ELA Benchmark 1 review

Match the following words to their definition

• Decoding

• sounding out words

• Visualizing

• Imagining a story in your head

• Previewing

• Looking at the pictures and chapter titles to help you understand the book before you read it.

If you are reading a story and you notice you do not understand what is happening, what should you do?

• Just keep reading

• Walk away from the book

• Get irritated

• Go back and re-read parts of the story closely

Good writers write one draft perfect the first time. Good writers do not need to write multiple drafts.

Are these statements true or false?

• true

• false

Answer explanation

Good writing usually involves multiple drafts

Match the stages of the writing process with what happens in each stage.

• Revising

• Make sure the spelling and grammar and punctuation are correct

• Editing

• Your work is finished, corrected and ready for others to read.

• Publishing

• Write the story with a beginning, middle and end

• Drafting

• Make changes to how the story is organized

• Prewriting

• List all of your ideas

Match the terms with the definitions

• Standard English

• #3

• Match me with #3

• English that is more relaxed and used when talking to a friend or family

• Slang

• Correct and Formal English that is used when speaking to respected people or people you do not know.

How do good readers make inferences?

• Make a guess using clues from the text and what you already know.

• Make a guess from no information at all.

• Skip till the end and find the answer.

Which of these things helps you make good inferences?

• the color of the pages

• key details in the story

• how long the book is

• what the author's name is

Which part of a story is most often used to create a story's mood?

• characters

• plot

• setting

• title

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun and other words in the sentence. A preposition describes where, when or how something is happening. Which word is a preposition?

• around

• ran

• fast

• blue

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun and other words in the sentence. A preposition describes where, when or how something is happening. Which sentence contains a preposition?

• I looked under the bed.

• I ran and ran and ran.

• I am the biggest, fastest, baseball player ever!

• My aunt has a blue dress.