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Reading strategies
Essay
Summarizing
Short stories
100
What should one do with unknown vocabulary in a reading, before looking for a dictionary or asking the teacher?
Look for context clues
100
What is the first thing you should do when writing a persuasive essay?
Think of a contreversial topic/Create a brainstorm/Create an outline
100
Summarize the following sentence into one/two word(s): The snow blizzard really took a toll on the town, it made everything white.
Snow/ Blizzard/ Snow blizzard
100
What is the setting in a short story?
Time and Place of the story
200
What do the 5 Ws and H stand for?
Who, what, where, when, why and how
200
What else is important in a persuasive essay besides your opinion?
To back up your opinion with facts.
200
What is the purpose of summarizing what you read?
To show that you understood what you have read.
200
What is the theme in a short story?
Main idea of the short story
300
Name a way that you can read actively while connecting to the text:
Connecting it to your life/ Making comments about it/ Ask questions about it
300
Correct the following sentence within a persuasive essay: In my opinion children shouldn't receive homework, because...
Children shouldn't receive homework, because...
300
How should you write your summaries?
In a couple of sentences/ In your own words/ Stating the most important details
300
Who are the protagonist and antagonist?
Two main characters/ Good and characters
400
When you are reading with a purpose what are you doing?
Trying to answer the questions that you made for your purpose.
400
What makes up your thesis?
Your point-of-view (opinion) backed up by 3 reasons (facts)
400
What should you be doing while you read that will help you summarize in the end?
Underlining important information/ pausing and writing some summaries down/ Sectioning parts of passage
400
What are the 5 elements of a plot?
Introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
500
What is the first thing one should look for when making inferences?
clues
500
What is the point-of-view when the story is told from the "innocent eye"
From the perspective of a child.