ELA SKILLS
What is the main idea of a text?
What the text is mostly about
First thing you do when reading a passage...
Highlight everything around the title.
Read the title and everything around it.
THINK- what might this passage possibly be about.
What are the steps you should do when you get to a RADD or MC question?
1. Read the question carefully.
2. Box the Question
3. Highlight the important words in the question.
4. Go Back and re-read to find the answer
*If the question is hard, keep re-reading the question and the text.
*Skip to the next question and come back to it before moving on to the next passage.
How many passages are there when they are paired passages?
2
Rhyme, rhythm, figurative language, repetition are all types of what?
Poetic Devices
What is the definition of theme?
The message,lesson, or moral of a story.
After you read the title you....
Read the passage the first time to get the 'gist'.
Highlight any words you don't know.
What part of RADD should be in your own words? You also get the most points for this part.
The Answer.
What does it mean to infer or make an inference?
You use clues from the text and you background knowledge to make a conclusion about a character or something in the text.
How events are described in the story depends on the ____________ of the story.
Point of View
If they ask you to give a summary or summarize the text, what are they asking?
To tell what the story or text is mostly about. Tell the main parts in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
After you read through the passage once you do this next.
Re-read the passage.
*This is where you really try to understand the text!
What should you ALWAYS do with your answer (it is still part of the answer).
EXPLAIN your answer.
What is the plot?
The plot is the beginning, middle, and end of the story. It is all the main events that happen in the story like the problem and solution.
This type of language is used a lot in poetry and stories. It doesn't really mean what it says.
What is figurative language.
Name the 5 different types of text structures.
Description
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Sequence or Chronological order
If a word has a small number in it's top corner what does that mean?
The definition is at the bottom of the page in the word bank/glossary.
LOOK THERE!
These are what you use to support your answer, they should be direct lines from the text.
2 Details (at least)
If you highlight more, narrow it down to the best 2
D1 and D2
When you describe a character's personality you are telling their ________.
traits
Give an example of a possible theme.
Hard work pays off.
Don't give up.
Laughter is the best medicine.
There is no I in team.
So many more!
There is no I in team.
Hard work pays off.
It's not what's on the outside, but on the inside that counts.
Never give up.
*You can put one word if you are having trouble coming up with a phrase, just make sure to explain!
Example- courage, friendship, perserverance, family.*
**The theme should always be general and then you should explain why you chose that using the story*
If you don't know a word what can you do?
USE CONTEXT CLUES
1. Read around the word for clues.
2. Plug in your guesses to see if they make sense.
3. Break the word apart
4. Think about the text and what is happening
What do you do when you SLASH the TRASH?
Read each choice, after you read one choice you either slash it or put an M for maybe.
Go back and re-read if you have to and pick the best choice.
What should you add at the end of your long essay?
A conclusion sentence
How many RADDs should you do for the long essay?
At least 2. As many as you need to answer all the questions!