Metacognitive Reading Strategies
Wondering and inquiring about a text before, during and after reading...
Asking questions
Two stories that Edgar Allen Poe wrote are...
The Tell Tale Heart
A Cask of Amontillado
This punctuation mark indicates the end of a sentence.
A period
Use commas to separate items in a list of ____ or more items.
What is 3?
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence...
Thomas Jefferson
“Watching the movie in your mind” and “feeling, smelling, hearing, or tasting” what you read.
Creating Mental Images & Using Your 5 Senses
In "The Tell Tale Heart" the narrator doesn't like this about the old man.
his eye
Use this punctuation mark to show when someone or something possesses something.
What is an apostrophe?
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
The American colonies declared their independence from England in this year...
1776
"What's Worth Remembering?"
Determining What's Important
Edgar Allen Poe was alive in this year...
1809-1849
Use this punctuation mark at the end of a sentence to indicate excitement or emotion.
What is an exclamation mark?
The comma in this sentence goes...
Last Wednesday my girlfriend and I went out on a date.
This term that is used in reference to a legislature means "one chamber"...
Unicameral
Building on previous knowledge and experiences to aid in comprehension of the text
Using Prior Knowledge
"The Cask of Amontillado", takes place in this country...
Italy
Two things that you should always capitalize are...
Nationalities, proper nouns, days of the week, months of the year, etc...
The commas in this sentence should go...
My brother Johnny works at a department store.
This word means cruel and unfair rule...
Tyranny
Combining background knowledge with information from the text to predict, conclude, interpret, etc.
Drawing Inferences
In "The Tale Tale Heart" the narrator tries to convince the reader that he's not...
insane
This seldom used punctuation mark is similar to a period and used after a complete thought (aka independent clause)
What is a semi-colon?
Give two examples of dependent clause markers.
While, because, if, until, after, although
Before the Constitution, the American colonies sought to create a unified government by writing this...
The Articles of Confederation