for constructed response or when writing an essay.
Restating the question.
Describe the author's point of view.
How an author feels about a topic.
What is subject-verb agreement? Describe.
Singular subjects require singular verbs, while plural subjects require plural verbs. Generally, singular verbs end in 's' (e.g., he runs) and plural verbs do not (e.g., they run).
Give an example of personification.
The tree branch grabbed my hair when I walked by.
The prefix bi- in bisect means something is cut ____ ways?
2
Name the 2 things you have to have to make a complete sentence.
Subject and predicate
Name one type of plot element that we learned about when we studied novels and fiction.
- Exposition
- Rising action
- Climax
- Falling action
- Resolution
Identify the error(s) in this sentence:
Jamal likes to swim and he likes to read books.
Needs a comma before the coordinating conjunction to show it is a compound sentence.
What type of sentence is this?
"If you want to go to the movies, I will buy the tickets."
Complex Sentence
Again
These types of nouns are always capitalized: ______
Name Three nouns that fall under this category.
Proper nouns.
Example: Beggs Elementary School, Yellowstone National Park, Mrs. King
Name on example of a text structure.
Examples include:
- Compare/contrast
- Problem/solution
- Chronological order
- Description
The theme of this paragraph?
Jordan 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.
What is honesty?
What is integrity?
Give one example of figurative language and use it in a sentence or explain what it means.
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Hyperbole
- Onomatopoeia
What are these words called that are usually at the beginning of a complex sentence? Although, While, If, When, Because
Subordinating conjunctions
What is the best test strategy to use if you are unsure of the correct answer on a test?
Process of elimination
In the Unteachables, how does Mr. Kermit feel about teaching in the beginning of the book?
He doesn't want to teach and wants to retire
Parts of Speech:
Name all 3 articles
A, An, The
What does an adjective do and give at least one example.
Describes something.
Examples: clean, dirty, tall, short
I was jumping through hoops to please my new teacher. The idiom "jumping through hoops" means
What is trying really hard to please?
When reading a text, visualization means to
What is draw pictures in my mind (imagine)
What inference can you make about what Eric hit?
Eric swung the stick. He heard the whoosh of air, and his friends' laughter. Eric swung again. More air, more laughter. On the third swing, he heard a loud thump. Eric ripped off his blindfold. The piñata was still in one piece, but the tree's bark had a big dent in it.
Eric hit the tree instead of the piñata.