Who wrote the book series of Harry Potter?
J K Rolling
Where does the period go in this sentence?
What is all this fuss about I can hear all the noise in the other classroom
What is all this fuss about? I can hear all the noise in the other classroom.
What does the summarizer do?
Summarize the assigned reading!
What is the first stage of the writing process?
Are phones allowed at school?
No
In Greek mythology, who was the god of the sea?
Poseidon
Where does the quotation marks belong?
Where can I find the bathroom? She said.
"Where can I find the bathroom?" She said.
What is the role that draws a picture or finds a picture online that helps represent what is happening in the assigned reading?
Illustrator
What is the second stage of the writing process?
drafting
When are hall passes allowed to be used in school?
after the first ten minutes and before the last ten minutes of each class
What is the longest bone in the human body?
The Femur
Explain the difference between there, their, and they're.
There: a place
Their: possession of an object
They're: they are
What types of 3 connections can the connector make?
Text to world (Like the book your reading is being compared to something that has happened or is going on in the real world.)
Text to self (Like the book your reading is being compared to your own life.)
Text to Text (Like the book your reading is being compared to something else you've read or watched.)
What is the third stage of the writing process?
Editing and revising
How long should the average hall pass be used for?
5 minutes is standard, but make sure you don't take longer than 10 minutes or you could end up with detention!
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
Fill in the blank with if, in, to, or at.
We arrived ______ England two days ago.
We arrived in England two days ago.
What types of words should the vocabulary wizard explain in their discussions?
3-4 words explaining words that are difficult to understand or words that are important to the text.
What is the final stage of the writing process?
publishing
What is the expectation as soon as you walk into this class? (For example, what should you begin as soon as you take a seat in this class?)
Begin your starter!
What is the longest venomous snake in the world?
King Cobra
What is the difference between effect and affect?
Affect is changing something as it is happening.
Effect is the result of a change.
What are all 6 roles in the book club discussions?
Summarizer
Discussion Director
Connector
Illustrator
Travel Tracer
Vocabulary Wizard
What is the difference between editing and revising?
Revising is making structural and logical changes to your text—reformulating arguments and reordering information. Editing refers to making more local changes to things like sentence structure and phrasing to make sure your meaning is conveyed clearly and concisely.
The school is getting strict about tardies this term, how many tardies are you allowed to have in one school day before getting detention?
You can have 1 tardy a day, but as soon as you are tardy twice in one day then you might qualify for a detention.