5th grade Writing
What is the first paragraph of an essay called?
Introduction
What are the five text structures?
Problem/Solution
Cause and effect
Compare and Contrast
Chronological
Descriptive/description
Based on the prefix micro- and the root scope, this is what a microscope is used to observe
What are objects that are smaller than the eye can see?
What career did George Washington have before coming to America?
He was a British soldier
Fact or opinion:
Williamsburg is everyone's favorite attraction.
Opinion
What punctuation belongs around words that are spoken?
Use the school term, not "talking marks"
Quotations
What is the text structure for the passage below:
It is important to know what to do in a hurricane. First, you should make sure that your family and house are protected. Next, you need to make sure you have the neccessary supplies like flashlights, water, and so on.Finally you should listen carefully to the news and weather reports for the latest updates. Those are the steps for preparing for a hurricane.
Chronological
This figure of speech is being used in this sentence “The boy felt like a lion because he was so courageous”
What is a Simile?
True or False, Christopher Columbus discovered America
False.
What is an inference?
prediction, informed guess
What is included in a writing plan?
Intro
Topic 1 details a, b
Topic 2 details a, b
Topic 3 details a, b
Conclusion
What text feature describes a picture?
a caption
This is the part of speech that functions as a connector between two sentences, clauses, phrases, or words
What is a conjunction?
What is the Triangular Trade?
The trade route between Britain, Africa and America, used to transport necessary goods and slaves
What is a theme?
The moral or lesson learned from a story
How many paragraphs are in an essay?
five
What genre are most text features found in and why?
Non-fiction, to give additional information to help the reader understand more clearly what the passage is about.
This is the suffix of the words Outage, Salvage, Drainage and Marriage
What is -age
Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Pennsylvania
What is an apostrophe
shows possession and identifies how a person speaks eliminating certain sounds in a word, creating a contraction
What is a "prompt"?
Topic you are asked to write about
What text structure uses the words:
issue
delima
solve
challenge
outcome
Problem/solution
This is what you call a story you write about your own life.
What is an Autobiography
This is what you call when a large group of people move from one country to live in another
What is Immigration
What describes a verb
adverb
What should be included in an introduction?
Prompt, 3 reasons, hook
What text structure is mostly used in history?
Chronological
This is being compared in the following metaphor:
Time is money
What is time and money?
These people were forced to leave their homes in America and walked “The Trail of Tears”.
Who are the Cherokees
In this game, you can build in wood, brick, or metal. You have a maximum of 100 health and 100 shield.
What is Fortnite?
What is included in a conclusion?
Topic, 3 reasons, summary and /or po3werful statement
What text feature shows a small passage placed inside the story, giving related information?
Sidebar
This is a word that is used to describe a person, place, thing, or idea
What is an adjective?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Our country’s flag has 13 stripes. What do the 13 stripes represent?
What is the original 13 colonies?
A pickle is actually this type of vegetable that has been “pickled” using vinegar and salt
What are Cucumbers
What is the step after writing your conclusion (your essay is complete)?
Edit
What text structure uses the words:
difference
similiar
both
one
Compare and Contrast
This is what we call a short statement of the main points of a story.
What is a Summary?
What are the Bill of Rights and why were they created?
to ensure that every American has certain rights that can never be taken away from them.
The right to vote
freedom of speech
Freedom to meet and peacefully protest
religious freedom
right to bare arms
What are 2 words that sound the same but have different meanings
homonyms
homophones
What is the first sentence of each body paragraph start with (after you indent, what do you write)?
Transition Word
What text feature lists what's in the text in abc order in the back of a text
index
The order in which things begin and end using words like First, next, then, finally.
What is sequence of events
This President's famous speech starts with "Four score and seven years ago..."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What everyone always looks forward to on February 30th
What is nothing, there is no 30th of February on our calendar?
True or False
When writing a text based essay, you should not write about what was read, you need to write yo9ur opinion and connections to the text ONLY.
False
Text-based means MOST of what you write about should come from the text either paraphrasing or by directly quoting the passage!
What structure uses the key words:
because
as a result
Cause and Effect
When an object or animal is given human characteristics
Personification
The American Civil War was fought between which two groups?
What is the North (Union) vs. South (Confederacy)
What should you do to be prepared to do YOUR VERY BEST tomorrow?
Good night's sleep, go to bed early, eat breakfast, relax
During the test:
relax, close read, you can write on your test, #summaries, identify key words for each question, look up the answer, IN THE TEXT, read each answer, slash trash by using x or a checkmark after each choice, make the best informed choice, bubble in completely!!!