1
2
3
4
5
6
7
100

celebrated

observed

100

fine (clothing)

fancy/expensive

100

eager

very excited

100

hint

clue

100

theme

Lesson Learned

100

point of view

think or feel

100

suggest 

tell us

200

The way a group of people do things (family, culture, traditions)

customs/traditions

200

intricate

very detailed
200

dreading

fear or worry about what is going to happen

200

infer

schema (what I know) + text (what the text says)

200

foreshadow

giving clues about what will happen next or later in the story

200

squirmed

wiggled

200

depressed

very sad

300

possessions 

things you own (belongings)

300

process

step-by-step instructions or directions

300

setting 

time and place of a story

300

herbs

strong smelling leaves of plants 

(Think: mint, basil, rosemary)

300

develop

add to (what would I NOT know?)

300

anxious

worried

300

problem will be solved

solution

400

moped

to act sad and pout

400

appearance

what someone or something looks like
400

exchange

trading one thing for another

400

reader learn/reader to understand

make an inference

400
(treated with) respect

care

400

rewarding

be enjoyable or make you happy

400

vanished

disappeared

500

beckoned

to call someone closer

500

native (plant)

existed (grown) in an area for a long time

500

plantations

large area for growing crops

500

idea is developed

What are the paragraphs mostly about?

500

meaning of the word

CUP strategy

500

organized 

text structure

(cause/effect, problem/solution, sequential order, compare/contrast)

500

title = support a main idea

  1. Look at the title.

  2. What is the text mostly about?

  3. How do these connect?