Unit 1 Review

Every class on your warm up, I ask you to identify and define 2 unfamiliar and essential vocabulary terms. What two ways can you look up the definition of the vocabulary?

• Print or Digital Glossary

• Printed Glossary or in a dictionary

• On our phone or Chromebook

• Digital Glossary or Chromebook.

When reading chapter 1 of The Hatchet, what was the purpose of me making you highlight the characters and setting?

• Annotating: looking for specific information or ideas to enhance Comprehension

• Because I want you to be busy, and I am mean

• Author's Purpose: The reader is able to infer the reasoning behind why the author wrote the text

When studying the cover of your library book, what are some things that made you choose your book?

• Author's point of view in the text

• Author's purpose

• TITLE, colors, pictures

• Chapter 5 is good

Define Professional Correspondence

Discourse means....

• Writing thoughts and questions about a text in the margin for later review

• Throwing your lunch on the floor and running out of the room.

• written or spoken communication or debate.

Which of the following is an appropriate strategy for a reader to employ when monitoring and adjusting comprehension of a text?

• Composing a clear thesis statement about the purpose and genre of the text

• Connecting background knowledge to details in the text

• Writing down direct quotes from the text without interpreting their meaning

• Identifying how many key ideas are presented in the text