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Active Reading
Finding Main Ideas
Organizing Paragraphs
Potluck
Potluck
100
to guess at an outcome
What is to predict
100
Three things to look at when determining the subject of a paragraph
What is title, heading, first sentence, last sentence, key words
100
Details arranged in order in which they happen
What is time or chronological order
100
The main idea or message the writer wants to express
What is a theme
100
to discover differences
What is to contrast
200
to picture in your mind
What is to visualize
200
A paragraph that provides special details to create a picture
What is a descriptive paragraph
200
Connects events and their results- also known as problem/solution
What is cause /effect order
200
The time and place in which a story occurs
What is setting
200
to discover similarities
What is to compare
300
to restate for understanding
What is to clarify
300
An author's main idea, in a paragraph, may be__________ or ___________
What is tated or implied
300
Shows similarities and differences
What is compare/contrast order
300
List 3 things that good readers do while reading
What is find main ideas, take notes, reread, ask questions, mark, visualize, predict
300
to use facts to put "two and two together" and make a decision
What is to draw a conclusion
400
to respond to what is read
What is to react
400
a paragraph that expresses the opinion of the writer and tries to convince the reader
What is a persuasive paragraph
400
Details arranged in spatial order
What is geographic order
400
Causes a plot to become tense or entangled as a result of a conflict
What is a complication
400
a graphic organizer used to compare/ contrast
What is a Venn diagram
500
Three ways to mark while reading
What is underline, highlight, use post-its, note important information
500
Three parts of a paragraph analysis chart
What is subject, details, main idea
500
Details placed into categories or groups
What is classification order
500
Opposes the main character
What is an antagonist
500
the five parts of a plot
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution