Strategies
Slash the trash/take away answers you know are not right.
What is process of elimination?
The definition of a word based on emotion/how society uses it; can be positive, negative, or neutral.
What is connotation?
What the text is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
The main idea of paragraph x?
What is identify/determine the main idea?
What/So What then use the 5Ws and 1H to sum up supporting details. (2 strategies and 2 skills)
What is finding the main idea and summarizing nonfiction?
The technical definition of a word.
What is denotation?
An educated guess
What is an inference/drawing conclusions?
Which sentence supports the idea that_______________?
What is identify supporting details?
Somebody Wanted But So Then
What is summarizing fiction?
Every student that attends an Elementary school should have to wear a uniform to school. Students will not only feel less peer pressure to buy trendy clothes, but wearing uniforms will also show school pride throughout the entire campus. Safety is also a benefit. By wearing uniforms, it would be easy to spot an unwelcome intruder on the school campus.
What is the author's p.o.v.?
What is in favor of school uniforms?
The position of the author or how the author views a topic. Can be positive, negative or neutral.
What is a Author's viewpoint?
Based on this selection, the reader may best infer that—
What is inference?
Writing everything you remember about English on your scratch paper.
What is a brain dump?
Dolphins have suffered from the carelessness
of humans. Many dolphins are killed each year in fishing nets. Oil has been spilled into ocean
water, polluting the dolphins' environment.
Is the author's pov positive negative, or neutral?
What is negative?
Provides the who, what, when, where, why, and how and should be important. (nonfiction)
What are supporting details?
Which of these is the best summary of paragraph X?
What is summarizing?
When a nonfiction text has multiple paragraphs and you give each paragraph or sections a _______to help you understand the text as you read.
What is a subheading?
I wonder who invented paper plates? He was a
clever guy! Imagine having to lug heavy plates to a picnic, and then have to carry them home again.
What is the author's perspective? Is it positive, negative, or neutral?
What is positive?
Author's use this to add entertainment and feeling to passages. (cannot be taken literally) sometimes you identify it, sometimes you have to explain what it actually means.
What is figurative language or specific word choice
What does paragraph _____ reveal about ___________ (character)?