Reading
What is the difference between argumentative and informational texts?
Argumentative texts are based on opinion and supported with facts, and informational texts are solely based on factual information. Both stories have information and facts about a topic.
The person that writes a story and the person that draws the pictures are called
Author and illustrator
Give an three examples of a verb.
run, jump, think, speak, play, etc. (words that show action or something you can do)
How do you make the word "wolf" plural?
Drop the -f and add -ves.
In what type of writing would you hear rhyming words?
Poems
Name 4 different text structures.
Cause/Effect
Sequence
Compare/contrast
Problem and Solution
What is one word to explain compare and one word to explain contrast?
Same and different
Name the four story elements of a fiction story.
Character, setting, problem and solution
What is the singular form of the word babies?
baby
What is the first paragraph in an essay called?
introduction
Name 3 errors in grammar in this sentence:
Dr. silva was very nice when I needed to get stiches
Silva capitalized
stitches spelled wrong
No period at the end of the sentence.
Where can you look to find the main idea of a passage?
Title, subtitle, pictures, or first and last sentence of the text
Name 3 different genres that we have studied this year.
Informational, narrative, poetry, narrative nonfiction, fables, folktakes, and myths as well multimedia like videos.
What is the plural form of the word mouse?
Mice
In what type of essay will you have claim and supporting reason?
Argumentative
What are some examples of text and graphic features? How do these features help you as a reader?
Text features present important parts of the story in a different way.
Text features: Punctuation, Print (Bold, Capital, Italic, large, Color, small
Graphic Features are visuals that help explains ideas in the text
Graphic Features: illustrations, diagrams, maps, and speech bubbles
Who is the person that tells the story? What different points of view can a story be told in?
The Narrator
First and Third. First, the narrator is a character sharing the story. Third, the narrator is an outside voice telling the story.
What is theme?
What is the difference between a prefix and suffix? Give and example of each a prefix and a suffix.
prefix changes the meaning of a root word by adding something to the beginning
suffix changes the meaning of a root word by adding something to the end of the word.
-ful and pre-
What type of essay begins with
Dear _____,
a letter
Is this a fact or an opinion?
Opinion
What are quotation marks used for?
To show that someone is speaking.
What is the terms that goes with the questions " What is the text mostly about"
Main Idea
How do you spell the plural form of tooth?
teeth
All essays should have 3 main paragraphs, what are the names of those three paragraphs?
Introduction, body and conclusion