ELA 1
Identify the three errors in this sentence (100 points per):
joey likes to swim, ride bikes and read books
Joey is not capitalized, no comma after bikes, no period after books.
What are these punctuation marks: " "
What are quotation marks?
The root "aqua" means (aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, Aquaman)
What is water?
What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?
It explains what your paragraph will be about so your readers get an idea of what they're about to read.
Where is the conjunction in this sentence?
Billy likes to play in the park, but he is not always able to go.
but
If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is it third-person or first-person?
What is third-person point of view?
Give an example of a verb
What is run, skip, walk, jump, etc?
What is an antonym of interesting
What is to boring, dull, uninteresting
What does it mean to "summarize" a text?
A summary tells you the main points of a text
Can you explain the difference between a fiction and a nonfiction text?
Fiction: Imagination/not real
Nonfiction: Facts/based on real events
A prefix is...
Letters added to the beginning of the word to change its meaning
The verb in the following sentence is?
Tony snuck quietly down the hallway.
What is snuck?
If the prefix -un goes in the word unbelievable-what does that mean?
What is "not believable"
What is the purpose of a conclusion in an essay?
The purpose of a conclusion in a story is to provide a final summary of the main points and discuss the core message.
What is a theme?
The theme is a main idea, message, or the overall point of a text
The theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
What is honesty?
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
The word assumed means
What is suspected or guessed?
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
When the caterpillar is big enough, it finds a safe place and hangs from a leaf or branch. It then forms a hard shell around itself called a chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, something magical happens—the caterpillar changes into a butterfly! This transformation takes about one to two weeks.
What is caterpillars changing into butterflies?
Explain the difference between fact and opinion.
Fact: Information stated from evidence.
Opinion: How someone feels.
What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?
First-person: narrator (I, me, and my)
Third-person: narrator is not a character in a story. (he, she, they, and them)
Details that help support a main idea are called____.
What are supporting details?
What is an adjective?
What is a a word that describes a noun (big, cold, tasty, happy)
I was bending over backwards to please my new teacher. The idiom "bending over backwards" means
What is really trying hard to please?
What does the metaphor "The stars are diamonds in the sky" mean?
The stars are shining bright.
What is a proper noun?
A specific person, place, or thing (For example Kamala Harris, Sagewood, etc.)