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Parts of Speech
Reading Vocabulary
Character Traits
Inference
Point of View
100
A person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun?
100
a title or short description of a picture
What is caption
100
Baby Ben snatches a toy away from Jenny and yells, "Mine!" In this situation, Baby Ben is being which character trait: bossy, whiney, or selfish?
What is selfish.
100
"Ouch!" Liz yelled when Jon bumped into her arm. "I need some more aloe!" She moaned. "Yeah, you kinda look like a lobster." Jon told her. What is wrong with Liz?
What is she has a sunburn.
100
"I can't believe you would do that! That was my favorite toy!" What point of view is this statement?
What is first person.
200
A word that shows action or state of being
What is a verb
200
Things such as heading, bulleted lists, and graphics that help a reader find important information
What are text features?
200
Stuart ignored his alarm Saturday and didn't get up to cut the grass. In this situation Stuart is showing which character trait: anger, laziness, or meaness.
What is laziness.
200
Jenny ran around the house hunting for her shoes, socks, and jacket. She could here the bus coming down her street. She raced through the kitchen and grabbed a Pop Tart on the way out the door. She didn't ever kiss her mom goodbye. Jenny is probably what?
What is Jenny is running late.
200
She ran as fast as she could down the trail in the woods. Everything was flying past her and all she could hear was the music in her headphones. What point of view is this sentence?
What is third person.
300
A word that describes a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
300
picture, chart, graph; used in informational texts
What is a graphic aid
300
Holly trained hard every day at the gym and ran on the weekends. By the day of the race she was prepared to win. In this instance, Holly shows which character trait: busy, excited, athletic.
What is athletic.
300
John and Judy walked onto the car lot and picked the fanciest looking car. "That's $350,000." the salesman told them. The two shoppers smiled as they handed him the cold hard cash for their new car. John and Judy are most likely what?
What is rich.
300
First, you need to cut the tomatoes. Next, you need to cut the lettuce. After that, you need to cook some bacon. Then, you need to toast your bread. What point of view are these directions written in?
What is second person.
400
A word that describes a verb
What is adverb?
400
a list in the back of a book with definitions of difficult words
What is a glossary.
400
The student talked back and rolled their eyes at the substitute teacher. This student is showing which character trait: anxious, mean, disrespectful.
What is disrespectful.
400
Libby sat in her seat and stared at the paper in her hands. She couldn't figure out what went wrong. She's studied so hard. Her mom was going to kill her when she saw this. She started to cry silently. Libby probably is holding this.
What is a failing test.
400
"You aren't paying attention at all." the teacher said sadly. The students looked at one another and finally got quiet. "We're sorry!" They told their disappointed teacher. What point of view is this written in?
What is third person.
500
A word that replaces a noun
What is pronoun?
500
details that tell what something looks like, sounds like, and so on
What are descriptions?
500
The class ran around the gym and excitedly jumped up and down because it was the end of testing. The class is displaying which character trait: engergetic, mischievous, bold.
What is energetic.
500
The man was skilled using the sharp knife. Chop, chop, chop! The blade sliced and diced. The man's tall white hat slid down his forehead and he didn't notice because he was too focused on the vegtables in front of him. The man is probably what profession?
What is a chef.
500
Jack grew up down the street from me. We've been friends forever. When his mom told him that he was moving I felt really sad. What point of view is this written in?
What is first person.