The hungry bear devoured all the berries in the picnic basket.
What does devour mean?
Ate
Roared
Cooked
Hid
What is ate
100
Compare an apple to an orange.
Write two comparing statements about it on the board.
What is they are both fruits, they both have seeds, they both have skin, they both come from a tree, etc.
100
Contrast Mr. Harig to Mrs. Walsh.
Write two contrasting statement on the board.
What is Mr. Harig is a male and Mrs. Walsh is a female. Mr. Harig has facial hair while Mrs. Walsh does not. Mrs. Walsh is married and Mr. Harig is not. etc
100
This text feature shows where places/events are located.
What is a map
100
What is a caption?
What is something that explains what a photograph or illustration is about.
200
Everyone on a team needs to cooperate in order to play a good game.
What does cooperate mean?
Argue
Eat
Work together
Score a goal
What is work together
200
What is the definition of comparing?
What is to show how two or more things are alike.
200
What are 3 contrasting clue words?
What is opposites, differences, unlike, not alike, on the other hand, however, etc.
200
Explain the difference between a photograph and an illustration.
What is a photograph shows what something looks like and is taken with a camera. An illustration shows what something looks like but is hand drawn.
200
This text feature gives interesting facts, or extra information about a topic.
What is a sidebar/ fact box.
300
There was a peculiar smell coming from the basement.
What does peculiar mean?
Pleasant
Unusual
Stiff
Sweet
What is unusual
300
What are 3 comparing clue words?
What is like, alike, similar, same, both, have in common, similarity, etc.
300
What is the definition of contrasting?
What is to show how two or more things are different.
300
Which text feature gives the name of each chapter and what page each chapter can be found on.
What is a table of contents.
300
Some model cars can look real because they are replicas of actual cars.
What are replicas?
Copies
Drawings
Memories
Ugly
What is copies
400
We trudged up the hill through the mud and rain.
What does trudged mean?
Danced
Walked tiredly
Swam
Skipped
What is walked tiredly
400
Compare football to soccer.
What are 2 comparing statements?
Write them on the board.
What is they both use a ball, they both have rules, they both have penalties, you can score in both, you wear pads in both, etc.
400
Contrast summer and winter.
Write two contrasting sentences on the board.
What is summer is warm, and winter is cold. You wear less clothes in the summer and more clothes in the summer. You can go swimming in the summer and sledding in the winter, etc.
400
Explain the purpose of a glossary. What types of words can we expect to find in a glossary?
What is a glossary gives the definition of some of the important words found in the text. We can expect to find important or bolded words from the text in the glossary.
400
In what types of books do we typically find text features?
What is non-fiction books.
500
The young boy taunted the puppy by holding a bone in front of the puppy's nose.
What does taunted mean?
Colored
Petted
Teased
Washed
What is teased
500
What is one way that bold print and italic print are the same?
What is they both show when a word in a text is important.
500
Contrast a human and a cat.
Write 2 contrasting statements on the board.
What is cats have a tail and humans do not, cats have claws and humans do not, humans walk on two legs while cats walk on 4, cats have whiskers and humans do not, etc.
500
Explain what an index is. How can this be useful if you are doing research?
What is an index tells on what page readers can find certain topics. An index is useful if you are doing research because it can tell you what page to turn to, to find the topic you are looking for.
500
Text Feature ABC Order? Give a definition?
Index
Glossary
Table of Contents
What is
Index Yes No
Glossary Yes Yes
Table of Contents No No