5th Grade
ELA
5th Grade
ELA
5th Grade
ELA
5th Grade
ELA
5th Grade
ELA
100

A root word is... 

What is a word that stands alone - with no prefixes or suffixes?


Bonus- Give an example of a root word then add a prefix or suffix to it

100

These are: "  "

What are quotation marks?

100

The Greek root aqua means


What is water?

100

The zoo map was useless.  Every map looked the same.  Cam and Ella had one hour before their class met back at the front gate and they still hadn't found the red panda exhibit.  The crowds kept blocking their view of the signs, and every turn seemed to lead somewhere wrong.

Why does the setting make Cam and Ella's problem harder to solve?

What is the zoo is confusing and it's hard to find the red panda.

100

What is the setting of a story?

Where/when the story takes place

200

If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story. 

What point of view is it written in?

What is third-person point of view?

200

Give an example of a verb

What is run, skip, walk, jump, etc?

200

The prefix bi- in bicycle means that a bicycle has ___ wheels.

What is two or 2?

200

What does it mean to "summarize" a text? 

A summary should highlight the main points of a story. 

200

Can you explain the difference between a fiction and a nonfiction text?

Fiction: Imagination/not real 

Nonfiction: Facts/based on real events

300
If you don't know a word, how could you determine its meaning?

Use context clues

300

The problem of the story is called...

conflict

300

If the prefix -un means not, what does unavailable mean?

What is, not able to do something 

300

What is the purpose of a conclusion in an essay?

The purpose of a conclusion in a story is to provide a final summary of the main points and discuss the core message. 

300

What is a theme, and why is it important in a story? 

The theme is a central idea, message, or the overall meaning of a story. 

400

The theme of this paragraph? 

Sadie 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? 

400

Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing. 

The word assumed means

What is suspected or guessed?

400

The text structure that puts events in order is know as 

What is sequence or chronological?

400

Also, In addition, However, Then are examples of _______ words

Transition words

400

What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?

First-person: narrator (I, me, and my)

Third-person: narrator is not a character in a story. (he, she, they, and them)

500

Details that help support a central idea are called____.

What are relevant or supporting details?

500

Jamal's fingers trembled over the keys as he reached the hard part again.  The note was supposed to leap up two octaves, but every time his thumb got tangled, and the jump came out wrong.  He'd been alone in the auditorium for twenty minutes now.  Each time he played that section, his jaw clenched tighter.  The concerto performance was in three days.  Jamal pressed his feet into the floor and took a breath.  Then he started from the beginning of the phrase.

This is what is most important to Jamal in this moment.

What is getting it perfect, practicing and doing his best.

500

What is at the top? The climax or the resolution? 

Climax

500

Can you analyze the metaphor "The stars are diamonds in the sky". What does this imply? 

The stars are shining bright. 

500

When two characters have a conversation it is called?

Dialogue

M
e
n
u