Greek/Latin Roots
What does the prefix "un" mean?
not
The ______ is what the text is mostly about.
main idea
The ______ is the message or the moral of the story
theme
What is the structure of a drama? (There should be two answers)
Make 1 correction:
The other day, i went to the mall.
The other day, I went to the mall.
Authors will always provide ________ to support their main idea.
evidence
Something that is not explicitly said in a text, that can be determined by using background knowledge and evidence from the text
inference
What is the structure of poetry? (There should be 2 answers)
They are divided into stanzas, which are then divided into lines.
Make 2 corrections:
Will you, Jamie take this to the office.
Will you, Jamie, take this to the office?
If you take a "transcontinental" trip, what kind of trip are you taking?
List all 5 text structures
chronology, cause and effect, problem and solution, comparison, description
When a character tells the story from his/her own point of view, the story is written in _____.
first person
True or False: Poetry will always rhyme
False
Make 3 corrections.
I cant beleave that its almost summer!
I can't believe that it's almost summer!
The roots "co/com" mean "together/with. What roots mean "against/opposite"?
contra/counter
Read the paragraph. What is the text structure?
Onions can come in many different colors. They could be white, yellow, and purple. Some onions are sweet, and some are more salty. When people cut onions, they usually tear up because of the odor. Many people love cooking with onions!
description
Read the passage. What is the theme?
A group of 20 kids wanted to make egg casserole breakfasts to donate to the local food pantry. When everyone arrived, they all started working on their own egg casserole. Kids were waiting on one another to get their needed ingredients, and found themselves bumping into one another as they worked on their own recipes. One kid finally said "Hey everyone, lets try setting up an assembly line." Everyone agreed that was a great idea. It took a few minutes to develop the assembly line, but once it got started it was so much more efficient! It didn't take much longer for all of the egg casseroles to be assembled, baked, wrapped, and ready to be delivered.
theme: it's better to work together
What is always the first line of a play/drama?
The Cast of Characters
Make 4 corrections
After the game we should go too get sum food?
After the game, we should go to get some food.
When we add ____ to the end of a word, it changes the meaning to "a person who..."
ian/or
During the 1960s, American astronauts were celebrities. Alan Sheppard and John Glenn, two of the first Americans in space, were given parades in New York. Until then, this honor was saved for sports stars or war heroes. After returning from the moon in 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts got a huge parade too. In addition, many people watched space launches on TV. Space missions had some of the highest TV ratings of the 1960s, showing the popularity of astronauts and space during that time.
Astronauts were very popular during the 1960s
Read the passage. What is the theme?
Mallory was upset with herself. When she started the test, she was nervous that everything she studied would be forgotten. Therefore, she only skimmed the directions. Because she didn't read the directions carefully, she missed the fact that there was a second step to be completed for every question. When her teacher returned the test, Mallory was shocked to see that she had earned a failing grade. She had answered every single question correctly, but had failed to do the second task. This was the first, and last, time that Mallory ever skimmed the directions.
theme: pay attention to the work you are doing
In dramas, what are the words that are italicized and in parenthesis?
Example: (it would look something like this)
stage directions
Make 5 corrections:
Today were going to the zoo! i think it will be fun. Neither my best friend or my brother like the giraffes, but they our my favorite.
Today, we're going to the zoo! I think it will be fun. Neither my best friend nor my brother like the giraffes, but they are my favorite.