Sent Structure
Critical Reading
Intro Paragraphs
Body Paragraphs
Writing Process
100
A single independent clause.
What is a SIMPLE SENTENCE?
100
The lowest level of Critical Reading, where the answers are stated directly in the text.
What is READING COMPREHENSION?
100
The most important "ingredient" of the introductory paragraph.
What is the THESIS STATEMENT?
100
The first sentence in a body paragraph.
What is a TOPIC SENTENCE?
100
The part of the writing process that helps students get their initial ideas out on paper. It can be a sentence outline, a graphic organizer, or a free-write.
What is BRAINSTORM?
200
In a simple sentence, THIS always comes first.
What is the SUBJECT?
200
Using words/phrases from the text to clarify the meaning of a word you don't already know.
What are CONTEXT CLUES?
200
The last sentence in the introductory paragraph.
What is the THESIS STATEMENT?
200
The quoted material (information taken from another text) included in all body paragraphs.
What is the CONCRETE DETAIL?
200
The part of the Writing Process where students produce a first draft.
What is a ROUGH DRAFT?
300
The subject of the sentence is always found in THIS part of a complex sentence.
What is the INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
300
The second level of Critical Reading.
What is INFERENTIAL READING COMPREHENSION?
300
The third "ingredient" of the Intro Paragraph Structure.
What is SUMMARY/BACKGROUND of the article?
300
The source information used to clue in your reader that you are about to quote someone else's words/ideas.
What is a LEAD-IN/SIGNAL PHRASE?
300
The temporary score entered in the grade book that will change during the last part of the Writing Process.
What is the ROUGH DRAFT SCORE?
400
Five subordinating conjunctions.
LISTS WILL VARY. STUDENTS MUST GET ALL FIVE FOR THE POINTS.
400
The challenge of answering "Making Inferences" questions.
What is the ANSWERS ARE NOT FOUND DIRECTLY IN THE TEXT?
400
The purpose of the hook.
What is to ENGAGE THE READER?
400
The sentences in the body paragraph structure that are meant to reflect on the Concrete Detail and then provide your thoughts and experiences as they relate to the main idea of the paragraph.
What are COMMENTARY SENTENCES?
400
The item that is to be printed off Blackboard and submitted every time a draft it turned in.
What is the DE020 RUBRIC?
500
The difference between a subordinating conjunction and a coordinating conjunction.
What is SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS MAKE ONE HALF OF THE SENTENCE LESS THAN EQUAL (dependent clause); COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS JOIN TWO EQUAL (independent clauses) PARTS OF A SENTENCE.
500
The third level of Critical Reading, where students make a connection between what they have read and the world around them.
What is APPLIED READING COMPREHENSION?
500
The two items that the second "ingredient" of an Intro Paragraph Structure includes.
What are the TITLE and AUTHOR?
500
Other than quoting material directly, students can Summarize or Paraphrase, both of which require putting material into your own words. The difference between summarizing and paraphrasing, however, is this.
What is LENGTH. Summaries are much shorter than the original text. Paraphrases are about the same length as the original text.
500
The three parts of the Writing Process.
What is BRAINSTORM, ROUGH DRAFT, and REVISION/FINAL DRAFT?
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