Text Feature Skills
Vocabulary Skills
Reading Comprehension Skills
Speaking Skills
Genre Skills
100
What is that called?
a chart or graph
100
What is the root word in:
disfunctional
function
100
What does it mean when I ask you to "Make a predication?"
I want you to make a guess about what will happen next in the story.
100
Tell me all about your favorite animal. What is it and why do you like it?
Answers will vary
100
What is historical fiction?
It is a made up story with some true facts from history.
200
What is that called?
a title or a heading
200
Give me an example of an idiom.
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200
Why should you "reread" a story?
You reread to pick up more details that you might have missed the first time that you read the story.
200
Tell me all about your favorite food. What is it and why do you like it?
Answers will vary.
200
What is a biography?
A biography is a true story about someone's life, told by another person.
300
What is that called?
a caption
300
What is a context clue and how can it help you while reading?
You look for context clues in the words and sentences around a word that you do not know. It helps you to understand words that you otherwise would not.
300
What does it mean to "compare and contrast"? Give me an example.
You compare how to things are similar and show how two things are different.
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300
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
Answers will vary.
300
Describe the two different types of nonfiction.
Narrative nonfiction tells a true story and expository text gives facts and information about a topic.
400
What is that called?
a diagram
400
My incredible family traditionally eats turkey for Thanksgiving.
Identify the prefix, the suffix, and the compound word in the sentence above.
IN -credible (prefix)
tradition - ALLY (suffix)'
Thanks giving (compound word)
400
What is "problem and solution"? Give me an example of a story that we have read that shows "problem and solution."
A character has a problem they must solve. They create a solution to solve the problem.
"Rocketing into Space" --James Lovell had to solve several problems.
400
If you could snap your fingers and be the best in the world at something, what would it be?
(eg, best basketball player, best piano player, best doctor...etc.)
answers will vary.
400
Name four elements or types of poetry.
rhyme, rhythm, lines, stanzas, free verse, rhyming, narrative...etc.
500
Name 5 text features that we use in expository text.
maps, photographs, headings, subheadings, captions, charts, diagrams...etc.
500
Explain why it's helpful to use figurative language like idioms, metaphors, and similes in our writing.
It helps to compare things and create mental images for things we might have a hard time describing otherwise.
500
Tell me about "point of view." Give me an example of a character's point of view.
Point of view is the opinion/perspective of a character in a story. The point of view of the boy in "The Camping Trip" was that he felt embarrassed after thinking a little lizard was a rattlesnake.
500
What is the best part about being a kid?
Answers will vary.
500
Compare and contrast myths with fantasy fiction.
Compare:
Both are made up stories
Both have crazy things and creatures that could not actually exist.
Contrast:
Fantasy has no basis in truth at all, while myths are supposed to tell you the history of how something came to be.