Where can you often find the topic sentence of a paragraph?
first or second sentence of a paragraph
100
What do you do to find the meaning of a word you don't understand when you are reading a text?
Use the context to help me understand. The context is the other words near an unknown word.
100
What are supporting details? What can they be?
details that support the main ideas. They can facts, reasons or examples.
100
What is a fact? What is an opinion? What are some words that indicate an opinion?
fact- something that is generally true and sometimes supported by statistics or other numbers.
opinion: what a person thins about something, personal thoughts, another person doesn't have to agree.
I think, I feel, I believe, in my opinion
100
What is a dependent clause? What is an independent clause?
A dependent clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb but always begins with a subordinator.
An independent clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb to express a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence.
200
Word Families: What is the noun form of the verb "connect"?
connection
200
What is a suffix? What are two common suffixes we learned about in our textbook? Give me an example of a word with a suffix.
a letter or group of letters at the end of a word.-ful and -al.
examples cheerful, joyful, educational, national, biological, financial.
200
What is a prefix? what are the prefixes we talked about in the textbook? What do they mean? Give me an example of each one. Im- is added to adjectives that begin with what letters?
a group of letters at the beginning of a word. It changes the meaning of a word. in-, im-, and un-. They mean "not" and are added to adjectives?
informal invisible unusual unable impolite immature
m and p
200
What two things make a phrasal verb? What are some examples of particles from our textbook? What is an example of a phrasal verb from our textbook? Are they separable?
verb plus a particle
particles- in, out, up over, by , down, away
watch out
picked up
threw away
fell down
stopped by
200
What are run-ons and comma splices?
They are common sentence errors. A run-on is two simple sentence incorrectly joined with no coordinating conjunction and no comma.
a comma splice is two simple sentences incorrectly joined with NO coordinating conjunction.
300
What are the two parts of a topic sentence?
subject/topic and controlling idea
300
What is freewriting? What are some tips for freewriting?
a way of brainstorming where you write down all your thoughts about a topic or question.
Write down every idea you have for 5-10 minutes
good and bad ideas ok
stay focused/write only about your topic
choose the best ideas to use for your writing
300
What are two phrases to use when you are writing details to support your main idea?
for example, for instance. First reason, second reason, etc.
300
What should you use when writing to make your writing more interesting to read? Give me examples.
sentence variety: short, long sentences, questions and imperatives
300
What is a compound sentence? What is a complex sentence? What are some examples of subordinators can you use in a complex sentence?
A compound sentence has more than one independent clause.
A complex sentence has one independent clause with one or more dependent clauses.
after, as soon as, before, since, until, whenever, while
400
Use the word "contribute" in sentences. The first sentence should be in simple present and the second sentence should be in present continuous.
answers vary (contribute, contributing)
400
What is a conjunction? Give me four examples we learned in our textbook? When do you use that conjunction (what reason)?
conjunctions are words that join other words, phrases or sentences. and, but or, so
and to join two sentences that are similar
or combining ideas or sentence when there is a choice or more than one possibility
but when joining two contrasting ideas or sentences
so to show a result
400
What two things should agree in a sentence? You should use the singular form of the _____ with singular ______ and use plural forms of the ____ with plural ______.
Give me an example of each.
subject and verb
verb, subjects
verb, subjects
answers will vary
400
What is a future clause? wheat conjunctions do they begin with?
a dependent clause that can be added to a main clause to talk about a future even.
When, as soon as , after, before, or not...until
400
What is a concluding sentence? What is an example phrases/conclusion signal?
The last sentence of paragraph that restates the topic sentence or summarized the main points of the paragraph.
to conclcude, in conclusion, to sum up, to summarize, in summary, in brief, in short, indeed.
500
What is the definition of the word "influence"? Use it in a sentence.
have an affect on
500
When you use there is/there are the _____ comes after the _____.
Give me an example
subject, verb
500
What are modals? What are some examples? What do you use to make a very strong statement of your opinion?
words to use to give your opinion. should, should not and ought to.
must and must not
500
What reading strategies can you use? Explain what they are.
Predicting, questioning (what, where, how, why), visualizing, personal response, clarifying, summarizing, reflecting, making connections.