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Main Idea/Supporting Details/Story Elements
Drawing Conclusions/Making an Inference
Cause and Effect/Sequence
Parts of Speech/Types of Sentences/S-C-C
Singular and Plural Nouns/Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
100
The main idea is ____________
What is the big idea; what the story is mostly about?
100
Drawing conclusion is _____________ + _______________ = _________________. It is (explicitly/implicitly) stated.
What is clue + knowledge = conclusion (explicit)
100
A sequence is an ______
What is order?
100
Person, place, thing, or idea (Provide an example of each)
What is a noun? (students, rock, city)
100
The following noun is a ____________ noun. bushes
What is a plural noun?
200
List at three story elements.
What are characters, setting, plot?
200
The shelves were piled high with boxes of every size and shape. Each group had a different picture and different bright colors. There were so many people – men and women, mothers with little children, teenagers putting more boxes on the shelves. Some of the people were talking together as they chose the boxes and cans that they wanted. Jeff was having a hard time remembering which one to buy. He knew that Tooli wouldn’t be happy if he brought home the wrong brand! He also knew that Tooli was probably getting very hungry! Where is Jeff and how do you know?
What is the grocery store?
200
A cause is the _________ and the effect is the __________
What is why and the what (ultimately happened)?
200
shows action (provide examples)
What is a verb? (run, walk, trot, go)
200
Give the plural form of the following singular noun: Child
What is children? (irregular plural noun)
300
Supporting details ________________
What is hold up the main idea/topic.
300
Jeff filled up a big bowl with fresh, cold water and set it on the floor. He brought out a big comforter and put it on the floor next to the low window. He opened a package, took out a big bone and placed it on the floor next to the comforter. Then he opened the window so that the gentle breeze could blow into the room. What was Jeff doing?
What is getting ready for a dog?
300
Which animal is about three feet long, has a twelve inch tail, and black and white fur? The Tasmanian devil is a marsupial that gives live birth to its babies. The baby is placed in a pouch to grow up. It takes about fifteen to sixteen weeks for the baby to get enough of its mother's milk to be able to leave the pouch. Why can't the Tasmanian devil leave the pouch too early?
What is it needs it's mother's milk?
300
The following sentence is a______________sentence. Please, go to your room. (1) Wow, what a baseball game! (2) How old is your mother? (3)
What is an imperative sentence. (command) What is an exclamatory sentence. (excitement/emotion) What is an interrogative sentence. (question)
300
The apostrophe in a singular or plural possessive noun identifies ________________.
What is ownership?
400
Benjamin Franklin loved to write. When he was twenty-two, he set up his own printing shop and started a newspaper. He also printed a book called Poor Richard’s Almanac. It had funny stories, information about the weather, and wise sayings. What is the topic and main idea?
What is Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Franklin loved to write?
400
Kay threw her bike down wherever she stopped. More than once she had left her bicycle in the driveway. Several times her dad had pointed out what could happen when she did this. One morning as her dad was leaving for work, Kay heard a crashing sound outside. Based on your reading of the text, you can INFER that:
What is Kay's dad ran over her bike?
400
David Green is a man who works at a zoo. He helps train the animals for shows. He mostly works with chimps, tigers, and lions. He is a great trainer. David was working with a tiger to teach it how to jump through a ring of fire. Two days later the tiger learned how to jump trough a ring of fire. David was finished, so he was going to put the tiger into its cage. David forgot to lock the gate, so the tiger got out. What was the cause of the tiger getting out?
What is David forgot to lock the gate?
400
What type of sentence is the following: The dog was big and he liked to play catch. (HINT: What type of clauses)
What is a compound sentence? (2 Independent Clauses)
400
The dogs owner was nice. How should the noun be written and why? dogs dogs' dog's
What is dog's (singular possessive)
500
There are several events that can change the Earth's surface very quickly. Volcanoes can erupt and spread lava, rock and ash for several miles. Earthquakes can leave large cracks in the Earth's surface. What is the main idea?
What is there are several events that can change the Earth's surface quickly?
500
John is a better basketball player than his brother Peter. We can infer that.. .
What is John scores more, knows more about basketball, may be taller?
500
Tammy was in her backyard climbing a tree. She climbed to the middle part of the tree and accidentally hit a bees' nest. Before she knew what had happened, bees were swarming all around and over her. Tammy let out a yell. What do you think was the effect of Tammy hitting the nest?
What is the bees stung her?
500
What type of sentence is the following and also identify the clauses: After I went home, the rain let up over the city. (HINT: Clauses)
What is a complex sentence? (1 Independent/1 Dependent)
500
How should the noun be written in this sentence? The students books were heavy.
What is students' ? (plural possessive)