Greek Roots
Parts of a Paragraph
Annotation
Main Idea
Summarizing
100

A quality, skill, or experience that makes a person suited to do a job.

Credential

100

Your basic belief about a particular topic, issue, event, or idea.

What is Topic Sentence/Claim

100

We mark these with a checkmark during the First Read

What are unknown words

100

It is not a word or phrase but a complete sentence

What is the Main Idea

100

The three parts we need to find when we TAG it

Title

Author

Genre

200

de-

dis-

opposite, against

200

Explains relationship between claim and evidence as well as the importance and implications of the evidence.

What is Analysis

200

One of the three actions taken during Pre-Reading

Circle the Title

Write a question next to the titiel

Number the paragraphs

200

What the text is mostly about

What is the Main Idea

200

In the article "_____" (YEAR), AUTHOR (VERB) that MAIN IDEA.

What is the topic sentence

300

to cause someone to feel ashamed; to cause someone or something to lose
or become unworthy of respect or approval.

disgrace

300

Your specific facts or specific evidence used to support why your claim is true. 

What is Evidence

300

Word that relate to the Major Claim are usually ____ throughout the text.

Repeated

300

This will usually tell you exactly what the topic of the passage will be, which is the first step to figuring out the main idea.

What is the Title

300

This verb is used when the author is giving information

What is "explains"

400

not thinking about things in a reasonable or sensible way

illogical

400

A direct statement that explains the topic of the essay, what you believe or think, and why you believe or think it

What is a Thesis claim

400

The last step of the Second Read

What is Underline Evidence

400

This type of text does not have one single Main Idea but rather presents an overview of multiple claims

Informational text

400

First, the author . . . 

Then, the author . . . 

Next, the author . . . 

After that, the author . . . 

Finally, the author . . .

What are transitions

500

im-

in-

il-

not

500

Re-reading THIS after constructing a working thesis/claim can help you fix an argument that misses the focus of the question

What is the question or prompt

500

The reason that we write questions in the margin during the Third Read

Respond to the text

Share your reaction to the text

Engage with the text

500

The text, "According to American Family Insurance, 15,000 families have used the DriveCam in 19 states
since it launched in 2007. The company has recorded 65 percent to 70 percent reductions in
distractions, tailgating, poor scanning, intentionally unsafe driving and speeding" is an example of this.

Data

Evidence

500

The words needed to have a meaningful understanding of what the text is about.

What are Essential Words