Prefix/Suffix
What is a prefix?
Letters added to the beginning of a word to change/modify the meaning
What is a Central Idea?
What the text is mostly about
What is text structure?
How the author sets up their writing.
What is author's purpose?
Why the author writes a text
Why do we use context clues?
To figure out the meaning of a word you don't know
What is a suffix?
Letters added to the end of the word to change/modify the meaning
What questions does the central idea answer?
1. Who/What is the text about?
2. What about it?
What type of organizer would you use for a text that was written in compare/contrast structure?
Venn Diagram
What does it mean if the author's purpose is to:
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Persuade - convince someone of something
Inform - provide information/explain something
Entertain - be fun for someone
What are context clues?
When you use the words/phrases around the problem word in order to understand its meaning.
What does the word unwelcome mean?
A. one who welcomes
B. in a welcoming way
C. not welcome
D. always welcome
C. not welcome
What are the clues you should look for when looking for the central idea?
(3 things)
1. First/Last sentence
2. Repeating words
3. Titles, subtitles, graphs, pictures
Name 3 of the 5 different types of text structure?
Order and Sequence
Compare/Contrast
Description
Order & Sequence
Problem & Solution
What acronym should you think of in order to remember author's purpose and what does it stand for?
PIE
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
What words or phrases indicate what part of speech belongs in the blank and if you need to add a suffix?
Fill in the blank:
Yesterday the dog __________ through the yard.
The dog (did something) = verb
Yesterday = past tense
What suffix do you add to a verb to make it a person
-er
-or
What is the central idea of the following text?
Fort Knox is famous for its security. The vault where the gold is kept is bombproof and torchproof. The door is 21 inches thick. It weighs more than 20 tons. A steel fence surrounds the building.
Fort Knox is famous for its security.
Why is the vault opened in several steps by several different people?
Fort Knox is famous for its security. The vault where the gold is kept is bombproof and torchproof. The door is 21 inches thick and weighs more than 20 tons. Fort Knox has layers of defenses.
Few people know how to get to the vault. Even fewer know how to open it. In fact, no one person has the total combination. Several employees are told just one part of the combination. The numbers have to be dialed in separate steps b separate people.
A. The vault is more secure if no one knows the full combination.
B. The vault door is too heavy for one person to open.
C. The vault combination is too long for one person to remember.
D. The vault door might swing open and trap someone inside.
A. The vault is more secure if no one knows the full combination.
Can you name the faces on US paper money? Here's a hint: they're all faces of men. Four of them are founders of our nation. Three others played important roles in American history.
The faces on our bills have remained unchanged since 1929. In 2015, te Secretary of the Treasury proposed a new $10 bill. It would show a woman's face. The woman would replace Alexander Hamilton. The idea came at a bad time. The hip-hop musical Hamilton was a huge hit on Broadway. People wanted Hamilton to stay on the $10 bill, so the Treasury changed its mind.
What is the author's purpose for writing this passage?
A. to persuade readers to support men on dollar bills
B. to entertain readers with a story about Alexander Hamilton
C. to inform readers about the faces on US currency
C. to inform readers about the faces on US currency
What is one of the most secure places in the world? It's a building in Kentucky called Fort Knox. Fort Knox is so secure for a good reason. It holds mostof the gold owned by the United States.
Read the sentence from paragraph 1.
"Fort Knox is so secure for a good reason."
What is the meaning of the word secure?
A. worth a lot of money
B. protected from danger
D. known by only a few
B. protected from danger
What suffix do you add to a verb in order to make it a noun
-tion
-ation
What is the central idea of the following paragraph?
Fort Knox was built in 1936. Its purpose is to store the gold used by the US Mint. Fort Knox has always been secret and secure. Cameras are banned. Employees are sworn to secrecy. Visitors are unwelcome. In fact, only one president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, has been inside.
Fort Knox is super secret.
Which of the following was one effect of the "Women on 20s" movement?
A. It caused Alexander Hamilton to remain on the $10 bill.
B. It caused people to think about women in American history.
C. It caused people to say that Martin Luther King, Jr., should be on a bill.
Soon, a social movement organization began. It was called "Women on 20s." The movement wanted a woman on the $20 bill. It caused people to think about women in American history. There were women who fought for women's right to vote,like Susan B. Anthony. There were African American women who fought against slavery, like Harriet Tubman. There were women who fought against injustice, like Rosa Parks.
In 2016, the Treasury announced the new, future faces on our money. The new bills will go into circulation in the 2030s:
$10 Bill Alexander Hamilton will remain on the front of the $10 bill. The back will honor leaders of the women's suffrage movement. This movement resulted in women gaining the right to vote.
B. It caused people to think about women in American history.
Fort Knox is famous for its security. The vault where the gold is kept is bombproof and torchproof. The door is 21 inches thick. It weighs more than 20 tons. A steel fence surrounds the building.
What is the author's purpose for writing this passage?
A. to explain how Fort Knox keeps gold safe
B. to entertain readers with stories about gold
C. to persuade readers to invest in gold bars
A. to explain how Fort Knox keeps its gold safe
Read the sentence from paragraph 5.
"The new faces on our money should be diverse, or different, like the people in our country."
A. "The new"
B. "or different"
C. "our money"
B. "or different"