You are about to start reading a passage with lots of questions. What do you do first?
Read the questions first, then read the passage.
What is the suffix of the word unbelievable?
able
What is it called when you compare to things using LIKE or AS?
Simile
This part of speech is a person, place, thing.
Noun
What do you do if you have finished your test but you still have more time left of the 90 minutes?
How can you help yourself to spell words from the passage?
Have the story on the left while you type your answers on the right. Find the exact line with the word, point to it, and type it letter by letter.
Who is the speaker?
the person telling the poem or story
What text feature lists heading along with their page numbers? (at the beginning)
Table of Contents
This part of speech is an action.
Verb
What do you do to your paper to make a rough draft/writing plan?
Create a graphic organizer.
You read a passage and are answering a question. You think you know the answer, but you are not 100% sure. What can you do?
Pick the best answer. Flag it for review, and come back and re-read that passage if you have time and see if your answer choice is correct.
What is the prefix of unhappy? What does it mean?
un means not
What is the author's purpose?
Why the author wrote the text.
This part of speech describes a noun.
How many sentences should you write for each paragraph?
At least 3!
Usually 2 answers are obviously wrong and 2 seem like they might be correct. What tool can you use to help you answer questions.
CROSSOUT/STRIKETHROUGH
What do we call "what a passage is mostly about?"
The Main Idea or central idea
What is dialogue?
What is a caption?
The writing under a picture.
What do you do when you infer?
I look back in the text, use what I know, and FIGURE OUT what it means from the clue words.
Your writing prompt is this: Write a multi-paragraph response to tell us more about bats. Be sure to include how they can be helpful and special characteristics they have. What will your 1st introductory sentence say. What will the 2nd topic sentence say on the back of your graphic organizer?
1. Bats are important animals that can be helpful in many ways.
2. Here are special characteristics that bats have in common.
What do we call "the message or the lesson of a story?"
The Theme
What are the "paragraphs" in poems called?
Stanzas
What is a story that is written from the author's imagination?
Fiction
What genre tells us about a real person and true events in their life?
biography (and it's nonfiction)