ELA Module 6 Review

ELA Module 6 Review

Superlative Adjectives

• So what is an Adjective? An adjective is a describing word.

• What does superlative adjective mean?

• Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest).

• They are used in sentences where a subject is compared to a group of objects.

What do I think about when I think of superlatives?

• Think about when are in school and you are around your classmates and your teacher calls you the class clown. That means you are the funniest kid in the class.

• You are being compared to all the students in the class.

• Let's look at a few examples.

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Examples:

• Taraj is the fastest runner in his class.

• Aaron is the silliest boy I know.

• I teach the sweetest girls in fourth grade.

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank.

I am the __________ person in my family.

• shorter

• shortest

• short

• taller

Multiple Choice

True or False? The following sentence has a superlative adjective.

Malachi is taller than his sister.

• True

• False

Think about that last question we just answered.

• It said that Malachi is taller than his sister.

• The sentence was only comparing two nouns (Malachi & his sister.)

• When I am only comparing two things , that is called an COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE.

Rules for comparative adjectives.

Here are a few examples:

-Malachi's room is cleaner than Riley's room.

-My brother is taller than me.

-Fourth grade was more difficult that third grade.

(You wouldn't say "difficulter")

Multiple Choice

Select the correct comparative adjectives.

Pizza Hut is _________ than Little Caesars.

• expensiver

• more expensive

• expensivest

Multiple Choice

Select the comparative adjective.

• nice

• nicer

• nicest

What is a pronoun? Antecedent?

• A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun.

• The antecedent is the noun that is being replaced.

• Example: Mr. Moreland drank his coffee.

• Mr. Moreland would be the noun(antecedent), we replaced Mr. Moreland with "he"

Multiple Choice

Read the excerpt from Never Enough Space.

If you have ever looked up at the stars, you are not alone. In fact, people have been stargazing for centuries. Some people, such as astronomers, look at the night sky for their careers. Astronauts take things one small step further and go into space! You may not be able to hop onto a rocket, but you can look up at the stars. A pair of binoculars or a telescope makes the experience even better. You can become an amateur astronomer in your own backyard.

People have looked at the night sky throughout history. In fact, ancient sailors used the stars as a tool. For example, Polaris, or the North Star, has historically been a useful compass because it is always in the northern sky. At first, people used their eyes to study the stars. Eventually, telescopes were invented.

Select the text feature that would best support the information in the passage.

• picture

• timeline

• graph

• bulleted list

Fill in the Blanks

Read the body paragraph from an opinion essay.

Horses are great for working farmers. Many farmers use horses to plow fields or haul trailers of hay. They could use a tractor, but horses still work great for these tasks. They are very strong animals. Draft horses can pull thousands of pounds. Horses are still relevant on farms today.

Does the author have a topic sentence?

Multiple Choice

Read the body paragraph from an opinion essay.

Horses are great for working farmers. Many farmers use horses to plow fields or haul trailers of hay. They could use a tractor, but horses still work great for these tasks. They are very strong animals. Draft horses can pull thousands of pounds. Horses are still relevant on farms today.

What could the author add to this body paragraph to make it even better.

• Closing sentence

• evidence

• transitions

What is the point of the passage?

People have looked at the night sky throughout history. In fact, ancient sailors used the stars as a tool. For example, Polaris, or the North Star, has historically been a useful compass because it is always in the northern sky. At first, people used their eyes to study the stars. Eventually, telescopes were invented. One famous astronomer, Galileo Galilei, made a telescope that was similar to the ones we use today. He used it to prove that Earth revolved around the sun. Astronomers since have made many discoveries with more powerful telescopes.

Read the next passage. How does it support the first passage we read?

Passage 2

Astronomers use powerful telescopes to study moons throughout our solar system. For example, the Hubble is a huge telescope that can see moons very far away. NASA sent Hubble into space in 1990. Astronomers have used it to make many discoveries. They have even found moons that we had never seen before.