Reading
What is theme?
The moral or the lesson of the story.
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
A simple sentence requires what?
1) Subject
2) Verb
3) Complete Thought
Simple or Compound?
I ate pizza.
Simple
What does conclusion mean?
the ending of a story
Is "I think green beans taste terrible" an example of a fact or an opinion?
Opinion
What part of speech is the Italic word?
The pepperoni pizza was my favorite.
adjective
This requires 2 complete sentences and a FANBOY
Compound sentence
What does setting mean?
where and when the story takes place
What is a context clue?
Hints or clues found within a passage that can help the reader to understand the meaning(s) of new words.
What part of speech is the Italic word?
She wrote a story about her family.
verb
Name 3 FANBOYS
Any 3 of:
For
And
Nor-or-or
But
Or
Yet
So
What does Main Idea mean?
What is a verb?
an action word
Are the words listed synonyms or antonyms?
dark and light
antonyms
answers will vary.
What is a inference?
A guess using evidence from the text and your background knowledge or schema.
Fix this sentence
julie asked are we going to the zoo the store or the mall
Julie asked, "Are we going to the zoo, the store, or the mall?"
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence
There,They're or Their going to the store.
They're
Simple or Compound?
I ran three miles, and then I was starving.
Compound
What do you call an alphabetical list of key names and terms used in a book? (hint it is located in the very back of a book)
An index
What is it called when you put a space at the start of a new paragraph?
indent
What do we call two words being combined into one word using an apostrophe to stand for the missing letters.
contraction
Come up to the board and write your own compound sentence.
Answers will vary.