Fiction
Poetry
Informational
Test Strategies
Context Clues
100
What is fiction?
What are stories that are made up?
100
Explain what an inference is...
What is take what you know and what you have read and put them together to make an inference?
100
What does BIG stand for in BIG FOX?
What is bold, italics, and graphics?
100
List 3 test strategies.
What is reread, talk to the text, make predictions, jail the detail, slash the trash?
100
Direct Definition The indignant, yes angry, cook decided to get back at the guest. Indignant means...
What is angry?
200
How can I tell if a story is fiction?
What are story elements?
200
Read poem # 5. What are the ivory bonnets in this poem?
What is blossoms or flowers?
200
What does FOX stand for in BIG FOX?
What is Facts, Opinions, and Xs marks the spot- 3 main ideas?
200
Name two types of questions? (QAR)
What is Right There, Author and You, Think and Search, or On my Own?
200
A restatement- series clues Sweet corn is the kind we eat as a vegetable. Field corn is the kind farmers feed to cows, pigs, and other livestock. Livestock means...
What is farm animals?
300
Define theme.
What is the message, lesson or moral of the story? Requires deeper thinking than when determining the main idea.
300
Read poem # 4 Which clue words help you identify the animal in this riddle?
What is 'hasn't a home of his own, uses a discarded shell'?
300
What should you do with the title?
What is read it and make predictions or ask a question?
300
True or False You should skim or scan the passages so you have time to finish the whole test.
What is FALSE? READ EVERYTHING!!!!
300
Synonym (same or similar) During the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 an ice cream dealer ran out of paper dishes. Someone selling thin waffles nearby gave the ice cream seller a waffle. He wrapped it into a cone to hold the ice cream. Dealer is the same as....
What is a seller?
400
What is the theme? A monkey put his hand into a jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment. A. The monkey was unable to pull his hand out of the cookie jar. B. The monkey should not eat cookies. C. Don't be greedy
What is C. Don't be greedy?
400
Read poem # 3 How would the color brown say something?
What is murmer, repeat, etc.?
400
Read passage # 1. What is the passage mostly about? A. Rhinos are strange-looking. B. Rhinos have wrinkled noses with two horns. C. They have short clumsy legs.
What is A. Rhinos are strange-looking?
400
Explain 'talk to the text"
What is ask questions, underline key ideas or vocabulary, question words (who, what, where, when, why), summarize?
400
Antonym (opposite) She had a problem holding the flowers and eating the ice cream. The man had a solution. He wrapped one side of the sandwich around the flowers and the other side around the ice cream. An antonym for problem....
What is solution?
500
What is the theme? An old monkey on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some parting advice. He ordered them to bring in a bundle of sticks, and said to his eldest son: "Break it." The son strained and strained, but with all his efforts was unable to break the sticks. The other sons also tried, but none of them was successful. "Untie the bundle," said the father, "and each of you take a stick." When they had done so, he called out to them: "Now, break," and each stick was easily broken. "You see my meaning," said their father. A. You should be kind to your parents. B. There is strength in numbers. C. The father is strong.
What is B. There is strength in numbers.
500
Read Poem # 2. What is the theme of this poem?
What is Memories are important?
500
Read passage # 7. What is the main idea? A. Blue whale has a narrow, high blow. B. Humpback whale has a low blow. C. Whales can be identified by their blows.
What is C. Whales can be identified by their blows.
500
Hard Work + Confidence = ?
What is EOG Success?
500
Prior knowledge He thought a drink made from coca leaves and cola nuts would be a remedy for headaches. He called the drink “Coca-Cola.” Use your prior knowledge. What does remedy mean?
What is cure?
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