5th Grade ELA
Test Taking Strategies
5th Grade ELA
5th Grade ELA
Totally Random
100

What are the people in stories referred to as?

what are characters?

100

How many hours of sleep should you get the night before the test?

What is 8 hours?

100

This is when 2 words means the same thing

**Bonus for an example and/or the opposite one**

 What is a synonym?

*Bonus- happy/joyful OR antonym 

100

These go round and round.

What is the wheels on the bus?

100

What is my boyfriends job?

**Bonus for his name**

Navy pilot

**Garrett

200

What is the introduction of a text?

It gives you information on what you're about to read

200

What time should you get to school on test days? 

What is no later than 8:00am
200

This figure of speech is being used in this sentence “The boy felt like a lion because he was so courageous”

What is a Simile?

200

Daily Double: 

What are the elements of a drama?

Cast of characters, setting, stage directions, and dialogue

200

Number of continents in the world

What is 7?

300

why would an author use imagery in his or her writing

to help the reader visualize the writing

300

What should you do the night before the test?

What is NOT STAY UP LATE AND PLAY GAMES OR BE ON THE PHONE TILL 3AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

300

This is what you call a book that talks about a person’s life from beginning to end

What is an Biography?

300

This word is the name for sound words. Ex. Bang, Boom, Crash"

What is Onomatopoeia? 

300

What is my birthday!?

June 2nd!

400

Figurative language is language to take literally

False. Figurative language is not literal language, which means that it doesn't mean exactly what it says.

400

What do you do if you don't know the answer to a question?

What is skip it and come back to it later?
400

What does sensory details include?

What is details that help you see, hear, smell, taste and feel

400

Which level do you need on the FAST to not get intensive reading in 6th grade?

Level 3 and higher 

400
What is the fastest land animal?

A cheetah 

500

Non-fiction means...

The story is true

500

You should skip every question you don't know and never go back to it. True or False?

 What is false?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!! This is what you call a text you write about your own life. 

What is an Autobiography

500

These are characteristics of sequence/chronological text structure

What dates, steps, time order, or procedures

500

What is an improper fraction?

A fraction that is equal to more than 1

600

Fiction means...

A story is not real

600

What should you do with scratch paper in ELA?

**Bonus for the different ideas**

Use it to take annotate!!!!!!!!!!!!!

600

This is a piece of literature that is based on imaginary people, events and worlds

What is Fiction?

600

What are the different point of views?

**Bonus for type of genre and/or explain them**

1st person- narrator is IN the story (I, me, us, etc.)

3rd person- narrator is NOT in the story (they, them, character name, etc.)

600

In this game, you can build in wood, brick, or metal. You have a maximum of 100 health and 100 shield.

What is Fortnite?

700

Name 3 character traits

responsible, kind, loving... answers may vary
700

How many sentences should you have is a writing prompt asks you to write a " short response"?

What is 3-5 sentences?

700

What is central idea?

**Bonus for what supports it**

The topic the text is mostly about

**Relevant details

700

What does author's or character's perspective mean?

The way they feel or how they view what is going on

700

Daily Double: 

What is my classroom number?

128

800

Daily Double: 

What are all the parts of a story mountain plot?

Introduction (beginning with ch. and setting), rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

800

What is the amount of questions you can skip before submitting?

ZERO!!!! Answer all questions!!!

800
What are text features AND list 5

Something that helps you understand the main text.

title, subtitle/heading, photo, illustration, map, graph, chart, pie chart/graph, timeline, diagram, bold words, sidebar, introduction, glossary, italics (slanted words), and captions

800

What are the different types of sources for a non-fiction text?

**Bonus if you explain them**

Firsthand or Primary- author was a witness or was there at the event (I, me, us, etc.)

Secondhand or Secondary- author was NOT there to witness the event (they, them, character name, etc.)

800

What are the different stages of the water cycle?

Precipitation, evaporation, condensation, run-off, and transpiration

900

What are at lease 2 elements of poetry and what they are?

Verse, stanza, rhyme, rhyme scheme, beat

900

What MUST you do before submitting your test?

Make sure you answered everything and double check any question you were unsure of.

900

What does the theme tell you?

What the author wants you to take away from the text, or the lesson you learn

900

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

CONGRATS!!!

900

What is Mr. Newsom and Mrs. Aria's kids names?

Leonor (Lenny) and Brayden

1000

Give at least 3 different figurative language and what they are!

I'm not listing them all.... tell me what you got

1000

What do you do if you run into an unfamiliar word? 

Use context clues to determine the definition. 

1000

Setting tells what three things?

Time, place, and environment

1000

What are all the text structures of a non-fiction text

Compare and contrast, sequence/chronological, description, problem and solution, cause and effect

1000

What are my dogs names???

Peterman and Paprika