To say what the character will do, or what will happen in the plot of a story, based upon early clues in the text
What is predict?
100
To decode new words, to figure out the meaning of words from the context, to know word meanings, and the wide use of words
What is vocabulary?
100
What you should do first whenever you have writing to do, other than a simple warm-up.
What is prewriting?
100
This is a synonym for "manners"
What is etiquette?
100
To give the meaning of a word or concept
What is define?
200
To ask who, what, where, when, why, or how in order to better think about details of a reading
What is questioning?
200
To understand the meaning of the text
What is comprehension?
200
A structure for prewriting that doesn't depend upon sentences, paragraphs, or writing conventions, but which gets ideas onto paper in some kind of order
What is a graphic organizer?
200
The polite way in which people interact with each other, including behavior and speaking
What is civility?
200
To provide just the main ideas of a longer piece of writing
What is to summarize?
300
Text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world
What are connections?
300
To show that you comprehend the text by providing a summary or other clear indication of what the reading was about
What is demonstrate understanding?
300
Without content and supportive details, your writing is nothing.
What is ideas and content?
300
To not interrupt, to give eye contact to the speaker, and to pay attention to what is being said
What is courteous listening?
300
To draw and label parts
What is diagram?
400
To make a judgement or have an opinion about the author's style or a character's actions.
What is evaluate?
400
To give inferences, evaluations, and to make reasonable responses about the author's purpose of a writing
What is develop an interpretation?
400
How you structure your writing by giving it a beginning, middle, and end. This includes paragraph breaks, introductions, and conclusions.
What is organization?
400
To be disciplined, focused, and on-task with the assignment or directions
What is diligent attention?
400
Provide details to illustrate and elaborate upon something
What is describe?
500
To use clues given in the text to make an educated guess
What is to infer?
500
To examine the author's style, word choice, and structure of a writing
What is analyze text?
500
The use of different writing structures, from simple to compound to complex, and even including fragments.
What is sentence fluency?
500
To show others that you value them through your courtesy, to speak respectfully of yourself and others, and to behave in an age-appropriate manner
What is mutual and self respect?
500
To put together two or more ideas with supporting details and analysis, and to reach a new conclusion