Nathan/Aymarie
Water (liquid or solid) falling from the atmosphere down to Earth, like rain, snow, sleet, or hail, forming a key part of the water cycle
What is Precipitation?
A celestial body that orbits the Sun, is massive enough to become nearly round due to its own gravity.
What is Planet?
What do you eat for breakfast? A good breakfast is an important part of staying healthy and active. Your body requires the energy you get from food. It uses that energy to help you grow, move, and think. When you eat a healthy breakfast, your brain works better. You can focus in class, learn more, and do better in school. A healthy breakfast also helps you to avoid feeling hungry. You can make better food choices when you eat lunch and have snacks later in the day. When you eat a healthy breakfast, you have more energy. This way you can enjoy doing more things. A healthy breakfast also helps your hands and eyes work together better, making it easier for you to play sports. So don’t skip breakfast! It’s a very important meal.
Question: What does the text tell a reader about why it is important to eat breakfast?
A. Your body needs the energy you get from food.
B. Your brain does not work well if you eat breakfast.
C. You get very hungry if you eat breakfast.
D. It is hard to make good food choices if you eat breakfast.
What is A. Your body needs the energy you get from food?
a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things by saying one is the other, without using "like" or "as," to create a more vivid image or deeper meaning, such as "Love is a battlefield" or "Juliet is the sun"
What is Metaphor?
a powerful, rotating tropical storm with sustained winds of 74 mph or higher, forming over warm ocean waters with organized thunderstorms and a low-pressure center
What is Hurricane?
A ring-shaped region in space between Mars and Jupiter, filled with millions of rocky, irregularly shaped objects called asteroids
What is Asteroid Belt?
Create a grammatically correct sentence using the word "space."
What is (ex. "The astronauts went to space last month")?
The voice behind a piece of writing, such as a poem or story. This voice is often a persona (a created character) and is typically different from the actual author.
What is Speaker?
The amount of water vapor (moisture) in the air, which makes the air feel damp, sticky, or muggy, and it's a key factor in weather, affecting comfort and precipitation
What is Humidity?
the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
What is Solar System?
One Monday after school, Cindy and her friend, Julie, were talking about their weekends. Julie had gone camping with her family, and she told Cindy all about her trip. “It sounds like you had an amazing time!” Cindy said. “We really did,” Julie answered enthusiastically. “Camping is so much fun, and you feel like a real pioneer when you do it.” “But isn’t it dangerous?” Cindy wanted to know. “Well, you have to be careful, and you shouldn’t camp by yourself. But if you’re safe, it’s the best,” Julie said. “I think I’m going to ask my parents if they’ll take me camping,” Cindy said.
Question: Which phrase is a simile?
A. But isn’t it dangerous?
B. It sounds unbelievable!
C. … she told Cindy all about her trip.
D. …you feel like a real pioneer…
What is D. ...you feel like a real pioneer...?
A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as" to create a vivid image, make writing more interesting, and highlight a shared quality
What is Simile?
the measure of how hot or cold something is, specifically defined as the average kinetic energy of its atoms or molecules
What is Temperature?
the orbital region around a star where temperatures are just right for liquid water to exist on a planet's surface, a key ingredient for life as we know it, with Earth residing comfortably within our Sun's habitable zone
What is Habitable Zone?
Create a grammatically correct sentence using the word "swift."
What is (ex. "The fox was swift and quiet")?
A ____ is a group of lines that form the basic recurring unit of a poem, separated from other ____ by a blank line or indentation.
Create a grammatically correct sentence using the word provided to you.
What is _sentence_?
The curved path an object takes around another (like Earth around the Sun).
What is Orbit?
Create a grammatically correct sentence using the word "planet."
What is (ex. "Using my telescope, I was able to see a planet."?
A literary and rhetorical device where a word, phrase, line, or idea is intentionally repeated to create emphasis, rhythm, or emotional effect.
What is Repetition?