FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
The definition of historical.
A reading strategy where you stop reading and write thoughts/feelings/questions about the text.
What is stop and jot?
Start with a capital letter.
Who or What does or is something.
A predicate tells what the subject is or is doing.
Get end punctuation.
What is SWAG?
The process in writing when you check for capitalization, punctuation, and SWAG.
What is editing?
You need at least two sentences: one to answer the question and one to provide text evidence.
What is SCR?
The definition of misread.
What is the reading incorrectly?
What are key ideas?
Another; Either; Many; Someone; Everybody; No One; Nothing; Several
What are indefinite pronouns?
Date, header, greeting, body, closing, and signature.
What are the parts of a letter?
Where is before the conjunction?
This root word means across.
What is trans-?
These name the topic of each section of text.
What are subheadings?
Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence: The Thanksgiving turkey cooked in the oven.
What is "in the oven"?
The 3 main parts of an opinion composition.
What is the claim, reason, and evidence?
Words or phrases around another word that help you determine the defintion.
What are context clues?
Two consonants that make one sound.
What is a consonant digraph?
What is persuading, information, and entertaining?
Identify the type of sentence: Her bike shredded, but Keiko stayed on her bike.
What is a compound sentence?
The final step in writing the writing process.
What is publishing?
The definition of multiple-meaning words.
What are words that sound the same but have different meanings?
The stronger syllable in a word.
What is an accented syllable?
The turning point of the plot mountain.
What is the climax?
Identify the type of sentence: Selena and Chris grew up in Texas.
What is a compound subject?
Moreover; in conclusion; next; first; in the beginning
What are transitions?
Identify the preposition in this sentence: I stepped onto The Polar Express.