Unit 1
Look at the following nouns. Are they proper nouns or common nouns?
Ridge Jr. High
Judy
West Chester
proper
a word that means to give out or deliver. It starts with a d.
distribute
A word meaning a reaction to something. R _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
response
Another word for the main idea. C _ _ _ _ _ _ Idea.
central
A brief restatement of a text. Starts with an s.
Summary
asking questions can help you u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ what you are reading.
understand
The sequence of events in a story. Starts with p.
plot
A strategy you can use to determine whether you understand what you are reading is monitoring c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
comprehension
Read the following sentence. What needs to be changed? The girls drew her own pictures.
The girls drew their own pictures.
Figurative language that uses like or as to compare 2 things.
simile
Look at the following words: we, he, she, they. What are these words? p _ _ _ _ _ _ _
pronouns
When responding to questions about a text, you should be able to support your answers with e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from the text.
evidence
Another name for a fear. starts with p.
phobia.
The dictionary definition of a word is the d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
denotation.
The perspective from which a story is told.
point of view
When 2 words are put together to make a new word (for example, sunflower) this is called a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ word.
compound
This is a book you use to look up the meaning of words.
Dictionary
The main or most important things that happen in a text. Key E _ _ _ _ _
events
A word meaning to grow well. It starts with an f.
flourish
When a text reminds you of something in your own life. _ _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ _ _ connection
text-to-self
IQ is short for what?
Intelligence Quotient
When you make an educated guess about what may happen in a story next you are making a p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
prediction
A book you use to look up words that have a similar meaning to another word. Starts with a t.
thesaurus
an article that explains how to do something.
A how to article
When you imagine something in your mind that is happening in a text. Starts with a v.
visualize