In order to find the main idea of a passage, you first must look here. Name all three to get the points.
What is the first sentence, last sentence, and title.
What two things do you need to make an inference?
What is background knowledge and information from the text?
What is the meaning of the prefix: un-
Examples: unhealthy, unhappy, unable
Un- means NOT
Using context clues and word parts to help you, what part of speech is the following word: (ominous) The blackened sky appeared ominous, and we all ran inside for cover.
Ominous is an adjective.
What does it mean to "visualize" while you read? How can this help you understand a story?
Visualizing means to make a picture in your head. This helps to understand and remember a story.
I picked up a woozle and turned it around. It was slippery, wiggly, and goopidy goopy. What part of speech is a "woozle"? How do you know?
Woozle is a nonsense word used as a NOUN. Nouns have an article (a, an, the) before it and the sentence states that it can be touched and manipulated. For these reasons, I know it's a noun.