Parts of Speech
Words that describe nouns and pronouns.
What is an adjective?
Note the word and the definition.
What are VOCABULARY annotations?
Farah and her mother needed this item to get through the gate at the border.
What is money?
Farah felt this way on the day she made the border crossing.
What is Supple?
Your teacher's name.
Who is Mrs. Sprague?
Adjectives that need to be capitalized.
What are proper adjectives?
Why did the author describe the snake as wicked?
What is an example of an ASK annotation?
Farah's injury was made a little better because she had access to this item?
What is a prosthetic leg?
Ghulam Ali was this type of person.
What is a compassionate person?
8 mph
What is the speed of the first speeding ticket?
According to Guinness World Records, the first person to be charged with speeding was Walter Arnold of the English village of Paddock Wood, Kent. On Jan. 28, 1896, Arnold was spotted going four times the speed limit in his 19th-century Benz—but since the speed limit at the time was just two miles per hour, that meant he was not going too fast by today's standards.
Adjectives that follow linking verbs.
What are predicate adjectives?
Plot, Setting, Characters, Theme
The additional challenge that made the goat path more dangerous.
Who are smugglers?
A word that describes religious ceremonial practices.
What are ablutions?
The tiniest reptile on the planet.
What is a tiny chameleon?
Discovered in northern Madagascar and measuring just 28.9 millimeters is believed to be the smallest reptile on Earth. The itty bitty chameleon was recently discovered and reported in the January 2021 issue of Scientific Reports.
The advertisement committee is making interesting, colorful posters for the school.
What are coordinate adjectives?
Like the character, I also have experienced the loss of a pet. Farah lost her brothers and father. I lost my grandparents and a close friend.
An example of a personal connection noted for a RESPONSE annotation.
Two conditions experienced by Farah's mother that made the trip more difficult.
A word that describes things that are difficult or unpleasant.
What is rigor?
This animal is the national animal of Scotland.
What is a unicorn?
I am excited to wear my black dress shoes to the dance.
What are cumulative adjectives?
The time when annotation should be used to help the reader engage with the text.
What is a close read of the text?
The city Farah and her mother fled.
What is Kabul?
Something you would experience in a rough crowd.
What is jostling?
Two to three teaspoons of raw nutmeg will do this to the human body.
What is poison it?