Academic Words
Main Idea
Text Features
Context Clues
Character Traits
100

Define the word couple

Couple is a pair

100

What is the meaning of Main Idea?

what the story is mostly about

100

Where is the Glossary found

Back of the book

100

The long hike up the mountain was grueling.

fun

hard

pretty

loud


100

What are the two things we do to determine character traits?

What the Character does and says.

200

What does complete mean?

The final project; end

200

Name at least 3 ways you can determine the main idea of a story?

title

pictures

repeated word

200

Where is the Table of Contents located?

In the front of the book

200

The aroma of happy spray make me feel more awake.

taste

look

smell

fun

200

What Character trait means when the person can't get enough money and wants more?

Greedy

300

What do we do in writing when we check each other's work?

edit

300

What is the main idea for "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark"


Scary Stories

300

What is a description under a picture called?

What is a caption

300

They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby.  They couldn't stop smiling for days.

Based on the context clues in the sentence below, ecstatic means:

Nervous

Discouraged

Excited

Relieved



300

Is miserable a positive or a negative trait?

What is negative

400

Things Mr. B can play 

What is an instrument

400

 If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!
What is the main idea?

Sometimes people feel sad.

You should do good things for others.

We're not always happy.

There are many ways to make yourself feel better. 


400

Helps the reader see where the places in the passage are in relation to the geographic regions of the world


What are maps

400

 Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?

can you help me

her father walked in 

sounding annoyed, too

relaxing with a magazine

400

Is polite character trait negative or positive

What is positive

500

What is the same as your surroundings?

What is area?

500

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

Who is the main character?

What is one important detail?

What is the main event?

What point is the author trying to make?

500

 This is an example of a 

graph

500

 Again they searched meticulously, but no keys.  Where could they be?  They've looked EVERYWHERE! 

If you did something meticulously, you would be-

feeling silly.

working very carefully.

trying to finish quickly.

trying to find something.

500

What part of speech do we used to describe a character inside and outside?

What are adjectives