Vocabulary
to make an educated guess.
We use supports to help us make a guess.
Imagine you are a detective what is your evidence (supports) to take your case to court(state your inference)?
What 2 other words would we see on the test for SUPPORT?
Evidence
Details
True or False
Place is the only way to describe the Setting.
FALSE
Setting is described as the TIME and PLACE that the story takes place.
Ex: In Summer (time)
At School (place)
What is the difference between a non fiction and a fiction story?
Fiction is fake
Non fiction is NOT fake (Real)
What is the difference between a noun and an adjective?
Noun: Person, Place, Thing, Idea
Ajdective: Describes a noun
Why do we annotate and gist?
To help us understand the text more
We use context clues to find the meaning of words by using the other words in the sentence/paragraph.
The point of view of a story that uses I, me, my, and mine are in what person?
First Person
Give 3 examples of text features:
Photographs
Diagrams
Graphs
Bold/ Highlighted Words
etc.
What is the difference between a verb and an adverb?
A Verb is an action
An Adverb is a word to describe the action.
What does Author's Purpose mean and what is the Acronym to help us remember it?
(2 parts)
Author's Purpose is the reason the author wrote the story.
PIE
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
What do we use to show that we are using dialogue or taking words straight from the text?
(Clue: a punctuation mark"
Quotation Marks
All Fictional stories have what?
(4 words/ phrases)
Setting
Characters
Problem
Solution
What are 2 examples of non fiction books?
Biographies
News papers
Encyclopedias
(specific books like All about frogs, mars etc)
Answers may vary
Which is NOT an example for character traits?
A. Kind B. Beautiful
C. Arrogant D. Thoughtful
B. Beautiful- This is an example of a PHYSICAL trait
When the girl went to the store she could not buy a soda. She realized she lost her money on the way there!
C: She lost her money
E: She couldn't buy a soda.
Why do we use EASS
To remind us to write a complete answer.
Echo- Reminds us to answer the correct question
Answer- Reminds us to put in our opinion
Support- Reminds us to quote the story
Support- Reminds us to support in a second way
What does this mean?
The store was a zoo!
The store was a mess
What does a glossary do for us?
Gives us the definition of bolded words
Vanilla ice cream is the best ice cream in the world.
Is this a fact or an opinion.
Opinion
What is the difference between Theme and Main Idea?
The theme is a lesson or moral or a general idea. (Usually described with 1-2 words)
The main idea is specific to the story. Will always have the main character(s) and problem.
" I know what I need to do so I do not need to use an EASS checklist!"
TRUE OR FALSE
False!
Everyone should write their EASS checklist as they answer their questions to ensure that you do each part.
Read your answer after you are done and check each letter as you check your work. (NOT WHILE YOU write your answer!
How do we answer a question that asks for a change in setting, character emotions, relationships?
In the beginning_____ After _______ it changes to ______
or
At first _________ but then _______ because_____
Which sentence explains why there are no sounds in outer space?
A Sound waves cannot travel fast enough to be heard in space.
B Sound waves cannot bounce off things in space.
C There is no air in space for sound waves to travel through.
D There are no people or animals in space to hear sound waves.
C There is no air in space for sound waves to travel through.
Laura's thin cries, lost in the wind, lost on the enormous bigness of the prairie.
What does "thin" mean?
a. having a little body fat
b. weak
c. small
B. Weak