Main Idea/Summary
Reading Strategies
Inferring
Context Clues
Determining Genre
100
SWBST and BME are good strategies to find ___ of a story.
What is summary?
100
What you look for in your passage in order to "prove" your answer?
What is text evidence?
100
The background knowledge that the reader already knows about a topic.
What is schema?
100
Cliffs are not the only way waterfalls are formed. Waterfalls may also appear where the river flows over ground containing a hard bed of rock. The river WEARS away the softer rock on both sides of the hard bed. Once the hard rock is exposed, it forms a lege over which the water plunges. The word WEARS means___________. a. to have on the body b. scrapes or rubs c. clothing d. to last a long time
What is (b) scrapes or rubs?
100
Characters, setting, problem/solution, resolution
What is fiction?
200
Explicit and implicit details of a story tell us the ____.
What is the main idea?
200
________ _________ helps the reader in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words. These "clues" can be found within, or in the surrounding sentences.
What is context clues?
200
Schema and text evidence help the reader make a logical conclusion.
What is an inference?
200
Hiking is an activity that can be enjoyed by almost anyone. Many people ENROLL in hiking clubs or groups. They join these clubs so they can be around other hikers and learn from their experiences. A hiker does not have to spend much money on equipment. In this passage, the word ENROLL means________. a. quit b. travel c. become a part of d. stay away from.
What is (c) become a part of.
200
Text features, text structure, main idea, supporting details
What is expository?
300
This strategy helps make sure that all important information is discussed when finding the correct summary.
What is beginning, middle and end?
300
The writing or notes that YOU write next to your paragraphs to help you.
What is Gist, or Main Idea?
300
Making an inference without ____ makes the reader only give their opinion about a topic.
What is text evidence?
300
Heart attacks can be brought on by the pressures of everday life. Stress and strain at work, eating an UNBALANCED diet, smoking, drinking, alcohol, and taking drugs all lead to bad health. In this passage, the word UNBALANCED means__________ a. healthy b. heavy c. not healthy d. difficult
What is (c) not healthy.
300
Real characters, setting, problem, solution, true story, real events
What is narrative nonfiction?
400
A mother rabbit is gentle when she cares for her offspring. Before they are born, she builds a soft padded nest in a hollow scraped under the grass or in a burrow between the large roots of a tree. She carefully shreds leaves and collects grass to line the nest. Then she pulls bits of fur from her coat to make a warm bed. When baby rabbits are born, they have no fur and they cannot see. Because of this, the mother rabbit never leaves the nest without covering it with more leaves and grass to protect her offspring. What is the main idea of this story? a. Rabbits live in nests or burrows b. The mother rabbit uses her own fur to make a warm bed c. Rabbits are gentle d. A mother rabbit carefully cares for her babies
What is (d) A mother rabbit carefully cares for her babies?
400
During Reading, when you stop and think about what will happen next.
What is predicting?
400
John has oil grease all over his hands. He was sweating profusely as he rushed into the mechanic shop. "I just can't figure out what's wrong with it!," yelled John. What is wrong with John? A. he's mad because he is dirty B. his mechanic can't hear him C. he's panicking because his car needs repair
What is (c) he's panicking because his car needs repair
400
Frank was ALL EYES as he watched Coco the Clown perform his juggling act. Five, six, then seven multicolored balls spun in a circle around Coco's head. How was he able to keep so many balls in the air without any of them falling to the ground? In this passage, the phrase ALL EYES means Frank_______________ a. has more than one pair of eyes b. didn't pay attention c. wears glasses d. watched carefully
What is (d) watched carefully?
400
stanzas, lines, theme, sensory words, structure, conventions
What is poetry?
500
Sand is made when rocks break into smaller pieces. Over a long period of time, wind, frost, and rain work against mountain cliffs and break off pieces of rock which fall down the mountainside. As the rock bounces down, it breaks off other pieces of rock it hits, and also breaks into smaller pieces itself. The water of rivers and oceans ruch against rocks, abreaking them into smaller and smaller pieces. The heavy ice of glaciers scrapes and grinds the rocks it moves along. the ice carries the sand it has made and dumps it in other places. All over the world, the ocean waves tear at the rocks along the shore, wearing them down until finally the rocks are so small they become what we call sand. What is this story mainly about? a. wind, frost, and rain b. Making sand c. Journey of a rock d. Beaches around the world
What is (b) Making sand?
500
After you have read your selection, you read the whole question, read all answer choices and choose the best answer.
What are "After You Read" strategies?
500
Schema and text evidence help make a logical ____.
What is an inference?
500
Now that the oil wells had run dry, Michael's life had certainly changed. He was no longer able to LIVE LIKE A KING. He had to do his own work on the ranch, prepare his own meals, and take care of the house. It took him a lot of time to adjust. In this passage, the phrase LIVE LIKE A KING means_____________ a. married to a queen b. sit on a throne c. have someone else do all his work d. ruling a country
What is (c) have someone else do all his work.
500
Stage directions, dialogue, characters, setting, narrator
What is drama?
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