using other words in a sentence to determine the meaning of an unknown word
What are context clues?
100
In this excerpt, the writer had a horrible first grade teacher who called him stupid. His reading experience made him not enjoy reading until he read something for fun.
Who is Kevin Clarke?
100
The first sentence of a paragraph that introduces the topic
What is a topic sentence?
200
make something clear
What is clarity?
200
reading with speed, accuracy, and expression
What is fluency?
200
Creating a picture in your head of what you are reading
What is visualizing?
200
This writer enjoys comic books because he made connections to the heroes in the stories & enjoyed the visualization of the texts.
Who is Sharon Cho?
200
the 3 sentences in a paragraph that support the main topic of the paragraph
What are supporting sentences?
300
thinking about our thinking
What is metacognition?
300
full of meaning; to show emotion while reading
What is expressiveness?
300
anything that keeps you from reading
ex. phones, hard words, distractions
What are roadblocks?
300
This writer found power in literacy and now continues to go back to where he grew up to inspire others to read and write.
Who is Sherman Alexie?
300
the sentence in a paragraph that wraps it up and transitions to the next paragraph
What is a conclusion sentence?
400
continue to do over and over again despite difficulties
What is persistence?
400
to go over something; check it out for the first time
What is preview?
400
thinking "why?" or "who?" or "what?" or "how?"...
What is asking questions?
400
Our reasons for wanting to do something
What is motivation?
400
A group of sentences organized by topic or ideas
What is a paragraph?
500
background knowledge or information
What is schema?
500
the lesson a text teaches you; the overall meaning
What is theme?
500
taking what you know and relating it to the text
What is making connections?
500
How we feel about or toward something
What is attitude?
500
Re-reading what you've wrote and identifying ways to make it better