Nonfiction
What is the first thing you should do when you start a new text/question?
Orient yourself to the text
What is the first thing you should do when you get a fiction text/questions?
Orient yourself to the text
Where is a prefix located?
The beginning of a word.
Before reading a passage, what should you read first?
The questions you will be answering.
What are 2 ways to orient yourself to a non-fiction text?
1. Look at the question
2. Look at the text features
3. Read the title
4. Look for bold or italicized words
5. Other answers
What is a strategy that can help you remember what you are reading in a fiction text?
True or False: Prefixes and Suffixes can change the meaning of a word?
True!
What should you do if you know an answer is 100% not correct?
What is a strategy to summarize non-fiction text?
What is a character trait?
A word that describes who a character is as a person.
What does the prefix "-un" mean?
Example: unkind, unhelpful
What is a strategy you can use if you come across an unknown word?
Use context clues OR figure out what the sentence it is in is about.
Subject + What about the subject?
When you are asked to state the theme of a passage, what are you looking for?
The lesson the author was trying to teach the reader.
What is a suffix you can add to the word peace to make a new word?
-ful (peaceful)
What should you do if you come across a word that may be important to your answer?
Highlight or Underline
A non fiction text has a whole section on the life cycle of a frog. What text structure is this probably written using?
Sequential
What is a strategy you could use to determine what a fiction text is mostly about?
Retell or Summary (SWBST)
Which of the following is a suffix:
a. pre
b. un
c. ed
d. dis
ed
I am reading the answers to a question and I think there is more than one correct answer. What should I do?
Look back in the text for evidence of each answer. (Reread)!