Vocabulary Smarts
What is a strategy you can use to figure out the meaning of a word you don’t know?
what is use context clues like how the word is used in the sentence, or look it in a dictionary or google.
What should you do after writing your first draft?
Revise and edit your work
Choose the correct pronoun: "(He/Him) and I went to the store."
He
What does it mean to be an active listener in a discussion?
Paying attention, making eye contact, and responding thoughtfully
What should you always do when using information from another source?
Give credit or cite your source
What does the prefix "un-" mean in the word "unfriendly"
what is not or opposite of
What kind of writing tells a true story about your life?
Narrative writing
What type of pronoun is "myself" in the sentence "I made the cake myself"?
Intensive pronoun
Why is it important to come prepared for a discussion?
So you can refer to the text and support your ideas
What is one way to check if a website is reliable?
Check the author, date, and whether it ends in .edu, .org, etc
Which word has a more negative connotation: "thrifty" or "stingy"?
What is stingy
What do we call writing that tries to convince someone of something?
Persuasive or argumentative writing
What is wrong with this sentence? "Each student should bring their pencil."
Shift in pronoun number; "their" should be "his or her"
What is one way to show you understand another speaker's point of view?
Paraphrase what they said or ask a thoughtful question
What does it mean to paraphrase?
To put information from a source into your own words
If "audible" means able to be heard, what does the root "aud" most likely mean?
What is to hear
Name two ways to make your writing more interesting for readers.
Vary sentence patterns, use descriptive language
Which punctuation mark is used to set off a parenthetical element? Give an example.
Commas, parentheses, or dashes – e.g., My friend, who is very funny, told the joke.
What should you include when presenting to a class?
Main ideas, logical order, details, and clear speaking
What is one reason we might refocus our research question?
To make it clearer or more specific as we learn more
What figure of speech is used in this sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees"?
What is personification
What is the purpose of a graphic organizer when planning writing?
To organize your ideas before you begin writing
Spell this word correctly: "definately"
Definitely
Name one multimedia tool you might include in a presentation.
Images, charts, sound, videos, graphics
Give an example of bibliographic information for a website.
Author, title, website name, URL, date accessed