Homographs
The Davis family took a trip to Hawaii last summer.
Which definition matches the italicized word?
a. to take a fall or stumble
b. a vacation
What is b. a vacation?
Karla kicked the soccer ball with her left foot.
Which of the definitions match the italicized word?
a. a part of your body
b. 12 inches
What is a. a part of your body?
The students read Where the Red Fern Grows.
Punctuate the title in the sentence.
What is to underline or italicize Where the Red Fern Grows?
Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street is a song from a children's show.
Punctuate the title in the sentence.
What is use quotation marks around Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?
What paragraphs should you have for any type of writing? (Think of 3)
She answered all of the questions right on the test.
Which of the definitions matches the italicized word?
a. correct
b. opposite of left
What is a. correct?
The dog likes to bark at strangers.
Which of the definitions matches the italicized word?
a. outside of a tree
b. the sound of the dog makes
What is b. the sound of the dog makes?
Jim's family has a subscription to National Geographic magazine.
Punctuate the title in the sentence.
What is to underline or italicize National Geographic?
Going for the Doctor is a chapter from Black Beauty.
Punctuate the titles in the sentence.What is quotation marks around Going for the Doctor and underline or italicize Black Beauty?
Do you use facts from a passage or research when writing an opinion piece and why?
What is yes, you would use facts from research or a passage. You would use the facts to back up your reasons for your opinion.
He had to duck his head to crawl through the tunnel.
Which of the definitions matches the italicized word?
a. to move downward
b. a quacking animal
What is a. to move downward?
Susie tried to swat the fly with her shoes.
Which of the definitions matches the italicized word?
a. an insect
b. to move through the air
What is a. an insect?
Sunflower was in a cartoon version of Spiderman.
Punctuate the titles in the sentence.
What is quotation marks around Sunflower and underline or italicize Spiderman?
A short story from Edgar Allen Poe is called A Tell-Tale Heart.
Punctuate the title in the sentence.
What is quotation marks around A Tell-Tale Heart?
One reason why students don't receive a perfect score on writing even when they have awesome facts is because of...
a. only 3 paragraphs (introduction, body, and conclusion)
b. didn't say where their evidence came from
c. had some minor mistakes in their writing
d. used evidence from the passage and from personal experience
What is b. didn't say where their evidence came from?
Jenny ordered a shake at the restaurant.
Which of the definitions matches the italicized word?
a. to move back and forth
b. a drink
What is b. a drink?
The punch at the birthday party was delicious.
Which of the definitions matches the italicized word?
a. to hit something
b. a fruit flavored drink
What is b. a fruit flavored drink?
Steven said he wanted to see the new Pet Sematary.
Punctuate the title in the sentence.
What is underline or italicize Pet Sematary?
For the following list, would you use quotation marks or underlining/italics?
Short stories
Poems
Songs
Articles in a magazine
Chapters
What is quotation marks?
O.R.E.O is how to practice writing an opinion piece. Each letter stands for something. For example,
Opinion stated using prompt
Reasons to explain opinion
E
Opinion restated in different way
What does "E" stand for and how is it different than "R"?
What is evidence from the passage, and it is different because reasons are when you use the information to come up with an explanation while evidence is facts taken from a passage or real life experience.
Opinion-Dogs are better pets that fish.
Reason-Fish can't be held and played with like a dog.
Evidence-Dogs need to play 30-45 minutes a day, so they are ready to play.
The test was very complex.
Which of the definitions matches the italicized word?
a. group of similar buildings
b. difficult
What is b. difficult?
The baseball fan caught the foul ball.
Which of the definitions matches the italicized word?
a. one who likes sports
b. something used to cool you down
What is a. one who likes sports?
At the gym the other day, they were playing the Eye of the Tiger on the speakers.
Punctuate the title in the sentence.
What is quotation marks around Eye of the Tiger?
For the following list, would you use quotation marks or underlining/italics?
Books
Works of art
Magazines
Newspapers
Ships
Movies
Plays
What is underlining/italics?
Name one way you can open an introduction for an opinion piece.