Vocabulary
This word means having the drive to keep going even when something is hard.
➡️ What is determination?
Every complete sentence must have these two parts.
What is a subject and predicate?
This is the main purpose of the passage A Slimy Sensation.
What is to show how kids are making and using slime?
What is show different ways slime has become part of students’ lives?
What are......
“Some students who enjoy using slime at school say it helps relieve their stress and helps them concentrate”
“Teachers and administrators… slime has been banned at many schools for causing a distraction” ?
This is one reason some teachers do not like slime.
What is it distracts students from their work?
This word means to chase after or follow something, like a goal or a dream.
➡️ What is pursued?
Combine these two sentences: The dog barked. The dog ran.
What is The dog barked, and the dog ran?
The final paragraph shows both benefits and problems of slime at school. This is how it supports the author’s purpose.
What is showing that slime can help kids focus but also cause distractions?
When an author compares something by telling how they are similar or different, this is the structure.
What is compare and contrast?
This problem happened in stores because slime was so popular.
What is they ran out of glue?
This word describes something very serious, harsh, or extreme.
➡️ What is severe?
In the sentence The tall boy ran quickly to class, the subject is ___.
What is “The tall boy”?
The detail about students selling slime on social media proves this point.
What is slime has become a way to make money?
This is one reason teachers banned slime at school.
What is it causes distractions?
This sentence is shown by the example of students turning slime into a business
What is “Other students have turned slime-making into a business”?
This word means finding how two things are alike or different.
➡️ What is comparison?
In the sentence The tall boy ran quickly to class, the predicate is ___.
What is “ran quickly to class”?
Chronological order in paragraph 1 is used mainly to show this.
What is the steps kids use to make slime?
When an author uses words to illustrate information that could also be shown with pictures or labels, this text feature would be used instead.
What is a diagram?
Why did the author write A Slimy Sensation?
What is to show how kids are making, selling, and using slime
This word means the ability to keep going for a long time without giving up.
➡️ What is endurance?
Combine these two sentences into one: I like pizza with a lot of cheese and extra sauce. I like tacos with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
What is
-I like pizza with a lot of cheese and extra sauce and tacos with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
-I like pizza with a lot of cheese and extra sauce, and I like tacos with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Paragraphs 2 and 3 are alike because they both do this.
What is show different ways slime has become part of students’ lives?
This structure shows things in the order they happened.
What is sequence/chronological order?
These two details show slime is very popular among kids.
What are stores like Target and Walgreens running out of glue, and students selling slime for $1–$5 a container?