Definitions
Define: Context Clues
Word answers found within the text to help us understand the meaning of a word/or what is happening between the lines
Form a good sentence using the verb : kicking
Ex: The boys were kicking the soccer ball.
The baby was kicking her tiny feet.
The horses are kicking their feet in excitement.
Writing
Present
goose
singular
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
Define: Infer
To predict the hidden meaning or what will happen next
Identify the subject and the predicate in the following sentence: The girls went to the movie theater together.
The girls - subjects
went to the movie theater together. - predicate
Wrote
Past
geese
Plural
What is a hyperbole?
An exaggeration
Define: Outline
Ex:
First, Then, Next, Last
Name three adjectives to describe a snow day
cold, fun, sleepy, homey, white, fluffy, etc.
How could I say write in future tense?
Will Write
Plural form of Dice?
Die
What are the two Main places of word origin?
Latin and Greek
Define: Summarize
To tell the whole story in one small paragraph. Outline the biggest most important details and retell them.
Use the adverb quickly in a proper sentence
Ex: They quickly gathered their things before the bus left them.
Is bestest a word?
No, "best" is highest the word can become.
What is the plural form of baby?
babies
Fragment
Define: Onomatopoeia
A word formed from the sound it evokes.
Ex: Sizzle
The egg "sizzles" in the hot frying pan, this is how I know it is cooking.
Explain the difference between:
Their
They're
There
Their - one person meaning theirs. Ownership
They're - They are . Multiple people are
There - Over there. Directional.
Complete Sentence or a Fragment?
They are going outside.
Complete
Change the sentence to proper form for more than one peson.
The girl goes to school in the morning and she waits for her bus to come.
They go to school in the morning and wait for the bus to come.
Name the four types of sentences:
Interrogative ?, Imperative. , exclamatory !, and declarative.