Story Detectives
What do we call the people or animals who take part in a story?
What are characters?
What does the prefix un- usually mean?
What is not or the opposite of?
Maya grabbed an umbrella before leaving the house. What can you infer about the weather?
What is it might be raining?
What is the main idea of a nonfiction text?
What is what the text is mostly about?
What is the setting of a story?
What are the time and place where the story happens?
What is no?
Jake's stomach growled as he stared at the pizza. What can you infer?
What is Jake is hungry?
What do we call facts, examples, and details that support the main idea?
What is supporting evidence/details?
What is the main problem that a character faces called?
What is the conflict?
What does the word predict mean?
What is to make a reasonable guess about what will happen?
Emma walked into the room and everyone yelled, "Surprise!" What can you infer is happening?
What is a surprise party?
Which text feature helps you quickly find where a topic is discussed in a book?
What is the table of contents?
What do we call the events that happen in a story, in order?
What is the plot?
If something is enormous, is it tiny, average-sized, or huge?
What is huge?
Marcus studied his spelling words every night. On Friday, he smiled when he saw his test. What can you infer?
What is Marcus feels prepared/confident?
What text feature explains what a difficult word means?
What is a glossary?
If a character learns to be more responsible after making a mistake, what does this tell you about the character?
What is that the character changed or grew?
In the sentence, "The puppy was famished after running all afternoon," what does famished most likely mean?
What is very hungry?
A character keeps trying to solve a difficult puzzle even after getting several answers wrong. What character trait does this most strongly show?
Why might an author include a diagram in a nonfiction book?
What is to help explain or show information visually?