Main Idea/Supporting Details
Inferences
Summarizing
Subject-Verb Agreement
Writing Process
100
Information that helps strengthen the main idea.
What are supporting details?
100
An inference is ________ __ _______ + what is in the text.
What is what I know OR prior knowledge?
100
You do not use these in a summary.
What are unnecessary details?
100
A subject is this part of speech.
What is a noun?
100
This part of the writing process is where you do your quick writes.
What is prewriting?
200
Name the main idea of the following passage: I have a dog named Boots. I taught him lots of tricks. When I tell him to, Boots will sit or lie down. He can also wave his paw to greet people. When I say "Dance, Boots!", he will stand up on two legs and walk. I don't know of many dogs that can do such amazing tricks.
What is Boots is a very smart dog?
200
Sam gets out of the car and takes his sleeping bag and a bag of clothes out of the trunk. As he walks toward his front door, he turns around to wave good-bye to his friend, Michael, in the back seat. “That was so fun,” Sam says, “But next time, I get to sleep in the top bunk!” Make an inference: Michael was at _________________.
What is Michael was camping OR Michael was at camp?
200
A boy wizard defeats the man who killed his parents.
What is Harry Potter?
200
Shawn and Mary ______ their heavy backpacks across the school building.
What is carry?
200
This organizer is used to help you plan a descriptive essay.
What is a bubble organizer?
300
This type of main idea requires you to make an inference.
What is an implied main idea?
300
I have quite an exciting job that allows me to work with lots of exotic animals. I work hard from the early morning to the end of the day because a lot of critters depend on me. I am in charge of feeding animals, cleaning habitats, and making sure all the animals are happy and healthy. Based on this description, this person does this type of job.
What is a zoo keeper?
300
A man watches as his two brothers and their houses are destroyed.
What is The Three Little Pigs?
300
Fill in the verb: Where __________ the earrings that I left by the bathroom sink? Oh no! That stupid cat has swatted them down the drain again!
What is are?
300
These are the questions you should be able to answer when writing a story.
What is 5Ws&H: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?
400
Identify the first supporting detail in the following selection: Before you put on that Angry Birds costume and exhaust yourself going from door to door looking for candy, take a minute to reflect on the tradition in which you are taking part. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts, so they celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bonfires.
What is Halloween is believed to come from an ancient Celtic festival? OR What is sentence two?
400
Anastasia sat by the fountain in the park with her head in her palms. She was weeping mournfully and her clothing was disheveled. In between gasps and sobs, Anastasia cried out a name: “Oh... John…” And then her cell phone beeped. Her hand ran into her purse and her heart fluttered. The text message was from John. She opened up the message and read the few bare words, “I need to get my jacket back from you.” Anastasia threw her head into her arms and continued sobbing. Anastasia is upset because....
What is John broke up with her?
400
A klutzy woman loses her shoe and ends up marrying a prince.
What is Cinderella?
400
Fill in the blank with the correct form of to look: Neither of those sharks circling your boogie board __________ hungry enough to bite
What is look?
400
We use the ARMS strategy during this part of the writing process.
What is editing?
500
The following paragraph has what type of main idea: Squid live in both saltwater and fresh water. They like to live quite deep in the ocean. Some can be found more than 13,000 feet (3,962 meters) deep. But sometimes they like to swim in shallower waters, or even along the coast.
What is a stated main idea?
500
Avery watched as her new next-door neighbors moved in. She observed a tall man carrying a bicycle and a kayak into the garage. She also saw a young woman carrying a surfboard through the front door. Avery can infer that her new neighbors...
What is enjoy the outdoors OR enjoy sports?
500
A trespassing woman eats a family's food, then fall asleep.
What is Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
500
This form of make belongs in this sentence: The dead trees and peeling paint, along with the broken windows and flapping shutters, __________ everyone believe that evil spirits haunt the deserted Sinclair house.
What is have made?
500
This is the name of the sentence that tells what your whole paper will be about.
What is a thesis statement?
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