Collaborative Discussion
In a discussion, when you try to relate your ideas to what other people have said so far you are
Making a connection
What is an inference?
An educated guess about why something is happening
What is a reason or evidence?
Something you can prove to be true
What is a homonym?
A word that has more than one meaning or definition
If I am correcting spelling and grammar mistakes, what stage in the writing process am I in?
Editing
Discussing a story with other readers helps you
Understand more about the story
Find out things you never noticed about the story
Compare your inferences with another reader
Tia's muscles ached after the basketball game." We can infer that
Tia knows how to play basketball.
What is an opinion?
What are the multiple meanings of the word nails?
Nails on your fingers and nails you can use when building.
Which of these activities should happen during the prewriting stage of the writing process?
listing all of your ideas
Working with other people to create something is
Collaborating
What do we use to make an inference?
Clues from what we read or watch and our background knowledge
When you share your opinions with other people it is important to back your thoughts up with
Reasons
An author might use a word with multiple meanings as part of the story title to
Give the reader a "key" to what the story is about
When you sound out words you don’t know, which reading skill are you using?
Decoding
Before you sit down to have a discussion with your teacher, it is important to
Prepare by writing down notes and questions
It is important to look for key _________ in making a correct inference.
Details
What purpose do reasons serve in a collaborative discussion?
People use them to explain or support the ideas they share.
Why would an author use a word with multiple meanings as part of a story’s title?
to provide clues about the story’s meaning
During which stage of the writing process should you make changes to how your story or report is organized?
Revising
When you have a discussion with others it is important to
Listen and pay close attention to whoever is speaking
When you infer something in your reading you
Use clues and what you already know to come up with an idea
Determine if the following sentence below is a reason or opinion
"Ice cream is the best dessert in the entire world!"
Opinion
If you write a letter to your newspaper or your member of Congress, you should take care to use
standard English
What does it mean to visualize a story as you read?
imagine the story’s events