Reading 1
I forgot my umbrella at school so I got soaked on my way home.
A. Compare/contrast
B. Problem/solution
C. Cause/effect
C. Cause/effect
1 example of punctuation
Periods;commas;semicolons;dashes;hyphens
The past tense of swim
Swam
What is a fact?
Something that does not change; something known to be true.
A story that is not real, the story is made up.
What is fiction?
Opinion or fact?
The beach is way more fun than the pool.
An Opinion
What is a central message?
The big idea of a story
What is a contraction
Two words put together using an apostrophe to shorten the word.
What is the rising action of a story?
The events that lead up to the climax
What do you look at to find the main topic of a text?
The Title
A person who writes a book
An author
My mom was _____ about my grade, but I told her I would do better?
a) happy
b) happier
c) unhappy
c) unhappy
The girl found a multitude of baseball cards in an old shoe box.
What does Multitude mean?
A. Dirty
B. Many
C. Dusty
B. Many
Part of speech describes the action is called the what?
Verb
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What are the 3 main points of view?
1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person,
Which author's purpose: The author tries to convince the reader to do/try something?
Persuade
Does this sentence need an adjective or a noun?
Claire's _______ dog loves to go to the park.
What is an adjective?
What is the contraction of had not?
Hadn't
Girl, pink, gigantic, eclectic
These words are examples of what part of speech?
Adjectives
The twins jumped on the bed and bump there heads
There should be their (possession)
Sentence needs a period.
What is an informational text?
A text that tells us information about a specific topic.
What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
A biography is a story written about someone's life. An Autobiography is a story about someone's life written by the person.
Tim _________ the dog to the beach.(walk)
walks
I tried explaining to my mom that the leftover lunch in the fridge was ____________.
A. Mines
B. Mine
C. Minne
B. Mine
What are compound words?
Two or more root words are merged into a new and different word.
What is a theme?
The lesson or moral found in a story.
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
A fact is a true statement that has evidence to support it. An opinion is not always true and is your personal belief.
To find the differences and similarities between the two stories.
comparing and contrasting
How many syllables in the word beautiful?
What is three?