Genres?
Are "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Cinderella" fantasy stories or are they biography stories?
(Hint: remember, biographies are stories about real people's lives while fairy tales are made up stories with imaginary characters, like talking animals.
Fantasy
If I draw or paint a picture, is it a photograph or an illustration?
(Hint: Remember, a photograph comes from a camera.)
Illustration
A person or animal in a story is called a ___________. Is it a character or the plot?
(Hint: Remember, Cinderella and the stepsisters are characters in the story. The plot of the story is how a poor girl became a princess.)
Character
In the word, unhappy, what is the root word?
(Hint: Remember, the root word is the main word. It is the word inside the bigger word that can stand all by itself.)
Happy
What type of sentence is this:
"Go and clean your room."
(Hint: Remember, the four types of sentences are: statement, command, exclamation, and question.)
Command
If I made up a story from my imagination about an adventure that I had with my friends, would it be fiction or nonfiction?
(Hint: Remember, nonfiction is a kind of story that is true. It really happened.)
Fiction
If I look at the bottom or the top of a picture, there might be some sentences telling me about the picture. What are those sentences called? Is it a caption or is it a map?
(Hint: Remember, the purpose of a map is to tell you where something is, not to explain just any picture.)
I read a story in a book. Then, I imagine the story in my own mind. What am I doing? Am I grammering or visualizing?
Visualizing
In the word, sadness, what is the root word?
(Hint: Remember, look for the word inside the bigger word that can stand all by itself.)
Sad
What is the whole subject in the sentence below?
"The happy baby laughed at his mommy."
"The happy baby"
The story, "Maria Celebrates Brazil" was a story about a girl from Brazil who did not want to practice her special dance. However, her dad convinced her that she should do it anyway. It was not a true story, but it did sound real. It could have happened, even though it did not actually happen. Is that an example of realistic fiction or unrealistic fiction?
(Hint: Remember, "un" is a prefix, and it means "not.")
Realistic Fiction
When I read a story, at the very top, there is a __________. This tells me the title of the story. What is that called? Is it a heading or is it a predicate?
What is it that tells me the time and place of a story? Is it the setting or the theme?
(Hint: Remember, the theme is the main message of the story.)
Setting
How do I say, walk, if I want to say that I did it yesterday?
(Hint: Remember, you have to add something to the end of the word to show that it happened in the past.)
Walked
What is the whole predicate in this sentence below?
"The dog ran around the room.
"ran around the room"
If I want to learn all about the Great Wall of China, I should find a book with real facts and true information. Should I get a book that is an expository text or a book that is fiction?
(Hint: Remember, fiction means that it is not real.)
Expository Text
If I want to know where to find a city or a town, I look at a _____.
Map
In the story of the "Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, what is the theme?
(Hint: Remember, theme means the message that the writer wants you to know.)
You should do everything well. Work hard, and do not be lazy and skip steps like the first two pigs did.
I snuggled with my mom while we watched the movie. I sat right on her lap with a blanket, and it was very nice and warm.
Use context clues to figure out what the word snuggled means.
Snuggled means to be close to someone.
Combine these two sentences together:
I like to run. I like to read.
I like to run and to read.
or
I like to run and read.
The story, "Taking Care of Pepper," is a story that tells all the details about a boy who takes care of his horse. It tells a true story in details like a story, not just as facts and examples. Is this an example of narrative nonfiction or of realistic fiction?
(Hint: Remember, there is a big difference between fiction and nonfiction. One of them means "made up," and the other one means "true.")
Narrative Nonfiction
A chart that tells me the different parts of a flower is called a ___________. Is it a subject or a diagram?
Diagram
Summarize the story of "Cinderella."
(Hint: Remember, to summarize means to tell only the most important parts.)
(Teacher will decide if the answer is sufficient.)
Right now, I am peeling potatoes.
Which word in the sentence above has an inflectional ending?
(Hint: Remember that an inflectional ending is some letters that we add to a word to change when it happened.)
peeling
Tell me how writing a good paragraph is like eating a big juicy hamburger.
(Teacher will decide if the answer is sufficient.)