genre/text features
What is the genre?
Informational text
What is a simile
compare two unlike things using like or as
What are 2 ways that the redwood tree reproduces, or creates new trees?
it sends up shoots from the roots. it drops cones with seeds that sprout into new trees
What does independent mean and use it in a sentence.
I am an independent lady, I do things on my own.
Is this an example of a sequence of events?
1. In 2002 Miss Vallas was born
2. Miss Vallas grew up in Yates City
3. Miss Vallas graduated High School in 2021
1/3- yes 2-no
What are 3 ways you could tell what genre the story is?
1. headings that begin sections of related information
2. graphics to help explain the topic such as maps, diagrams, charts, or icons
3. text structure- the ways the ideas and information are organized
What is a metaphor
a comparison that does not use like or as
What 2 stories are being told in the selection
the story of a coast redwood and the story of humans.
What does civilized mean and use it in a sentence
advanced, The United States is more civilized than 100 years ago.
fix the sentence
jim sighed do we have to stop reading
Jim sighed, "Do we have to stop reading?"
What is the story about?
Coast Redwood Trees
What kind of figurative language and what does it mean?
You are as brave as a lion.
so brave simile
what is the sequence of events?
When thoughts are in time order
What does shallow mean? use it in a sentence
not deep, low---- The kiddy pool is shallow
What is an Ellipses?
What is an exclamation mark?
What is a dash?
What is the job or each or those?
ellipses- to show tension, threat-...
Exclamation mark- to show surprise- !
Dash- To emphasize -
What is the purpose of the diagram?
to show the order of the different layers inside a tree trunk
What type of figurative language? What does it mean?
Their bedroom is a pigsty.
metaphor/really messy
why was the tree important for animals in the forest? what animals were talked about
Foxes, birds, and raccoons used the tree for shelter
what does customs mean? and use a sentence
traditional, ways of life---- school is a custom in the United States
correct the puncutation
Miss Vallas said you need to be at a zero in the hallway
Miss Vallas said, "You need to be at a zero in the hallway."
What do the pictures at the start of a paragraph tell us?
an idea of what will be talked about during that paragraph
What is personification?
When an object is described as if it is a human
Why did the author include a map?
The text on the page tells about Alexander the Great's march through Europe and Asia. The map shows Alexander's empire.
what does continent mean? and what are the 7 continents?
large land mass
North America
South America
Africa
Asia
Antartica
Europe
Australia
What is the order of adjectives?
Number or article, opinion, (size, shape, age, color), material, purpose, noun