Author's Purpose
Fact or Opinion
Cause and Effect
Inferences
Prefixes, Suffixes and Root Words
100
This might be the author's purpose of a book titled "100 Facts about Wombats"
What is to inform?
100
This is something that gives you information, whether it is true or not.
What is a fact?
100
These are at least 2 different "cause and effect" signal words.
What are if, then, since, so, or because?
100
The woman couldn’t read the words on the page, so t he story was incomprehensible to her. This is what INCOMPREHENSIBLE means.
What is hard to understand?
100
This is the prefix in disorder.
What is dis?
200
This might be the author's purpose for a book titled "Why You Should Eat Healthy."
What is to persuade?
200
This is something that a person feels, but other people may feel differently about.
What is an opinion?
200
This signal word causes you to have to switch the order to effect first and cause second when you use it.
What is because?
200
The hill was too arduous for us to climb on our bikes. We had to get off and walk our bikes up the hill. This is what ARDUOUS means.
What is difficult or hard?
200
His room was in disorder. This is what disorder means.
What is not organized, messy?
300
This might be the author's purpose for a book titled "The Magic Dragon."
What is to entertain?
300
Rabbits are herbivores that do not eat meat. Fact or opinion.
What is a fact.
300
Make a cause and effect statement using this topic, "eating too much sugar."
What is "If you eat too much sugar, then you will..."
300
After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of apples. We made apple pie, apple sauce and apple juice with all the apples! This is what ABUNDANT means.
What is many, lots or a large amount?
300
This is the suffix in the word reliable
What is able?
400
This is something that books that entertain more than likely have, but books that inform or persuade normally do not.
What are characters?
400
Bunnies are the cutest animals. Fact or Opinion.
What is an opinion?
400
Tim forgot his math book, so he was unable to complete his homework. This is the cause.
What is forgot his math book?
400
As I walked down the street, I heard footsteps behind me and I began to feel apprehensive. This is what APPREHNENSIVE means. .
What is scared or nervous?
400
This is the root word for the word copilot
What is pilot?
500
This is the difference between books that persuade and books that inform.
What is books that persuade try to convince you?
500
Some people don't believe that dinosaurs are real. Fact or opinion.
What is a fact?
500
Gina couldn't find the cookies because Papa hid them in the cupboard. This is the effect.
What is Gina couldn't find the cookies?
500
The man's hat and sunglasses concealed his identity. This is what CONCEALED means.
What is hid?
500
Did you see the picture of the turtle with two heads? That was an ______common sight! This is the correct prefix for this word.
What is un?