Academic Words
Main Idea
Text Features
Context Clues
Character Traits
100
Define the word couple
Couple is a pair
100
What is the meaning of Main Idea?
what the story is mostly about
100
Where is the Glossary found
Back of the book
100
The long hike up the mountain was grueling.
fun
hard
pretty
loud
100
What are the two things we do to determine character traits?
What the Character does and says.
200
What does complete mean?
The final project; end
200
Name at least 3 ways you can determine the main idea of a story?
title
pictures
repeated word
200
Where is the Table of Contents located?
In the front of the book
200
The aroma of happy spray make me feel more awake.
taste
look
smell
fun
200
What Character trait means when the person can't get enough money and wants more?
Greedy
300
What do we do in writing when we check each other's work?
edit
300
What is the main idea for "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark"
Scary Stories
300
What is a description under a picture called?
What is a caption
300
They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days.
Based on the context clues in the sentence below, ecstatic means:
Nervous
Discouraged
Excited
Relieved
300
Is miserable a positive or a negative trait?
What is negative
400
Things Mr. B can play
What is an instrument
400
If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!
What is the main idea?
Sometimes people feel sad.
You should do good things for others.
We're not always happy.
There are many ways to make yourself feel better.
400
Helps the reader see where the places in the passage are in relation to the geographic regions of the world
What are maps
400
Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?
can you help me
her father walked in
sounding annoyed, too
relaxing with a magazine
400
Is polite character trait negative or positive
What is positive
500
What is the same as your surroundings?
What is area?
500
What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?
Who is the main character?
What is one important detail?
What is the main event?
What point is the author trying to make?
500
graph
500
Again they searched meticulously, but no keys. Where could they be? They've looked EVERYWHERE!
If you did something meticulously, you would be-
feeling silly.
working very carefully.
trying to finish quickly.
trying to find something.
500
What part of speech do we used to describe a character inside and outside?
What are adjectives