Review
What is 1st person point of view?
The narrator is a character in the story and uses I, Me, My, Are, We, and Us.
1. What should you do on a test when it asks you to find the best summary of the selection?
2. True or False: A summary tells opinions.
1.You should label the answer choice with a BME to show beginning, middle, and end.
2.False
What does a descriptive text structure do?
Give an example.
describes characteristics of something
What is a homonym?
Give 2 examples that are not on the anchor chart.
Words that have different meanings but sound the same or spelled the same
Kate’s mother has three children: Snap, Crackle and ___?
Kate
What is 2nd person point of view?
Asks the reader questions and uses YOU.
Finish this sentence: Parenthesis should always come in _____________.
Correct this sentence:
He actually came to school today (though he was 30 minutes late.
pairs
He actually came to school today (though he was 30 minutes late).
What does the Chronological order/Sequence text structure do?
Give an example.
tells the order of step or events
What text structure is this?
When I got home from school after a long boring day, I took out the peanut butter, jelly, and bread. After taking the lid off of the jars, I spread the peanut butter on one side of the bread and the jelly on the other, and then I put the two pieces of bread together. After that, I enjoyed it while watching “Cops” on the TV. I swear, that was the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich I ever ate.
Sequence
I have a tail and a head, but no body. What am I?
a coin
What is third person point of view?
The story is told by a narrator not in the story and uses He, She, and They.
How do you make an inference?
what you know + what we learned=an inference
What does a compare and contrast text structure do?
Give an example.
discusses similarities and differences of two or more things
What text structure is the following passage?
Tigers are disappearing at an alarming rate. To help save the tigers you can contact your congress person or donate to tiger charities.
When Grant was 8, his brother was half his age. Now, Grant is 14. How old is his brother?
His brother is 10. Half of 8 is 4, so Grant’s brother is 4 years younger. This means when Grant is 14, his brother is still 4 years younger, so he’s 10.
Without using the dictionary, what does the word conclude mean?
Example: After being caught with red stained fingers, the teacher concluded that the student was eating Hot Cheetos during class.
arrive at a judgment or opinion by reasoning
1.How do you use context clues?
2.What should you always do last?
1. Read the surrounding text and make an iference
2. Look in the DICTIONARY
What does a cause and effect text structure do?
Give an example.
the text explains how an event (cause) and the results of this event (effects)
There are many types of chocolate, but my two favorite chocolates are dark and milk chocolate. Both chocolates are sweet and melt in you mouth. However, dark chocolate is more bitter than milk chocolate because it contains more cocoa powder.
Compare and contrast
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold.
Add punctuation into the following sentence:
Come to my game after school Devon demanded.
"Come to my game after school," Devon demanded.
or
"Come to my game after school!" Devon demanded.
How can I combine these two complete sentences?
Sarah wanted to go to the mall. Her mom would not let her.
Sarah wanted to go to the mall, but her mom would not let her.
What does a problem solution text structure do?
Give an example.
the text explains a problem and how it was solved
What text structure is the following passage an example of?
Trash is in our oceans. This causes many different types of marine animals to become injured from the debris in the water. Trash is also eaten by many animals, which eventually causes them to die of starvation.
Cause and effect
You buy me to eat, but you never eat me. What am I?
A fork or silverware