ELA Terms
What is a claim?
Argument being made
Bandwagon
Doing it because everyone else is
Giraffe
Ms. Patterson's favorite color is...
GREEN
Which bug has teeth?
Mosquitos
Restate the previous point
Argument going against the claim
What animal can look two ways at the same time?
Chameleon
Ms. Gray is allergic to...
Fruit!!!
How do bees communicate with one another?
Dancing
What is needed to make an independent clause?
Sentence with a subject and verb
Semicolon does what?
Joins 2 COMPLETE sentences
What animal pollinates banana plants in the wild?
Bats!
Are Ms. Patterson & Ms. Gray related?
NO
What insect is the fastest runner?
Cockroach!
Name 3 ways to EDIT your paper and make it better
Capitalization, Verbs/Nouns are correct, punctuation check, spelling check
Revision is...
Adding, removing, moving, or substituting to make your writing better!
Which of these animals can freeze without dying?
Frogs!
Teachers hate when students...
ASK THE SAME QUESTION MULTIPLE TIMES
How many stomachs do ants have?
When 2 things are put together to show their differences
A S.C.R is...
A short constructed response that needs R.A.C.E
Which animal has rectangular pupils?
Goats!
Teachers LOVE when students...
Turn in work on time, enter class quietly, or speak to them in the hallways!
Butterflies taste with their
Feet