6th Grade ELA 1
6th Grade ELA 2
6th Grade ELA 3
6th Grade ELA 4
6th Grade ELA 5
100
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
100
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
100
What is a claim or thesis statement?
a statement that tells what a writing will be about
100
What sentence can you read to quickly determine what a paragraph is about?
topic sentence - the first one
100
What is the theme of a story?
the lesson or moral of a story
200
The problem of the story
conflict
200
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
200
Why is it important to read?
Reading exercises your brain muscles! It helps you to build your vocabulary and improve your communication skills.
200
She is busy as a bee.
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
She
200
What is text evidence?
Evidence you can pull directly from the passage to back you up
300
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
300
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
300
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
300
What should be included in a summary?
Short version on main ideas and key details on the text. It should be in the same order as the text and free of opinions or personal bias.
300
Name as many types of figurative language as you can.
idiom, simile, hyperbole, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia
400
Which word in the sentence is the pronoun:
"Mrs. Salonga was so excited to teach her students this new math."
her
400
What a nonfiction text is mostly about?
Facts or real events
400
What is a verb?
An action or something you can do
400
What are the verbs in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
watched and play
400
Name 3 adjectives
description words
500
List as many testing strategies as you can!
context clues, text evidence, elimination, inferencing, reread
500
What is at the top? The climax or the resolution?
Climax
500
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
500
What type of text structure would most likely be used in a text explaining the dangers of balloons?
cause and effect
500
What are the three types of author's purpose?
persuade, inform, entertain