Author's Purpose/Context Clues
P.I.E.
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Who, What, Where, When, Why
How do we make an inference?
Use information from the text and prior knowledge to create a conclusion or educated guess.
C.U.P.S
Capital, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling
What is your teachers favorite color?
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What is the Author's purpose in writing the Outsiders?
To entertain the audience with a good story.
List 3 things included in a summary.
Characters, setting, problem, solution, main event
The tow truck took the car into the mechanic's garage. The owner of the car followed. The mechanic used his equipment to lift the car. "What do you think happened to the tire?" the man asked. In response, the mechanic held up a nail. "Oh," the man said. "I see." How did the tire go flat?
What is The tire went flat because the man had driven over a nail.
Revise Acronym (How do we revise?)
Use ARMS
Add, Remove, Move, Substitute
When is your teacher's Birthday?
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Susie could smell the AROMA of freshly baking bread as soon as she walked into the kitchen. What does AROMA mean? a) scent b) sound c) meal
a) scent
What is the main idea of the paragraph... Giant river otters live in South America. Families of giant river otters live in dens that they dig into the banks of rivers and lakes. Mother river otters give birth to their babies in their dens. Baby river otters are called cubs. Cubs are born blind and helpless. They do not leave the den until they are about two months old.
The main idea of the paragraph is all about river otters
Josh woke up early on Sunday morning and looked outside the window. The sun was out and it was hot. His dad called to him and said, "It is a perfect day, don't forget to bring a towel!" Where were Josh and his dad going?
What is the beach?
Edit the sentence.
mcdaniel has a interesting sweater that looks like it's from the 60's
Capitalization and punctuation
Name 5 character traits
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Keep your speech concise to save time. We have many students who need to present their reports. What does "CONCISE" mean? What does CONCISE mean? a.) short b.) exact c.) long
a.) short
Main idea tells us what the paragraph or story is mostly about.
The shelves were piled high with boxes of every size and shape. Each group had a different picture and different bright colors. There were so many people - men and women, mothers with little children, teenagers putting more boxes on the shelves. Some of the people were talking together as they chose the boxes and cans that they wanted. Jeff was having a hard time remembering which one to buy. He knew that Tooli wouldn't be happy if he brought home the wrong brand! Where was Jeff?
What is the grocery store
Revise. Remove a word from the sentence.
Do you know what team who Coach Fuentes is coaching?
who should be removed.
Predict
Ashanti had worked in the garden all day with her mother. They had started early in the morning while it was still cool. By the end of the day, Ashanti was covered in dirt. Predict what Ashanti will do next
What is clean up/ Take a shower.
Using Context Clues tell me the definition of the word thrive in the sentence below: Bats that eat fruit and nectar spread seeds and help flowers grow. Without bats many important plants would not thrive.
What is to flourish
Which supporting detail does NOT go with the main idea of how to make a pizza? -Put the pizza in the oven for 20 minutes -Add tomato sauce, cheese, and other toppings to the dough -Pizza is a type of Italian food -Slice the pizza into 8 piece and enjoy
-Pizza is a type of Italian food
"Fire!", I yelled. "There's a fire in the bathroom" I screamed. After a moment I thought to myself, Why wasn't anyone answering me? or coming out of there class rooms?. So I yelled again "Fire,Fire!". Still no answer. I decided to get help but when I tried to run it felt like I was going so slow. The doors to all the classrooms where moving further away. All of a sudden I heard an alarm going off. Infer what the person is doing
What is dreaming
Guys, focus, we're moving into the finale. All hands on deck! said Gerry.
quotation marks
Can you name all the ELAR Teachers?