Reading Skills
What is a nonfiction text mostly about?
Facts or real events
Two part question and DOUBLE POINTS:
What are characters?
Give me 1 example of a character.
Who or what the story is about; usually people or animals.
What is the purpose of a topic sentence?
To tell the reader what they will be reading about introduce the topic).
What is personification?
Giving human traits to animals or objects
Which does your teachers' like more: pizza or tacos?
Mrs. A- Pizza
Mrs. Hemmert- Tacos
What is an inference?
When you use clues from the text and what you already know to figure something out
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
Two part question and DOUBLE POINTS:
What are the 3 ending punctuation marks?
When are each punctuation mark used?
Period- ends a statement
Question Mark- used to ask a question
Exclamation Mark- shows excitement
Is this a simile or a metaphor?
“The classroom was a zoo.”
Metaphor
What are your teachers' favorite season?
Mrs. A- Spring
Mrs. Hemmert- Spring
What is the main idea?
What the text is mostly about.
What is the solution to the problem in a story called?
resolution
What writing organizer did you learn you can make with just a piece of paper and a pencil?
4 Square
“Her smile was as bright as the sun” is an example of what?
Simile
Two part question and DOUBLE POINTS:
How old is Mrs. Hemmert's oldest son?
What special thing did he "only" want on Easter Sunday?
4 years old
blue Easter eggs
What is theme?
the message or lesson that is learned
What is the problem of the story called?
conflict
What is text evidence?
Details, quotes, ideas you can take from a text to support a claim you make.
This is an example of what: Busy bees buzzed by.
An alliteration
What is your teachers' favorite fast food place to eat?
Mrs. A- Subway
Mrs. Hemmert- McDonald's
What do we call the person who tells the story?
Narrator
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Name 3 story elements.
characters, setting, conflict, resolution, events, climax
How are an informational and opinion essay different?
Information is teaching on a subject.
Opinion is using facts to prove a point or give an opinion on an idea.
This is an example of what: “I’ve told you a million times to clean your room.”
Hyperbole
How long have Mrs. Hemmert and Mrs. A known each other?
11 months