Strategies
This is also called annotating.
What are side notes?
Hydro/Aqua
What is water?
The snow blanketed the earth.
What is a metaphor?
I need this to support my claim.
What is text evidence?
My mom wanted me to go with her, but i wanted to stay home.
What is capitalize I?
Breaking up a text into smaller pieces, usually by paragraph.
What is chunking?
Star
What is astro?
He fell like a sack of potatoes!
What is a simile?
This word should always be capitalized, no matter where it appears in a sentence.
What is "I?"
He didn't see me but I saw him.
What is add a comma before but?
These are the items that help you understand the text, but are not in the body of writing.
What are text features?
Mis, un, non all mean this.
What is not?
The students stormed in stating they were angry.
How will I know when the thought ends if you don't use this?
What is end punctuation/period?
I love nyc!
What is capitalize NYC?
If it is implied, then you have to do this.
The mal in Maleficent!
What is bad?
There were a million cars off the road on the way in this morning.
What is hyperbole?
I need these if I take the words from the text exactly as they are written.
What are quotation marks?
Mr Scharmack didn't assign homework?
What is put a period after Mr.?
Using the sentences around a word to figure out what it means.
What are context clues?
This means the study of and it comes at the end of the word.
What is -ology?
The car coughed and sputtered to life.
What is personification?
Always go back to this if you are unsure of an answer.
What is the text?
Incredibly my mom didn't take ground me!
What is put a comma after incredibly?