inferencing
main idea
characterization
context clues
author's purpose
100
If you see someone with a cast on their leg, you can infer that:
What is they broke their leg
100
You can do many things at the beach. When the tide is out, you can fill your pail full of sea water. You can build sand castles in the sand on the beach. You can jump in the waves and swim. What is this story mostly about?
What is there is many things to do at the beach
100
As Mr. Byrd walked by families, mothers pulled their children close to their side
What is Mr. Byrd is dangerous.
100
Dignity: Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother, she maintained her dignity, holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site.
What is self-respect.
100
A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s
What is to entertain
200
If a house says, "FOR RENT" outside, you can infer that:
What is no one lives there
200
The War of the Worlds" a radio story, once started a panic. Because many people didn't hear that it was just a story about monsters from space, they thought the fake news bulletins were true. People were frantic. It took hours to calm them down and convince them that it was only a radio play.
What is how a radio fooled many people
200
Kylie’s name was called, and she slowly walked up to the stage, staring straight at the ground.
What is Kylie is shy or embarrassed.
200
Splendid: The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window.
What is brilliant
200
A section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s
What is to inform
300
If your teacher is out of school today, you can infer that:
What is she is ill
300
Ages ago living things like bugs and leaves got trapped in soft tree resin. The resin hardened into what we know as amber. It kept the trapped bugs and leaves in perfect shape. Now scientists are learning much about the distant past from amber samples. Some scientists say they are more useful than fossils.
What is amber samples are important to scientists
300
Tom cried w hen my goldfish died.
What is sensitive
300
Particle: John was so hungry that he didn’t leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate.
What is tiny piece
300
An article where the author argues that an iPhone is better than an Android phone
What is to persuade
400
If you get fired from your job, you can infer that:
What is you did something wrong
400
Sharks have a keen sense of hearing and can smell blood from almost 2,000 yards away. Sharks also have a special system of channels in their skin that helps them feel the vibrations of a splashing swimmer. We know that in clear water, sharks can see dinner from about 50 feet away. If you ever spot a shark, always swim away smoothly!
What is how sharks sense food
400
When the building collapsed during the earthquake, Alex ran in to look for survivors.
What is brave
400
Elegant: Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive, slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops.
What is beautiful
400
A poem about why the iPhone is the greatest consumer electronic device ever made
What is to persuade
500
If you see someone holding an umbrella, what can you infer
What is raining or going to rain
500
In real life, rattlesnakes try to avoid people and seldom attack. Most people are bitten only after they step on these snakes. A rattlesnake may not even inject its poison when it bites. In fact, more Americans die from insect stings than from snakebites!
What is how rattlesnakes are not as dangerous as people think
500
When money was being collected to help the people in Nepal after the earthquake, Cilia did not contribute.
What is selfish or did not have any money to send.
500
Injustice: Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not.
What is unfair
500
. A medical report describing the effects of steroids on the human body
What is to inform
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