8.12 Center

Floods can cause tremendous damage.  They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind.  It can take months to clean up after a flood.
 What is the main idea?

• Floods can cause a lot of damage.
• Floods cause mudslides.
• Floods damage houses and roads. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

Which sentence suggests that Joanna rode her bike to school?

• Joannaʼs hair was a little messy when she got to school.
• Joanna crossed three streets on her way to school.
• Joanna went four blocks on her way to school.
• Joanna had to put her helmet inside the classroom closet.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Dolphins are very smart animals.  They even have their own language.   They talk to each other with clicks, whistles, and grunts.  Scientists have been studying this dolphin language.  They hope that in the future, people and dolphins will be able to talk to each other. This paragraph mainly tells:

• how dolphins talk to people
• how smart dolphins are 
• how dolpins are different from fish
• which scientists are studying languages

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

The author shows how two or more things are alike and different.

• Proposition and Support

• Sequential

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

The author describes an event or action that causes other things to happen.

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Proposition and Support

• Sequential

The author presents a problem, then offers one or more solutions.

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Proposition and Support

• Compare and Contrast

Additional information found in boxes or along the sides of the pages.

• Inserts & Sidebars

• Charts & Graphics

• Table of Contents

• Bullets, Asterisks, and Stars

Which type of non-fiction text structure tells a story IN ORDER?

• Cause & Effect
• Chronological
• Sequence of Events
• Problem & Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

This type of writing includes many adjectives, examples, or characteristics.

• description
• compare & contrast
• order & sequence
• problem & solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

the narrator is the

• person telling the story
• the simile
• person who wrote the story
• a flat character

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4