Poetry
A person, place, object or action that stands for something beyond itself
What is a symbol?
Pete called Ted Tuesday afternoon and invited him to come to his house to watch a movie after dinner. It had been a long, boring day, and Ted was excited to have something to do. Once he'd finished eating dinner, he hopped on his bike and pedaled over to Pete's house. The house was dark, and when he rang the bell, there was no answer. Ted turned around, hopped back on his bike, and rode home. Make an inference about why Ted rode home.
What is "Nobody was home."?
There are many different kinds of bears in the world. Black bears live in North America. Grizzly bears also live in North America. They are very dangerous. The white polar bear lives in the Arctic. The biggest bear is the Kodiak bear that is found in Alaska. What is the main idea of this text passage? A. Bears live in North America. B. Bears are dangerous. C. There are many kinds of bears.
What is "C. There are many kinds of bears."?
This prefix means half.
What is hemi?
Use this reference material to find out the statistics on a sports team.
What is making an almanac?
Using language that appeals to the senses helps readers to do this
What is visualize?
Julie and her mother went shopping. First, they went to the bank. Inside the bank there was a large box where money was kept. Julie's mother told Julie not to touch the box or an alarm would go off. Julie touched the box by mistake. Make a prediction about what will happen.
What is "An alarm will go off."?
Bats are fascinating animals. They are not birds, but flying mammals. Some bats eat fruit, and others eat insects. Bats are experts at flying. They use a system called echolocation to fly quickly in the dark. Which is the main idea of this text passage? A. Bats are flying mammals. B. Bats are fascinating animals. C. Some bats eat fruit.
What is "B. Bats are fascinating animals."?
This root word means thousand.
What is kilo?
When a narrator is able to know the thoughts, words and actions of more than one character.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses.
What is imagery?
Tami loved biking. She had biked in all kinds of weather. She had been planning this bike trip for weeks. Today was going to be great. She woke up early and looked out the window. It was raining! Make a prediction about whether or not Tami will go on her bike trip today.
What is "Tami will go on her bike trip even though it is raining."?
Many types of bacteria are helpful. For example, some are able to take nitrogen from the air. They then put it into the soil. This makes the soil better for growing plants. Some bacteria are helpful in making cheese. Other bacteria are helpful in making vinegar. What is the main idea of this text passage? A. Bacteria puts nitrogen from the air into the soil. B. Bacteria helps make food. C. Some types of bacteria helps humans.
What is "C. Some types of bacteria helps humans."?
This root word means the OPPOSITE of BENE (like benevolent, benficial and benefit) - hint bene means "good."
What is mal?
Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers. By using context clues, OBSOLETE means.
What is out of date or no longer used?
The feeling you get after reading something.
What is mood?
There are many different ways of going to school. Some children go to school by radio. The teacher talks to the children over the radio. The children can talk back to the teacher. In some desert countries, children go to school in tents. The people move across the desert, carrying the tent school with them. In some hot countries, children go to school outside all year long. They do not sit in buildings. They sit on the grass. Make an inference about why children in hot countries go to school outside all year long.
What is "It would be too hot to have school inside a building, so they sit on the cool grass."?
Our solar system is very large. It includes the eight planets that turn around the sun. These planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. There are also hundreds of thousands of smaller planets in our system. They are called asteroids. Each asteroid is much smaller than any of the eight large planets. What is the main idea of this text passage? A. Our solar system is made up of the sun, the eight large planets and many asteroids. B. Pluto used to be a planet but now is a dwarf planet. C. There are eight large planets in our solar system.
What is "A. Our solar system is made up of the sun, and the eight large planets and many asteroids."?
This Prefix means "after."
What is post?
Justice is blind, and at times, deaf. is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem:
The Life of a Cupcake
They put me in the oven to bake.
Me, a deprived and miserable cake.
Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.
Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.
They opened the door and I started my life.
Frosting me with a silver knife,
Decorating me with candy jewels.
The rest of my batch looked like fools.
Lifting me up, she took off my wrapper.
Feeling the breeze, I wanted to slap her.
Opening her mouth with shiny teeth inside,
This was the day this cupcake died.
What is A,A,B,B C,C,D,D E,E,F,F
Sparta and Athens were Greek cities. Long ago, the people of both cities sent their children to school. The children learned different things in ways in each city. In Sparta, the children went to school outdoors. They learned how to jump and run. They learned how to dance. They learned how to play many different games. In Athens, only boys went to school. They learned how to read, write, and speak correctly. They learned how to count and use numbers. Make an inference about schooling for girls in Sparta and Athens.
What is "Girls went to school in Sparta but not in Athens."?
Honeybees form large hives. There are thousands of bees in a hive. One bee is the queen. She lays the eggs. Some bees gather nectar and pollen from flowers to make honey. Other bees protect the hive. Some bees keep the hive clean. Still other bees help the queen. Each bee has a special job to do in the bee hive. What is the main idea of this text passage? A. Bees work together to make honey. B. Each bee has a job to do in a beehive. C. The queen is the most important bee.
What is "B. Each bee has a job to do in a beehive."?
This suffix usually indicates that the part of speech of a word is an adverb (adverbs describe verbs) (verbs are action words)
What is LY?
Dinosaurs existed about 250 million years ago to 65 million years ago. This era is broken up into three periods known as the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The Triassic Period lasted for 35 million years from 250-205 million years ago. Planet Earth was a very different place back then. All the continents were united to form one huge land mass known as Pangaea. The Jurassic Period was the second phase. The continents began shifting apart. The time scale for this famous period is from 205 to 138 million years ago. The Cretaceous Period was the last period of the dinosaurs. It spanned a time from 138 million to about 65 million years ago. In this period the continents fully separated. However, Australia and Antarctica were still united. Give the type of text structure used in this paragraph.
What is chronological order?