No Excuses
Did you know that bears hibernate all winter long
What is the correct punctuation mark to end this sentence
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What is the first step in the writing process?
What strategies can I use to find main idea?
Repeated words, first and last sentence, checking every sentence
Onomatopoeia
Sound words
When Esperanza is babysitting and the babies get sick, why does this happen?
Plums
Susanne _______ to buy a spiral notebook for her math class. She will also need pencils, an eraser, a ruler, a protractor, and a compass. Her mother _______ all the items at the grocery store on her next shopping trip.
What goes in the blanks?
What does PAT stand for?
Purpose, audience, task
What strategies can I use to determine the meaning of unknown words
Look around the word, look for word chunks you recognize, glossary
Explicit Information
Can put your finger on it
Why are the strikers striking?
Roger's father _______ the bus during the camping trip.
What goes in the blank?
A. Will be driving
What are all the parts of an introduction paragraph?
Hook, give background knowledge, state your main idea
understand the question, read both passages, compare and contrast, answer the question
Implicit Information
You have to think about it to get your answer
Why are the chapter names in Esperanza Rising named after fruits or vegetables?
They symbolize a new time
He usually _______ to the beach.
What goes in the blank?
C. Walks
What are all the parts of the conclusion paragraph?
Restate your topic, restate your main idea, call to action
What does the TAMMIO strategy help you do?
Write a summary
Inference
An educated guess using clues from the text
Why do Esperanza and her mom leave Mexico?
The uncles are going to take their land and have burnt down everything
For Christmas, _______ sells fake trees and snow.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate subject.
D. The store
What are the different reasons for writing?
To persuade, to inform, to entertain
What does the TAAMIO strategy stand for?
Text type, author, action, main idea, important details, organization
Personification
Giving a non-human object a human like quality
How do you think the book is going to end?
:-)