Define the Test Taking Vocab Word
Compare
To tell how 2 things are alike
This word means to tell how 2 things are different
Contrast
List 5 of the visualizing and verbalizing words.
These are the words that remind you of what you should be picturing in your mind as you read or listen to something.
what, size, color, number, shape, where, movement, mood, background, perspective, when, sound
Name 3 things you can do to help you remember information.
Ask for it to be repeated
Rehearse the information
Rephrase the information
Chunk the information
Find associations between the information
What is a sentence?
What is a fragment?
Sentence - a complete thought contains a subject and a predicate
Fragment - an incomplete thought (huh??) missing either a subject of a predicate
Define the words noun and verb.
Noun - a person, place, or thing
Verb - an action work
Predict
To make a guess about the future
This word means to put things in groups
Classify
or
Categorize
What are the 3 most important visualizing and verbalizing words?
These are the 3 things that you should ALWAYS try to picture when reading or listening to something.
what
color
movement
Listen to and repeat 4 numbers.
2-7-5-5
Define subject and predicate
subject - who or what the sentence is about
predicate - tells something about the subject contains a verb
Define the words adjective and adverb.
Adjective - describes a noun (big, blue, funny)
Adverb - describes an action word (happily, slowly)
Infer/Inference
To make a best guess based on the evidence and what you already know (prior knowledge)
This word means to tell how or why something happened
Explain
Using the visualizing and verbalizing structure words, create a picture in our minds of the following item:
beach
Answers will vary
Listen to and repeat these 5 words.
comb-snake-camera-book-egg
Are these subjects, fragments, or run-ons?
Promised to pick up eggs
Sara and James and Michele want to go to the party, but Jean doesn't want to go, so I'm not sure if I will go or not, but I will think about it and let you know.
We cancelled the picnic because it was raining.
fragment
run-on
sentence
Give 3 examples of pronouns.
It takes the place of a noun.
I, me, my, mine
you, your, yours
he, him, his,
she, her, hers
it
we, us, our, ours
they, them, their, theirs
Cause and Effect
Cause - the reason why something happens
Effect - the thing that happens
This word means to tell how 2 things connect
Relate
Using the visualizing and verbalizing structure words, explain what this sentence makes you picture in your mind:
The young, red-headed boy pulled on the fishing rod as it bent towards the water.
Answers will vary.
Repeat these 3 numbers in backwards order.
7-3-1
Name at least 5 of the FANBOY conjunctions.
Use one of the FANBOYS conjunctions in a sentence.
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What is a conjunction?
Give 2 examples of conjunctions
A word that connects two words or phrases.
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
if, after, because, although, whereas, unless, since
Justify
To prove why something is right or true
This word means to tell the good and the bad about something
Evaluate
Using the visualizing and verbalizing structure words, explain what you picture in your mind when listening to this paragraph:
Rain finally fell on the dry, red desert. The water soaked into the ground. After a time, yellow and blue flowers popped up throughout the desert. Bees, bugs, and other small animals emerged. Many were drawn to the flowers that popped up after the rain.
Answers will vary.
Listen to these directions and then state what you need to do.
Answer must include:
open social studies school assignment
read p. 1-3
answer questions 1-10 skipping number 8
submit the assignment
Explain the difference between an independent and dependent clause.
Independent clause - a sentence/can stand by itself
Dependent clause - does not express a complete thought/must be joined to another clause
What is a preposition?
Give 2 examples of prepositions.
A word that shows the relationship between a noun and another word in the sentence.
(Anywhere my chicken can go)
above, across, against, after, ahead of, beside, between, behind, below, beneath, by, close to, inside, near, next to, past, off, on, towards, under