Authors sometimes give clues to a difficult words meaning by providing a synonym, antonym or an example in a nearby sentence. We call these clues:
What are context clues?
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1. If a story is profound, it means the story is filled with…
What is meaning?
100
1. Perpetually means….
What is always?
100
1. One way to identify the main idea and details of a non-fiction text is to: Turn section heads into questions, collect important details, answer the question and finally…
What is Determine what is important by deciding what is important to remember from each section?
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1. Another way to create a personal reading journal for a song or poem is to
What are:
1. reread the song lyrics or poem
2.choose a part that is like or unlike a thought, feeling, or experience you have had
3.Write your response to the chosen line(s) in a journal
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2. Aunt Jo was an eccentric dresser. For Example, she mixed and matched colors and styles in a way that people found odd. We can guess that eccentric means unusual because the author gave us this type of context clue.
What is an example?
200
2. Momentous means….
What is extremely important?
200
2. If an idea is innovative, it means the idea is…
What is new and original?
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2. Another way to relate main ideas and details is to: First list the 5 Ws, identify each W, and finally….
What is state the main idea by telling who did what, where, when and why?
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2. She wrote “Strength, Courage, and Wisdom
who is India Arie?
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3. The musician did not brag or boast about her many awards for playing piano. Instead, she was rather shy and demure. We can guess that demure means modest because the author gave this type of context clue.
What is an Antonym clue?
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3. To contemplate means to….
What is consider/think about?
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3. A consequence is…
What is an effect or a result?
300
3. In order to summarize you need to follow these 4 steps.
What are:
1. Think about: Title, genre, and the author.
2.Read a section
3. Note important detail in your own words
4. Sum up the main idea by writing a paragraph?
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3. He learned to write using his left foot
Who is Christy Brown?
400
4. A dog that barks and jumps on tables can exasperate its owner. In other words, the dog can cause the owner to lose all patience. Based on the clues in this sentence, we can guess that exasperate means: train, annoy, excuse, or appreciate.
What is annoy?
400
4. To contend is to…
What is to argue?
400
4. First-person perspective uses the pronouns…
What are I, My, and me?
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4. In order to summarize an interview you need to follow these three steps.
What are:
1. Decide what each question and answer pair in the interview is mostly about.
2. Think about what the ideas mean to you
3. Write each idea in your own words to form a summary?
400
4. They challenged expectations by learning tolerance and connecting their lives to their learning.
Who are the Freedom Writers?
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5.Name three of the nonfiction texts we read in this unit
What are "Strength, Courage, and Wisdom", Freedom Writers Diary, "Success is a Mind-Set", My Left Foot, "Reading, Writing and Recreation", or La Vida Robot?
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5. If a person is disciplined, it means the person is….
What is self-controlled?
500
5. Non-fiction means that the story is….
What is about a real person or event?
500
5. The 3 steps to creating a personal reading journal
What are:
1.Find the main idea and write it down
2. Take nots on important details: write what you think is important to remember.
3. Decide what is important to you and why?
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5. Four Mexican teenagers designed an innovative robot and won a competition in this nonfiction text.