Recipe for reading well
What are the 5 key steps? Must be spelt right to get the full marks.
Annotating, Predicting, Clarifying, Questioning, Summarising.
Correct=Swap points with another team
Wrong=Team with the lowest score gets the points
What is the class mnemonic expression for RT steps? Must have the correct punctuation and spelling to get the points.
__________, please close the Queen's suitcase.
What are two synonyms for the word 'superlative'?
Wonderful, magnificent, brilliant, glorious, marvelous, excellent.
A word that describes something.
Adjective
The wire inside an electric bulb is known as the what?
Filament
What step includes extra information associated with a particular point in a document or other piece of information? It can be a note that includes a comment or explanation.
Annotating
Correct= Double the points (400)
Wrong= Deduct the points (200)
What is one strategy that we have learned to Improve Sentences to make them more accurate and clear?
Briefly explain this strategy.
Modifier/Qualifier
Include context phrases
Use more active verbs
Effort into the subject
Cut the fluff, keep the gold
Strong word choice
What is this:
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Propaganda
A word to describe how something is being done.
Adverb
Was Diplodocus a carnivore or herbivore?
Herbivore
What is a prediction? Must provide evidence to support this answer.
An educated or informed guess based off prior knowledge and information in the text. For example, the title, pictures, caption, and format.
Correct answer= straight to leading position
Wrong answer= straight to bottom position
What are two key language features used in narrative writing?
Metaphors, similes, personification, imagery, hyperbole, and alliteration.
Think of the commonly used word for these synonyms:
commemoration, recognition, recalling, nostalgia, reminiscing.
remember or memory
Saying something is like something else.
Simile
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
What does RT encourage the learner to do when they read? You need one of the answers to get the points.
It encourages active rather than passive learning.
It encourages the learner to engage with the text.
It helps the reader to better understand the text.
Can decide whether they play or pass to another team. Must get one of the word in 60 seconds
Correct= Double points (800)
Wrong= Loose points (800)
9 letter word:
A U N I Q C S D K
E K O N D E G L W
Quicksand
Knowledge
Provide an antonym for perspective. Must be on the list to get the points.
Indifference, insensitivity, complacence, callousness, impartiality, lack of interest
Ahat is this an example of...
Life is a highway.
Metaphor
What do camels store in their humps?
Fat
What can you use from the text to help make a prediction? At least 2 things
key words, pictures, title, connections between life and other texts
Solve 2 anagrams to double your points (1000).
Otherwise loose (500).
Food
ape snack - Simply flour, eggs and milk
ma soak us - staple dish in Greece
Untangle the body parts
Nil sorts
Not sleek
Big race
Food
ape snack - Simply flour, eggs and milk= Pancakes
ma soak us - staple dish in Greece= Moussaka
Body parts
Nil sorts= Nostrils
Not sleek= Skeleton
Big race= Rib Cage
Provide the word for the following definitions:
1. the movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or centre.
2. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.
3. a dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, or operation.
Revolution
What is it called when you overexaggerate something.
Hyperbole
In “The Jungle Book”, what kind of animal is Baloo?
Bear