6th Grade
When are the 3 times you capitalize a word?
if it is a proper noun, or at the beginning of a sentence, or the beginning of a quote
What are all of these examples of?
on the couch, in the kitchen, under the bed, behind the field, beside my desk, by the front door, near the school, throughout the morning
prepositional phrases
How do you signal to a reader to take a breath when they are reading?
Punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point)
What is a conjunction?
a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence (for, and, but, or, yet, so)
What does PIE stand for?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
What is an adjective?
describes a noun (person, place, or thing)
What is a noun?
a person place or thing
Name 3 different types of figurative language?
Simile, Metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, allusion, idiom
What is a verb?
an action word
What comes at the end of a prepositional phrase?
a comma
What is an adverb?
describes a verb (usually ends in ly)
What is a pioneer?
someone that is the first to do something
What are the 2 parts of a sentence?
subject (who or what the sentence is about) and the predicate (what they are doing/or is happening)
What are the five senses we have that we can add into our writing to add more detail?
Taste, Touch, Smell, See, Hearing
What type of figurative language is "I've told you a million times"?
Hyperbole
What is an anecdote?
a short, personal, and often amusing narrative used to illustrate a specific point
What is a compound sentence?
2 dependent clauses that are combined using a comma and a conjunction
What does it mean to annotate something?
add notes, comments, highlight a text
When are the 2 times you use an apostrophe?
ownership or possession
What type of writing tells a story? (could be fiction or non-fiction?
Narrative
What does it mean to be in chronological order?
it goes in order of time or the sequence of events
What is a claim?
the statement the author is trying to prove in an argumentative essay or opinion writing
What are the different steps in the Design Thinking Process?
Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, Improve, Share
Where in Africa did William Kamkwamba live?
Malawi
What is an affix?
a group of letters added onto a root/base word to change the meaning