To tell what a part, or section, of the text is going to be about.
100
How many times must you read a nonfiction text before answering the questions?
2
100
What is nonfiction text?
It is text about something real. It provides information, facts, details about a real subject.
100
When Barbara woke up that morning, she found Melrose in the windowsill. Violet, though, had VANISHED.
disappeared, gone, left
100
The training center is a dirt-free zone.
Detail.
200
What is the difference between a photograph and an illustration?
A photograph is a real picture and an illustration is drawn.
200
Read the following test question: "WHICH SENTENCE SHOWS THAT SHARKS ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN DOLPHINS?" Which words would you underline in this question as the main idea?
SHARKS ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN DOLPHINS
200
Why do readers choose to read nonfiction?
To learn something new.
200
When anyone stroked the soft fur between her ears, she would purr CONTENTEDLY and smile.
happily (happy, satisfied)
200
To practice this movement, the kids used a 1/6 Gravity Chair similar to the Apollo astronauts.
Main Idea
300
What is the purpose of a caption?
To give more information about a picture, or to explain what is happening in a picture.
300
What do you think it mean to "re-enter" the text? When answering test questions, how often should you "re-enter" the text?
It means to go back and re-read the text to find your answer and text evidence. You should do this for EVERY QUESTION!
300
What is the difference between the main idea and supporting details?
Main Idea is what the text is mostly, or mainly about. It is the most important thing the author is trying to tell us. Supporting details are interesting facts or details that help support the big idea (but they are less important, and they are not what an entire selection is about).
300
The VAST mall was nothing compared to the tiny boutique.
huge, large, enormous
300
COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE: Some kids took the first step by going to US Space Academy at the United States Space and Rocket Center. For a week they used the same simulators that real astronauts use.
Main Idea.
400
Why would an author include a website in an article?
To provide the reader with more information.
400
Name 2 strategies you use to help determine a good summary.
BME (beginning, middle, end) and Main Idea (sentences must be important, not details).
400
Name the 3 strategies you use, or things you look form, when trying to determine the main idea of a selection?
1) Repeating words 2) Look at pictures, title, and headings 3) Focus on first few and last few sentences of a selection
400
Everyone at the dinner table cleared their plates and asked for seconds. As the guests left, they said the dinner was DELECTABLE.
delicious
400
Another way the earthbound astronauts simulate working in weightlessness is by going underwater.
MAIN IDEA.
500
Why would an author include a bulleted list in a selection?
To explain something.
500
Name at least 2 things that make a bad summary.
1) Sentences are out of order (does not follow BME) 2) Too much detail 3) Focuses on only one or two sections of the text
500
An author writes nonfiction selections most likely to....
INFORM
500
The child suffered DERISION from her classmates in the form of teasing, jokes, and taunts.
ridicule, mocking
500
DAILY DOUBLE! Name 3 nonfiction texts we have read in class together, either in whole group or in small group.
Plants of the Redwood Forest, Arthropods Everywhere, Birds of Antarctica, Sharks, The Hard Stuff: All About Bones, Art Around Us