Reading Skills
Prefixes/Suffixes/Roots
Reading Skills 2
Text Features
100

What is character perspective?

Character's thoughts and feelings

100

What is the meaning of the word dis, as in disability?

Dis means not.

100

What is the author's claim?

What the author says is true
100

Name some text features.

Title, headings, photos, captions, sidebars, charts, diagrams

200

Name some genres we find character perspectives.

Realistic fiction, historical fiction, etc.

200

What is the meaning of the suffix able?

Able/can do something

200

How does an author support their claim?

With strong language, opinion words, and text features like headings and captions!

200

What is the purpose of a heading?

To tell what that section is all about.

300

How do we tell a character's perspective?

We analyze a character's words, actions, and thoughts.

300

Bene is a root that means good. Can you think of any words that have bene in them? What do those words mean?

(reasonable answers)

300

What is an author's purpose?

The author's reason for writing.

300

What is the purpose of a photo/caption?

To show something the author thinks is important.

400

What is the theme of a story?

The lesson

400

How can we figure out the meaning of an unknown word?

Look for prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

400

Name some reasons (purposes) authors write.

Persuade, Inform, or Entertain

400

What is the purpose of a timeline?

To show the order of events in a biography.

500

How do we tell the theme of a story? 

We look at what the characters learn.

500

How else can we figure out the meaning of an unknown word?

Use context clues/ hook a synonym.

500

What is the author's purpose of an argumentative text?

To convince the reader of their claim.

500

What is the purpose of a sidebar?

To give extra information about the topic that's not in the article.