Academic Vocabulary
What is central idea?
what the text is mostly about; main idea
Identify the question round. Explain how you know.
Which quotation supports the idea that ants' survival depend on the structure of their bodies?
Round 1
The question can be answered without going back to the text.
In your OWN words, what is the following question asking?
Using the information from the passage, match each word listed on the left with its meaning on the right.
Match the word to what it means.
Question 7
B
What does contribute mean?
to add
how a text is set up or organized
Identify the question round. Explain how you know.
How does the author introduce the idea of defending the ant's nests?
Round 3.
This question requires you to read the story. It does not tell you where to go to find the answer.
In your OWN words, what is the following question asking?
Read the sentence below from paragraph 8.
Because of the flexibility in its waist area and its tenacity of muscles, it can hold almost any position needed to maintain hygiene.
What is the meaning of the word tenacity as it is used in the sentence?
What does the word tenacity mean in paragraph 8?
Question 6
B.
to show
What is plot?
the events that occur in the story from beginning to end
Identify the question round. Explain how you know.
What is the author's purpose in paragraphs 5-7?
Round 2.
The question tells you where to go to find the answer.
In your OWN words, what is the following question asking?
Using the information from the passage, drag each idea on the left to the paragraph where it is developed on the right.
In what paragraphs are these ideas developed?
Question 3
Choice 3,5
What does infer mean?
to guess based on knowledge and evidence
perspective or feelings about a topic
Identify the question round. Explain how you know.
What does carnivorous mean as it is used in paragraph 9?
Round 2.
The question tells you where to go to find the answer.
In your OWN words, what is the following question asking?
Select two sentences from paragraphs 3-4 that provide details to convey the central idea from paragraph 1.
Which 2 sentences from paragraphs 3 and 4 show what paragraph 1 was mostly about?
Question 8
C.
What does quotation mean?
cited or pulled from the text
a guess using prior knowledge and information from the text.
Identify the question round of the following questions. Explain how you know. (MUST ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS)
Which aspect of an ant does the photograph best help you understand?
Which quotation provides evidence for the claim in paragraph 1 that ants can be "shrewdly deceptive"?
Both are round 1 questions.
Question 1 gives you the photograph needed to answer the question.
Question 2 can be answered without going back to the text to find the answer.
In your OWN words, what is the following question asking?
Which quotation provides evidence for the claim in paragraph 1 that ants can be "shrewdly deceptive"?
Which sentence from the text supports the argument in paragraph 1 that ants are "shrewdly deceptive"?
Question 5
3:1
1:2
2:3
4:4
What does develop mean?
to build