Vocab Strategies
What is a synonym?
A word that means the same as another word.
True or False?
You should read a text more than once in order to better understand it.
TRUE
How many characters were there in the story?
2
How was the babysitter related to the boy?
He was the boyfriend of the boy's sister.
Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
Switzerland
What is probably the easiest/most common strategy to use to find out the meaning of a word?
Context
True or False?
You don't need to look up unknown words while reading.
FALSE
What were the characters in the story?
Aliens
What did the little boy want from the babysitter?
He wanted the babysitter to tell him a story before bed.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
He was a stalwart fellow, not at all cowardly.
What does the word stalwart mean?
Brave
Before beginning a text, you should consider your own __________________ knowledge about the topic.
background knowledge
True of False.
This story only contained dialogue. No descriptions.
TRUE
Where does the boy say he wants to go, and where does he lead the babysitter instead?
He says he wants to go up to his room for a bedtime story, but he leads the babysitter up to the attic.
What is the highest-grossing film of all time?
Avengers: Endgame
Which strategy breaks down the word and look for prefixes and suffixes.
Word Parts
It is often helpful to break a story into ____________ while reading so you can check to make sure you are understanding the story.
chunks / parts / sections
What did the characters in the story decide to do with the "meat" creatures that were contacting them?
Ignore them and pretend they weren't there
What, most likely, happens to the boy and the baby sitter at the end of the story?
The boy eats the babysitter because the boy is a click-clack.
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007
Can you list all 5 Vocab-in-Context strategies?
Synonym
Antonym
List
Word Parts
Context
Every once in a while you should stop reading a text and do what two things in order to "get the gist" of what you're reading.
1) Summarize what you know so far
2) Ask yourself questions - what do you still need to know?
Which quote BEST supports the idea that the "meat" creatures are humans.
A) “But I told you, we probed them. They’re meat all the way through.”
B)" They’re born meat and they die meat. We studied them for several of their life spans, which didn’t take long."
C) “Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal!"
C) “Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal!"
Which quote BEST supports the idea the the boy is a click-clack?
A) “Do you know any stories about Click-Clack the Rattlebag?”
B) "I would have pulled away, then, if I could, but small, firm fingers pulled me forward, unrelentingly, into the dark."
C) "The boy’s tread was certain, though, even though the moonlight was scarce."
B) "I would have pulled away, then, if I could, but small, firm fingers pulled me forward, unrelentingly, into the dark."
Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Uruguay