Misc
ELA
ELA
A root word is...
What is a word that stands alone - with no prefixes or suffixes?
Bonus- Give an example of a root word then add a prefix or suffix to it
These are: " "
What are quotation marks?
The Greek root aqua means
What is water?
The Wordlys' grouchy next door neighbor "hit the ceiling" when he found out his front window got broken during the kid's baseball game. He was so mad it seemed like he might shoot straight up through the roof. What does it mean when someone says they, "hit the ceiling."
Hit the ceiling means really mad.
The Weavers are in a dilemma. They want to go to a movie, but they can't decide which one to go to There are two excellent movies playing.
What does dilemma mean?
Making a hard choice between two possibilities.
If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is it third-person or first-person?
What is third-person point of view?
Give an example of a verb
What is run, skip, walk, jump, etc?
The root word "struct" in structure means to
What is to build?
Mrs. Thompson is concerned with a student possibly getting into trouble. She tells him, "You're on thin ice, dude!" If you are on thin ice, you could be ________.
Headed for trouble. In a risky position.
Can you explain the difference between a fiction and a nonfiction text?
Fiction: Imagination/not real
Nonfiction: Facts/based on real events
Identify the error in this sentence:
joey likes to swim, ride bikes and read books
What is Joey and ride bikes?
Joey likes to swim, ride bikes, and read books.
The verb in the following sentence is?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
What is slithered?
If the prefix -un goes in the word unavailable-what does that mean?
What is, not able to do something
If you catch on to something, you are able to ___________ or ________it.
learn or understand
The football player was slammed to the turf and blood was oozing from his nose.
What does ooze mean?
Ooze means leaks or flows slowly.
The theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
What is honesty?
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
The word assumed means
What is suspected or guessed?
The text structure what put events in order is know as
What is sequence or chronological?
Mrs. Thompson was "on the fence" on whether her students were going to get a fun Friday activity based on their behavior.
On the fence means undecided about what to do.
Foods are nutritious if they are ___________________.
good for our bodies.
Details that help support a main idea are called____.
What are supporting details?
Run, jump, scrambled. Are these action verbs?
Yes
I was bending over backwards to please my new teacher. The idiom "bending over backwards" means
What is really trying hard to please?
It's like pulling teeth to get me to ______________.
If it's hard to get something organized or happening, we say it's like pulling-tooth.
Finish the sentence - answers vary.
Flabbergasted - The teachers were flabbergasted when a pair of raccoons walked right into their school.
How would you look and feel if you were flabbergasted?
Flabbergasted is stunned and surprised.