Classroom Expectations
What should you do before speaking in a group discussion?
What is raising your hand?
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
When you restate a section of a text in your own words.
What is paraphrasing or summarizing?
This classroom rules helps everyone learn by minimizing distractions.
What is staying on task / phone policies?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
Writing notes, questions, or reactions in the margins of a text is called this.
What is annotating?
If you don't understand directions, this is the responsible thing to do.
A direct comparison that does NOT use "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
A word that shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
This reading strategy helps you mark important ideas, key words, or evidence in a text.
What is highlighting?
This language is not allowed at school.
What is swearing?
Exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
A word that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
Writing a short summary in the margins after a paragraph is an example of this.
What is summarizing?
Name one expectation that helps create a respectful learning environment.
What is being respectful? (various answers accepted)
A reference to a famous work or document.
What is an illusion?
A word that describes a verb.
What is an adverb?
This reading strategy helps an author understand why an author wrote a text.
What is author's purpose?