What's the Main Idea
Anything you can do I can do better
I Infer
Tone and Mood
Who is it?
100

This is what a story or text is MOSTLY about.

What is the Main Idea?

100

Complete the sentence: I read both books and thought the second book was 

What is funnier?

100

When you use details or evidence in a text to draw a conclusion, you _______

What is infer?

100

The author's attitude toward the story

What is Tone?

100

This person is always playing chef in the kitchen and constantly eating SOMETHING

Who is Kason?

200

These support the Main Idea

What are details?

200

Complete the sentence: The first pillow was too hard, so I chose the _____ one.

What is softer?

200

Inferencing means

What is using the text and prior knowledge to make a conclusion?

200

How the story makes you feel

What is mood?

200

This person NEVER comes to Virtual Zoom Meetings on Tuesday

Who is Derion?

300

This is the topic that is being discussed:

a) What is the Main Idea

b) What are the Details

c) What is the Subject

What is... c) What is the Subject?

300

Complete the sentence: My dog is fluffier _____ Milo's dog.

What is than?

300

When you 'read between the lines' you _______.

a)make an educated guess about things that are written down

b)look for the very small print in between the lines of the book

c) read two things at once

What is... a) make an educated guess about thing that are written down

300

Which of the following is NOT a kind of negative tone?

a) angry                 c) cynical

b) excited               d) harsh

What is....b) harsh
300

This person is a motherlike figure to her friends

Who is Tacori?

400

The Main Idea of a book is "plants need sunlight to grow." Which of these is a detail that supports the Main Idea?

a)My favorite plant is the Venus flytrap

b) There are many different species of plants on the Eart

c)Plants that get more sunlight grow taller than plants that sit in the dark.

What is... c) Plants that get more sunlight grow taller than plants that sit in the dark?

400

Kiesha and Diego have heavy backpacks.  How could you say that your backpack weighs the most?

What is "My backpack is the heaviest"?

400

It is snowing. Your friend Justina is coming to sleepover.  She texts you that she's on her way but will be late.  What is the BEST inference you could make?

What is traffic is slow due to the weather or she is trying to be careful getting to your house.

400

Which words and phrases from the following sentence best shows you tone? "The waste of a movie really destroyed my Saturday"

a) "waste" and "destroyed"          c)"that" and "my"

b) "movie" and "of a"                  d) "really" and "Saturday"

What is... a)"waste" and "destroyed"

400
This is the most recent person to join our Dreamworks class

Who is Jeniya?

500

Which question would be MOST helpful for figuring out the main idea of a book?

a) What is the main thing the author wants to say?

b) Who is the author?

c) What else do I know?

What is... a) What is the main thing the author wants to say?

500

Compete the sentence: All three books were interesting, but I thought the third was

What is the most interesting?

500

James is standing near the corner when a bus roars by.  James yelps and runs after it, waving his arms frantically.  The BEST inference you can make is that James ________.

What is James wanted to ride that bus OR James missed the bus?

500

Which word best describes the tone of the following sentence: "The stunning poem that opens this lovely collection is rich with imagery and language"

a)admiring           c)sad

b)bitter                d) hopeful

What is... a)admiring?
500

This person often visits our Virtual Zoom meetings and called himself "Free Daddy" during one of our Kahoot games.

Who is Mr. Walker?