Root Words
What does the root word "eco" mean? (eco-friendly, ecology)
The environment
What does the prefix anti mean?
Against
Describe the challenge that Black Beauty faces in the story and how she responds. Use two details from the text to support your answer.
What is an essay?
Based on the selection, explain how fire can be both friend and foe. Support your answer with important details from the selection.
What is "Fire can be both friend and foe."
What type gives human qualities to a non human thing?
Personification
What does the root word geo mean? (geography, geology)
The earth
What does the suffix -ly do to the word? (quietly, excitedly, kindly)
It describes how someone does something
Explain how the students in the poem see the rain as both good and bad. Support your answer with important details from the poem.
What is an essay?
Based on the poem, explain how both the dog and the squirrel show confidence. Support your answer with important details from the poem.
What is: "Both the dog and the squirrel show confidence in the poem."
This type compares two things WITHOUT USING like or as (Her eyes are a deep blue ocean).
Metaphor
What does the root word pedi mean? (Pedicure, pedometer)
Feet
What does the suffix -graph mean?
Written down, printed
Continue the narrative and include meaningful dialogue and description to explain what happens to Rachel's garden.
What is a narrative?
Based on the article, explain why a trip to Antarctica could be considered a great adventure. Support your answer with important information from the selection.
What is: "A trip to Antarctica could be considered a great adventure."
This type of figurative language uses words to show sounds (buzz, boom, pop)
Onomatopoeia
What does the root word "phobia" mean? (claustrophobia)
Fear
What does the prefix uni mean?
One
Based on the selection, explain a lesson that can be learned from the actions of Wangari Maathai. Support your answer with important details from the selection.
What is an essay?
Based on the article, explain how raising a guide dog can be difficult. Support your answer with important details from the article.
What is: "Raising a guide dog can be very difficult."
This type of figurative language puts two opposite words next to each other (freezer burn)
Oxymoron
What does the root word "port" mean?
To carry or move
What does the prefix sub- mean? (submarine, submerge)
Under
Write a journal entry about the day the table arrived from the point of view of either Sarah, Daddy or Mama. Use details from the story to describe how the table was used, the emotional effect that the table had on the family member chosen, and thoughts about how the table will affect business in the future.
What is a narrative?
Based on the passage, explain why it has been helpful for scientists to study the frozen body of a woolly mammoth. Support your answer with important details from the passage.
What is: "It has been helpful for scientists to study the frozen body of a woolly mammoth."
This type of figurative language repeats the same letter at the beginning of each word (Tommy tells a tall tale of tattles)
Alliteration