Vocabulary
T/F: The STAAR test has a built-in dictionary for you to use?
TRUE.
What's the difference between a simile and metaphor?
A simile compares two things by using like or as, but a metaphor compares two things WITHOUT using like or as.
T/F: I should not take notes on each story.
FALSE!
What's the correct way to write the sentence below:
1- Me and Cindy decided to travel to Mexico.
2- Me and Cindy desided to travel to Mexico.
3- Cindy. And I went to Mexico.
4- Cindy and I decided to go to Mexico
4. Cindy and I decided to go to Mexico.
What's the difference between theme and main idea?
Theme: The lesson learned in a text.
Main Idea: What the text is mostly about.
What is dialogue?
DOUBLE POINTS: How do you know when dialogue is occuring?
Dialogue is when characters in a text are speaking.
Quotation Marks.
What is the literal meaning of the figurative language used below:
After math class, Chou's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test.
1. Chou had a headache.
2. Chou was confident.
3. Chou was feeling confused
4. Chou is thinking about science class
1. Chou was feeling confused.
Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.
What is the main idea?
1. Soccer is important at the Olympics.
2. Soccer is also called football.
3. Soccer is a worldwide sport.
4. Soccer is played by men and women.
Soccer is a worldwide sport.
What is the correct way to write the sentence below?
1- We went to Austin Texas on Friday May 21.
2- We went to Austin, Texas on Friday, May 21.
3- We went to Austin, Texas on Friday May, 21.
4- We went to Austin, Texas on Friday, May 21?
2- We went to Austin, Texas on Friday, May 21.
List 5 reasons why author's write.
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Explain
Describe
Cathryn carried the delicate china to the table very carefully. What does delicate mean?
fragile, easily breakable or damaged
What is personification?
When the author gives human like qualities to something that is nonhuman.
The ocean is another world and is teeming with an abundance of plants and animal life. One of the most unusual creatures living there is the seahorse. Once a female seahorse becomes pregnant, the female transfers her eggs into the father's pouch. He then carries them inside of his body for weeks. Once the babies are fully developed, it is the father rather than the mother that gives birth to the babies.
According to the text, why are are seahorses unsual?The fathers give birth
What's the best way to revise this sentence:
Now they know we are strong, we are wise, and they know we’re kind.
Now they know we are strong, wise, and kind.
What am I?
I’m pinched and I’m pinched, and I’m saved and I’m earned. I get lost, I get found, but I’m rarely returned.
I make wishes come true when I’m tossed in a well. And I’m all that thoughts cost, but they’re still a tough sell.
There’s a Lane named for me in a cool Beatles song. Of course, girls have been named after me all along.
I look great in a loafer but I make a cheap tip. And when I must make hard decisions… I flip!
A penny
Dylan goes to the Air and Space Museum every chance he gets because he is fascinated by planes. What does fascinated mean?
The room became an icebox every time the air conditioning went on.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm
I’ve heard it in the chilliest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity
It asked a crumb of me
What line in the poem shows that hope is everywhere?
1- Hope is the thing with feathers
2- And sore must be the storm
3- I’ve heard it on the chilliest land
4- It asked a crumb of me
Hope is the thing with feathers
(1) Then, we decided to go down the hill together. (2) Amy sat in the front, and I sat in the back. (3) We pushed off together and started to go down the hill. (4) The sled was going so fast that it was hard to steer. (5) Then CRASH! We ran into a bush!
Andrea wants to use a more accurate word than go in sentence 3. Which of the following could BEST replace this word?
1- creep
2- run
3- walk
4- zoom
4- zoom
We have celebrated Independence Day with a fireworks show on the first Saturday of July ever since our town was incorporated in 1963. This celebration has brought together the old and the young alike in a mutual display of patriotism and national pride. We regret to inform you that due to problems with the budget, there will be no fireworks show this year... unless we can raise the $20,000 to pay for the show. You can help by donating your old knickknacks. We are having a charity garage sale this Saturday and all proceeds will go toward the fireworks show. If you do not have any knickknacks, we will also accept money, printer cartridges, and old cell phones. Together, we can keep these hard times from becoming bad times.
What is the text structure for the above passage?
Problem and Solution
Now, six years later, Michelle was attempting to capture a sunset for a local photography contest. She groaned as storm clouds rolled in before the sun had a chance to cast its vibrant colors across the sky.
Read the dictionary entry.
capture \'kap-cher\ v
1. to gain control by force 2. to hold someone's interest 3. to take an opponent's piece in a game 4. to preserve a mood, scene, or quality
Which definition best matches the way capture is used in the paragraph?
4. to preserve a mood, scene, or quality
The boys ran down the stairs and slid around the corner. Dad raised his arms and called "Hold your Horses!"
What does it mean to "Hold your horses?"
Slow down.
The exterior of the seahorse’s body is covered with a bony structure that stretches from the top of its head to the tip of its tail. This outer shell is used to protect a seahorse from harm much like how the hard outer shell protects the internal organs of a beetle. Resembling that of a monkey, a seahorse’s tail curls easily and is used for grabbing objects. Despite the tail and its name, this creature is not actually related to horses.
Why did the author describe a beetle shell in the text?
1- to explain how both animals are different
2- to tell why seahorses have long tails at the ends of their bodies
3- to better assist the reader in imagining what a seahorse looks like
4- to show you how seahorse are similar to monkeys
Write the sentence correctly:
The student study diligently for they’re exam tomorow.
The student studies diligently for their exam tomorrow.
or
The students study diligently for their exam tomorrow.
What should you do when asked to compare and contrast two texts?
1. Label the questions
2. Read passage 1
3. Answer the quetions for passage 1
4. Read passage 2
5. Answer the questions for passage 2
6. Compare and Contrast both passages by creating a Venn Diagram
7. Answer the last questions