Good Reader Habits
Text Structure
Text Features
Context Clues
100
What is summarizing?
Retelling a story using only the most important parts.
100
Name the 6 types of text structure
Problem and solution, compare and contrast, cause and effect, description, sequencing, chronological order
100
Name 3 text features and describe what they do.
Caption, Photograph, Illustration, Title, Heading, Map, Bold Words, Text Box
Definitions
100
What are context clues? What do they help you to do?
Context clues help you to determine a words meaning. Read around the word to help figure out what the word means.
200
What is visualizing?
When the author paints a picture in your mind. They describe something with a lot of detail to help you "See" it.
200
Read the paragraph, then decide what text structure it uses. If you can determine 2 key words you get +100 points!
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a famous actor and former wrester. He was born in California in1972. He moved around with his family as a child, living in New Zealand, Connecticut, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania. He took a full scholarship to the University of Miami to play football, and in 1991, his team won the national championship. He later became a famous professional wrester. His first acting role was on “That 70’s Show” in 1999.
Chronological order. 1972, 1991, 1999 years are going in order
200
A- Caption- It is describing the illustration
200
The root word Vis- or Vid- means “to see”. Use this meaning to help you determine the definitions used in the sentences below.
What is the meaning of the word Visibility as it is used in the sentence below?
“It was so foggy this morning, the Visibility was so low.”
A) How much you can see
B) The senses you use
C) How people see you
A- How much you can see
Ability means being able to, vis means seeing
Visibility is how much you can see
300
Which sentence helps you to visualize something?
A) The beach was so much fun to play at. There were kids playing everywhere, and Ms. Claire couldn't wait to read her book near the ocean.
B) The man was so old it was crazy! He was almost 100, and was very wise.
C) The cupcake was the color of the sky, and tasted delicious! The sprinkles fell all over the floor as Noah closed his eyes and bit into his birthday cupcake.
D) Hippos eat up to 100 pounds of food per day, with different plants and trees making up a majority of their diet.
C- You can paint a picture in your brain of the cupcake, what it tasted like, what Noah looked like when he was eating it.
This sentence uses your senses.
300
Read the paragraph, then decide what text structure it uses. If you can determine 2 key words you get +100 points!
Narwhals are unique sea creatures. They are most well known for the large tusk on their forehead. Narwhals have been called “the unicorns of the sea” because of this tusk, which looks like a horn. They are actually a medium sized species of whale, closely related to the beluga whale. They live in arctic waters near Canada and Greenland. They do not have a dorsal fin. Narwhals are white and grey in color.
Description. They are describing what a Narwhal looks like. It has a horn, its related to other animals, where it lives, and more.
300
Which text feature breaks up the texts into chunks and describes what information might be in that chunk?
Bonus points if you describe what it looks like!
Heading. They are like tiny titles, and normally are bold
300
The prefix Hyper means super or over. Use this meaning to help you determine the definitions used in the sentences below.
What is the meaning of the word Hyperactive as it is used below?
“ Ms. Williams drank so much coffee, she was Hyperactive and running around everywhere!”
A) Super slow
B) Super fast
C) More than normal
B- hyper means more, so Ms. Williams was more active, and the sentence says she was running.
400
Summarize the 5 most important points to one of the following stories:
- The 3 little pigs
- Cinderella
- Encanto
(Ask your teacher lol)
400
Read the paragraph, then decide what text structure it uses. If you can determine 2 key words you get +100 points!
Ruth Bader Ginsberg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1933. She was a good student and graduated high school at the age of 15. She graduated from Cornell University in 1954. Two years later, she enrolled in Harvard Law School, where she was one of few women. She worked as a lawyer and judge for many years before being nominated for the Supreme Court in 1993.
Chronological order. It gives years in order such as "Two years later" and "1993"
400
Which text feature describes what is happening in a photograph, map or illustration?
Bonus points if you describe what it looks like
Caption. It looks like a small sentence under either a photo, map or illustration.
400
The prefix Anti- means “not” or “opposite of”
What is the meaning of the word Antisocial as it is used below?
“Sydney was feeling Antisocial, she decided to not go hang out with her friends at the mall.”
A) Friendly and outgoing
B) Not Friendly or outgoing
C) Not aware of something
B- Anti means not, social means to be friendly or hanging out with others. It says she did not go to the mall with her friends