Quarter
When a reader identifies similarities/differences
What is comparing/contrasting
What is the text's most likely purpose?
Stack the blocks into a tower. Then take turns pulling blocks out of the tower. If you cause the tower to fall, you lose!
a. to persuade
b. to inform
c. to entertain
What is to inform?
Match the problems with their solutions.
In the event of a global disaster, how can governments prevent a crippling loss of resources? One safety measure is the Doomsday Vault, established in 2008. The vault is located in an arctic region of Norway and contains nearly one million seed samples of important foods crops. The seeds can be used to restart agricultural production in case some varieties are wiped out. Another vault in the same region helps protect information rather than seeds. At the Arctic World Archive, documents and archives from around the world are stored safely offline, so there's no threat of cyber attack.
Problems:
Food crops may be lost.
Archives and documents may be lost.
Solutions:
The Doomsday Vault keeps them safe.
The Arctic World Archive keeps them safe.
What is
Food crops may be lost. --> Solution: The Doomsday Vault keeps them safe.
Archives and documents may be lost. --> Solution: The Arctic World Archive keeps them safe.
Who volunteers as tribute for Prim?
What is Katniss Everdeen?
The types of details can you incorporate into your writing to make it more interesting
What are sensory details?
Ideas that explain or prove an author's point
What are supporting details?
Vote for Rick Huber for city council. He'll stand up for the needs of our town's hardworking citizens.
What is the text's most likely purpose?
Vote for Rick Huber for city council. He'll stand up for the needs of our town's hardworking citizens.
A. to persuade
B. to inform
C. to entertain
What is to persuade?
What is the problem and solution?
An avalanche is a mass of snow and ice that slides rapidly down a mountainside. Avalanches can be quite sudden and can move at speeds of up to eighty miles per hour. The biggest concern is that people may become trapped under the snow. Traditionally, the best way to protect yourself from avalanches is to use an avalanche transceiver. These devices send out signals so rescuers can find people buried under snow. Unfortunately, we can't predict when avalanches will happen. In recent years, though, companies have focused on this issue. New high-tech tools use sensors to measure snowpack and find conditions that might lead to an avalanche.
What is
problem - people trapped under an avalanche
solution - use an avalanche transceiver
What kind of society is the Hunger Games?
What is Dystopian Society?
Which of these is an opinion?
a. Some students in Michael Scullin's class agreed to sleep at least eight hours per night for five nights.
b. Michael Scullin asked students who took part in a study to wear devices that tracked their sleep.
c. Getting eight or more hours of sleep every night is impossible for anyone to achieve these days.
d. People who do not get enough sleep every night are putting themselves at risk of developing certain diseases.
What is c- Getting eight or more hours of sleep every night is impossible for anyone to achieve these days?
How a reader supports their answers
What is text evidence?
Which sentence is more formal?
a. Rice is super important for billions of people around the world.
b. Rice is the staple food for billions of people around the world.
What is rice is the staple food for billions of people around the world?
Which text structure does the text use?
Drinking soda or other bubbly drinks can make you burp, or belch. That loud sound comes from air or other gases in your stomach. Sometimes when you eat or drink, you swallow air. Since that air gets into your stomach, it has to come out. It comes out as a burp. Carbon dioxide, a gas that makes drinks bubbly, is in soda. That's why drinking soda can lead to more gas and more burping.
a. Descriptive
b. Cause and effect
c. Sequential
What is b- Cause and effect?
Select all the elements of a plot diagram.
a. Timing
b. Resolution
c. Rising action
d. Background
e. Exposition
f. Climax
g. Characters
h. Falling action
i. Protagonist
j. Setting
What is b, c, e, f, h?
Select the sentence that uses proper punctuation to represent dialogue.
I have to go shopping at Wegman's for groceries my grandma _____________.
a. "I have to go shopping at Wegman's for groceries my grandma remembered.
b. I have to go shopping at Wegman's for groceries my grandma said.
c. "I have to go shopping at Wegman's for groceries," my grandma remembered.
What is c- "I have to go shopping at Wegman's for groceries," my grandma remembered.
Most important idea the author is trying to make
What is main idea?
John Deere was a blacksmith in Vermont in the 1830s. It was hard to find work at the time, so Deere headed west. He set up a new blacksmith shop in Illinois. There, Deere was fixing broken plows over and over again. He soon found out why. It was because the prairie dirt was so thick and heavy. Deere designed a new kind of plow. By 1857, he was making ten thousand of the new plows every year. Due to the success of this new plow, he started his own company in 1868.
Effect: Deere started a company.
Effect: Deere moved west.
Effect: Plows kept breaking.
Cause: Illinois dirt was hard.
Cause: Business wasn't good.
What is:
Effect: Deere started a company. --> Cause: Business wasn't good.
Effect: Deere moved west. --> Cause: Business wasn't good.
Effect: Plows kept breaking. --> Cause: Illinois dirt was hard.
Which text structure does the text use?
A trumpet and a flute are both wind instruments. That is, they're musical instruments that you play by blowing air to make a sound. But, they're members of two different musical families. The trumpet is a member of the brass family. Most brass instruments are made at least partly of brass. The flute, on the other hand, is a woodwind. Most woodwind instruments were once made of wood. There are still some wooden flutes, though most now are metal.
a. Compare/contrast
b. Problem/solution
What is a- compare/contrast?
What is your Lexile level?
What is your reading level?
In the movies and on TV, portrayals of great whites range from the frightening (like Jaws) to the ridiculous (like Sharknado). But those portrayals may not be fair.
Which would be the closest antonym for the word ridiculous, as it is used above?
a. Revolutionary
b. Impossible
c. Outdated
d. Reasonable
What is reasonable?
Look at these details from a paragraph about the same topic:
- You should solve easier crossword puzzles before trying harder ones
- When you get stuck on a clue, take a short break and try again later.
- If you are really stuck, move to another part of the crossword puzzle.
Choose the main idea that ties all the ideas together:
a. It is helpful to study completed crossword puzzles.
b. Some people enter crossword puzzle tournaments.
c. Several strategies can help you solve crossword puzzles.
What is several strategies can help you solve crossword puzzles?
Use the text to put the events in order.
Before he designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Gustave Eiffel worked on another famous project. When the engineer working on the Statue of Liberty died suddenly in 1879, Eiffel took over its completion. Eiffel's team finished building the Statue of Liberty in France and then took it apart so it could be shipped to New York.
a. The Eiffel Tower is designed.
b. Eiffel and his team finish the statue.
c. The statue is taken apart.
What is...
1. Eiffel and his team finish the statue.
2. The statue is taken apart.
3. The Eiffel Tower is designed.
Sort the sensory details -- touch or sight?
1. chilly night air
2. hot bubble bath
c. glittering gold medal
d. freezing cold water
What is...
1. chilly night air- touch
2. hot bubble bath- touch
c. glittering gold medal- sight
d. freezing cold water- touch
Linguistic
Logical-Mathematical
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Musical
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Natural
Spatial
The article states:
That's just a sample of the out-of-the-ordinary scholarships available. If you're interested in getting some cash for college, go online. Check out all the other options. Chances are, you'll find one that offers a reward for your special talents.
The author's purpose for writing this passage was to __________.
a. urge students to check online and look for scholarships that match their own abilities
b. suggest that athletic scholarships are the most popular type of scholarships available
c. explain why so many different organizations now offer scholarships for unusual talents
d. point out the fact that out-of-the-ordinary scholarships pay out more than traditional scholarships
What is the urge students to check online and look for scholarships that match their own abilities?