5th Grade ELA
Test Taking Strategies
5th Grade ELA
100

What are the people in stories referred to as?

what are characters?

100

How many hours of sleep should you get the night before the test?

What is 8 hours?

100

This is when 2 words means the same thing

 What is a synonym?

200

What is the name of the person who writes the story? 

what is the author
200

What time should you get to school on test days? 

What is no later than 8:00am
200

This figure of speech is being used in this sentence “The boy felt like a lion because he was so courageous”

What is a Simile?

300
Name two books we've read in this class.

Esperanza Rising and The Most Beautiful Roof in the World

300

What do you do if you don't know the answer to a question?

What is skip it and come back to it later?
300

This is what you call a book that talks about a person’s life from beginning to end

What is an Biography?

400

What kind of language do we use to improve our stories?

What is Figurative Language?

400

How many times should you read through a text? 

At least 3 times 
400

What does sensory details include?

What is details that help you see, hear, smell, taste and feel

500

Non-fiction means...

The story is true

500

You should skip every question you don't know and never go back to it. True or False?

 What is false?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!! This is what you call a story you write about your own life. 

What is an Autobiography

600

Fiction means...

A story is not real

600

What should you do with scratch paper in ELA?

 What is create a graphic organizer.

600

This is a piece of literature that is based on imaginary people, events and worlds

What is Fiction?

700

What is this an example of: I can determine the theme of the story by summarizing and citing evidence 

What is a learning target /objective.

700

How many sentences should you have is a writing prompt asks you to write a " short response"?

What is 3-5 sentences?

700

What is an adjective?

Describes a noun

800

Name 3 character traits

responsible, kind, loving... answers may vary
800

What is the amount of questions you can skip before submitting?

ZERO!!!! Answer all questions!!!

800

This is what we call a short statement of the main points of a story.

What is a Summary?

900

FREEEEEEEEEEEBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

YOU GOT LUCKY!!!!!

900

What MUST you do before submitting your test?

What is raise your hand? 

900

What does the theme tell you?

What the author wants you to take away from the texr.

1000

Give an example of both a simile and a metaphor

Answers may vary

1000

What do you do if you run into an unfamiliar word? 

Use context clues to determine the definition. 

1000

Setting tells what two things?

Time and Place