Vocabulary
Marta attempted to placate the angry customer by offering him a free cup of coffee.
A. Calm
B. Anger
C. Remove
D. Annoy
What is A: Calm?
How could you edit this run-on sentence so that it is written correctly?
The dog was tired he immediately went to sleep after his walk.
The dog was tired, he immediately went to sleep after his walk.
OR
The dog was tired from his walk and immediately went to sleep.
What is implicit information versus explicit information?
Implicit information is information that you have to make inferences for.
Explicit information is right there without looking
What are the elements of poetry?
rhyme scheme
rhythm
lines
stanza
What is the goal(generally) for your FAST test score?
To do better than you did before!
Only retelling the most important parts of a story, including the main idea and supporting details
What is a summary? to summarize
Used when citing evidence to set off a speaker's exact words or a direct quote.
What are quotation marks?
The groups of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
Character, Plot, Setting, Theme, and Conflict are...
What are elements of a story?
How old is Mrs Schopp
43
Support/proof of your claim or answer.
What is evidence?
An action word.
Ex., singing, talking, hiking.
What is a verb?
How the author feels about the topic of the text.
What is tone?
Statement that a writer believes to be true when building an argument and what they use to support it
What is a claim?
Who are your favorite teachers this year?
Who is Mrs. Schopp and Ms. Romano :)
The big picture of a topic or most important thing in a text that an author is trying to tell you.
What is central idea or main idea?
Where does the common go in this sentence?
The students were happy to play Jeopardy but they couldn't wait for the pep rally.
The students were happy to play Jeopardy, but they couldn't wait for the pep rally.
The narrator or character's attitude or perspective about story events and ideas.
What is point-of-view?
To express thoughts or feelings, to inform or explain, to persuade, to entertain.
What is the author's purpose?
Astronauts usually live on space shuttles for six-month periods, but some sojourns can last up to a year.
A. Guests
B. Investigations
C. Vists
D. Vacations
What is C: visits?
How can you correct this incomplete sentence?
The students, who were busy playing jeopardy.
The students who were busy playing jeopardy, did not notice that it was time to go.
Chronological/Sequence, compare-and-contrast, cause-and-effect, and problem - solution and description are all examples of...
What is text structure?
Authors include _________ _________, such as evidence and elaboration, to develop and support the main idea.
What are supporting details?
When is our ELA/Reading FAST test?
Tuesday May 23, TOMORROW!