ELA 1
A root word is...
What is a word that stands alone - with no prefixes or suffixes?
Bonus- Give an example of a root word then add a prefix or suffix to it
These are: " "
What are quotation marks?
The Greek root aqua means
What is water?
Every complete sentence needs what?
Subject and predicate
How an author feels about a topic.
What is author's point of view (perspective)?
If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is it third-person or first-person?
What is third-person point of view?
Give an example of a verb
What is run, skip, walk, jump, etc?
The prefix bi- in bicycle means that a bicycle has ___ wheels.
What is two or 2?
Write a simile
any correct simile gets points
Add a conjunction.
Brandon won a giant stuffed animal _____ a beach ball at the carnival.
What is and?
Identify the error in this sentence:
jamari likes to swim, ride bikes and read books
What is Jamari should be capitalized?
Jamari likes to swim, ride bikes, and read books.
The verb in the following sentence is?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
What is slithered?
If the prefix -un means not, what does unavailable mean?
What is, not able to do something
What types of words do you capitalize? Give 3 examples.
Proper nouns.
Example: Portland, California, Mt. Hood
When a story is written by someone about someone else's life, what genre is that?
biography
The theme of this paragraph?
Jordan was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
What is honesty?
What is integrity?
Aubri assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
The word assumed means
What is suspected or guessed?
The text structure to put events in order is know as
What is sequence or chronological?
Write an example of hyperbole
any correct hyperbole gets points
Compare and Contrast Mr. Patterson and Ms. Hardy. Give 3 examples
answers will vary
Details that help support a main idea are called____.
What are supporting details?
What does an adjective do and give at least one example.
Describes something.
Examples: clean, dirty, tall, short
I was bending over backwards to please my new teacher. The idiom "bending over backwards" means
What is really trying hard to please?
Name 3 of Mr. Patterson's favorite things
if you get my favorite food correct +600 instead of 500
What inference can you make about what Errol hit?
Errol swung the stick. He heard the whoosh of air, and his friends' laughter. Errol swung again. More air, more laughter. On the third swing, he heard a loud thump. Errol ripped off his blindfold. The piñata was still in one piece, but the tree's bark had a big dent in it.
Errol hit the tree instead of the piñata.