ELA
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
These are: " "
What are quotation marks?
The Greek root aqua means
What is water?
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.
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
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?
Give an example of a verb
What is run, skip, walk, jump, etc?
The prefix bi- in bicycle means that a bicycle has ___ wheels.
What is two or 2?
What does it mean to "summarize" a text?
A summary should highlight the main points of a story.
Can you explain the difference between a fiction and a nonfiction text?
Fiction: Imagination/not real
Nonfiction: Facts/based on real events
Use context clues
The problem of the story is called...
conflict
If the prefix -un means not, what does unavailable mean?
What is, not able to do something
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.
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.
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?
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
The word assumed means
What is suspected or guessed?
The text structure that puts events in order is know as
What is sequence or chronological?
Also, In addition, However, Then are examples of _______ words
Transition words
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)
Details that help support a central idea are called____.
What are relevant or supporting details?
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.
What is at the top? The climax or the resolution?

Climax
Can you analyze the metaphor "The stars are diamonds in the sky". What does this imply?
The stars are shining bright.
When two characters have a conversation it is called?
Dialogue