This academic vocabulary word means to look closely at something or to break into parts to evaluate it
Analyze
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True or False
An Independent clause is a complete sentence
True
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What is green and sits outside on St. Patrick's Day?
What is Patty O'Furniture!
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If an author writes a story about a mob of angry leprechauns that attack New York City on St. Patrick's Day, would that be to entertain the audience, persuade the audience, or provide information to readers?
entertain the audience
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What is the name of the genre that includes aliens, spaceships, and futuristic cities?
Science Fiction
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What is the definition of the word CONVEY?
The guest speaker was ready to convey his message to the curios people waiting in the audience.
Convey means to communicate
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Why do frogs like St. Patrick’s Day?
Because they’re always wearing green!
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What is the vocabulary word for the FEELING a reader gets from a story?
Mood
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List three academic vocabulary words that you might see when you unpack a writing prompt
There are TWO mistakes in the following sentence. Write the sentence correctly on your board.
If you want to walked with me, there house is on the next street.
If you want to walk with me, their house is on the next street.
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What country did St. Patrick's Day originate from?
Ireland
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What is the Author's Purpose? (Hint: Remember P.I.E.)
As a kid, Stewart loved getting lost in the pages of science
-fiction novels. In college, she got hooked on astronomy and signed up to work in a lab, studying how planets form. That led to a graduate degree at the California
Institute of Technology, where she began researching collisions in space.
To Inform the audience
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What Point of View is this excerpt written in?
I crept along the side of the building. I could see his shadow just ahead of me as we moved father away from the safety of my home.
First Person Point of View
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determine the meaning of the word using context clues:
severe: Most people feared the king because his judgment was final and his punishments were severe.
Severe means very harsh or deadly
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What is a sentence starter you could use to introduce a direct quote in your writing?
According to the text,
The text explains,
The author states,
???
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List three synonyms for the color green
Emerald
Jade
Grass Green
Lime
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What is the Author's Purpose? (Hint: Remember P.I.E.)
The best color is purple. There are so many reasons for purple to be your favorite color. The first reason is grapes. Grapes are such a beautiful shade of purple. Purple is also the color of flowers: lilacs, violets, and irises.
To Persuade the audience
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What is the vocabulary word for the lesson or moral of a narrative?
The theme
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bewilder: John was bewildered when he saw the math teacher writing letters on the board that were to be added and subtracted. Aren't letters for reading class? John thought to himself.
Bewilder means confused
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There are three mistakes in the following sentence. Write the sentence correctly on your board.
i would like u too go to the market with me today.
I would like you to go to the market with me today.