Vocab
A group of people chosen to do a specific job, often to study an issue or make decisions.
Committees
When an author describes a problem and then tells how it was fixed, the text is using this structure.
Problem and Solution
The words Constitution, United States, and Philadelphia are this kind of noun.
Proper nouns
The Constitution was written at a meeting in Philadelphia where state leaders gathered. What was this meeting called?
Constitutional Convention
A wordsmith is someone who is especially skilled at working with these.
Words
A large, formal meeting for a special purpose, such as writing a new plan of government.
Convention
These bolded words at the top of a section help readers know what that section is about.
Headings
A noun that names any person, place, or thing in general (like city or document) is called this.
common noun
Many delegates believed the first government, under the Articles of Confederation, was too weak. What was one problem they wanted to solve?
What is that the national government was too weak to solve problems between states / collect taxes / enforce laws?
What genre of text have we been reading these past two weeks?
Expository Texts
To talk about different sides of an issue in an organized discussion
Debate
In Who Wrote the U.S. Constitution?, the author includes a timeline. What does this help the reader understand?
Order of important events/when things happened
Fix the plural: one representative, two ________.
Representatives
Delegates worried about any one part of government having too much power. What solution did they create to balance power?
What is dividing the government into three branches (legislative, executive, judicial)?
example, definition, synonym, antonym, etc.
A plan or suggestion that is offered for others to think about and decide on.
Proposal
Photographs, portraits, and images of original documents in the text are examples of these helpful supports
Graphic or text features
Some nouns change spelling in the plural form. For example, mouse becomes mice. These are called ________ plurals.
Irregular plurals
Some states wanted representation based on population, and smaller states wanted equal representation. The agreement they reached to solve this is known as this compromise.
What is the Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise)?
What are diagrams that show events in order they took place?
Timeline
This word can mean "to settle, explain, or solve" a problem or argument
Resolve
In a problem/solution text, this part tells what went wrong or what needed to be fixed.
The problem
Choose the correctly written plural noun: The delegates read several (proposal / proposals / proposal’s) before voting.
proposals
In the text, delegates also had to solve the problem of choosing the president. What system did they create to do this?
Electoral College
Authors, poets, and speechwriters are all wordsmiths because they do this with language.
Carefully choose and arrange words to communicate ideas.