Paragraphs
Animal Farm
Reading Strategies
Homonyms
Miscellaneous
100

use these words to describe where things are located

prepositions

100

novel is a metaphor for what country

Russia

100

tells the reader what the paragraph is about

main idea

100

a wooden stick or a flying animal

a bat

100

two words that have a similar meaning

synonyms

200

first, second, third

ordering ideas

200

animal that always worked hard

Boxer

200

helps you find important details quickly

scanning

200

sound a dog makes or the outer part of a tree

bark

200

add these suffixes to refer to a person or thing that does something

suffixes -er and -or

300

for example, for instance, such as

phrases that introduce examples

300

two animals who think they're smart

Napolean and Snowball

300

Understand something that the writer does not say directly

Make an inference

300

strength of mind or typed of legal document

will

300

prefix used to create an opposite or negative meaning

dis-

400

writing down most important information in a shorter form

taking notes

400

animals used for Napolean's army

dogs

400

looking for key words and phrases

skimming

400

in charge of a group or main part for an actor

lead

400

e.g. or ex.

for example

500

words that help the reader move from one idea to the next

connecting words

500

how does the story end

Napolean is acting more like a human than an animal

500

tells the reader more information about the main idea

supporting details

500

subject area or area of land

field

500

explaining the reason for your opinion

justifying