Vocabulary Grade Level
Books help us learn about animals and friends.
What is 1st Grade?
Explanation: Uses basic vocabulary ("animals," "friends") and simple language.
This is the time and place where a story happens.
What is setting?
This beloved author wrote “Green Eggs and Ham” and “The Cat in the Hat,” favorites for beginning readers.
Who is Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)?
This strategy means looking at the title, headings, and pictures before you start reading to guess what the text will be about.
What is predicting?
This genre tells a make-believe story with characters, a setting, and a plot.
What is fiction (or narrative)?
Reading helps us gain knowledge and improves our imagination.
What is 5th Grade?
Explanation: Words like "knowledge" and "imagination" show growing vocabulary.
This literary element is the message or lesson an author wants the reader to learn.
What is theme?
This British author’s seven-book fantasy series, featuring a young wizard, is read by millions of teens worldwide.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
Good readers do this during and after reading to clarify confusing parts, make predictions, or stay engaged with the text.
What is asking questions?
In this genre, the author gives true facts about a real person’s life.
What is biography?
Reading exposes us to diverse perspectives.
What is 7th or 8th Grade?
Explanation: Diverse and perspectives are more advanced vocabulary.
This is the sequence of events that make up a story.
What is plot?
This author wrote “The Outsiders,” a classic about teenage struggles and friendship.
Who is S.E. Hinton?
Pausing after each paragraph to think about what you just read helps you remember and understand the story.
What is summarizing?
This genre tries to convince the reader to believe or do something, using reasons and evidence.
What is persuasive (or argumentative) writing?
Reading equips us with analytical skills for complex issues.
What is 10th Grade?
Explanation: Analytical and complex are high school-level academic words.
This is when an author gives human qualities to animals or objects, like saying "the wind whispered."
What is personification?
This 19th-century American author is famous for his dark, suspenseful poems and short stories like “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Raven,” often studied in high school English classes.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
When the author doesn’t tell you everything, you use clues from the text and your own knowledge to figure out what’s happening.
What is inferring or making inferences?
This genre explains how to do something or gives information about a topic.
What is informational (or expository) writing?
The enduring relevance of reading underscores the intrinsic value of literacy.
What is 12th Grade?
Explanation: Very advanced terms like enduring relevance and intrinsic value.
The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience.
What is tone?
This science fiction and fantasy writer penned “Fahrenheit 451,” a powerful high school text about censorship and society.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
This strategy means judging the quality or truth of what you read by thinking about the author’s purpose, evidence, and your own opinions.
What is evaluating?
This genre uses creative and figurative language, rhythm, and sometimes rhyme to share feelings or ideas.
What is poetry?