Intensive Reading Semester One Quiz Pd. 6

Jessica, Mike, and Valery are on a journey to uncover the mysteries of informational texts! Can you assist them in understanding the main idea of an informational text?

• Is it about making inferences?

• Or is it about providing support?

• Could it be the Central (Main) Idea?

• Or is it about text features?

Jessica, Faten, and Mike are in a library. They are trying to understand the purpose of a heading in a book. Can you help them out?

• Is it to indicate the end of a sentence?

• Or maybe it's to divide a larger text into smaller sections?

• Could it be to provide additional clues about the topic?

• Or is it to list characteristics and examples?

Faten, Kevon, and Mike are planning to bake a cake! They found a recipe with step-by-step instructions. What kind of structure would best explain the steps they need to follow?

• A problem and solution structure

• A descriptive structure

• A procedural or how-to structure

• A cause and effect structure

Jessica, Faten, and Kayla are writing a story for their English class. They are stuck on identifying the part of speech that is used for naming in a sentence. Can you assist them?

• Noun

• Adverb

• Preposition

• Verb

Kevon, Faten, and Nicholas are writing an essay for their English class. They are confused about which punctuation mark they should use to signal the end of a sentence and indicate a complete thought. Can you guide them?

• Exclamation

• Question mark

• Period

• Comma

Imagine Jada, Jimaree, and Maynor are in a library. They found an old book with a word they don't understand. Luckily, the book also contains the definition of the word. What type of context clue is this?

• The author of the book hints at the meaning by providing a non-example or opposite

• The author of the book uses a word having the same or similar meaning to other words in a sentence

• The definition of the word is given in the form of an example

• The definition of the word is incorporated into the text of the book

Valery, Nicholas, and Kayla are reading a novel for their literature class. They come across a word they don't understand and are trying to find a synonym context clue. Can you help them?

• The definition of the word is incorporated into the text

• The definition of the word is given in the form of an example

• The author uses a word having the same or similar meaning to other words in a sentence

• The author hints at the meaning by providing a non-example or opposite

Imagine Kayla, Mike, and Jimaree are playing a game of Scrabble. They stumble upon a word they haven't encountered before. Kayla suggests that the word's meaning might be hinted at by providing a non-example or opposite. What type of context clue is Kayla using?

• The definition of the word is incorporated into the game rules

• Mike uses a word having the same or similar meaning to other words on the board

• The definition of the word is given in the form of an example by Jada

• Jimaree hints at the meaning by providing a non-example or opposite

Faten, Nicholas, and Jada are reading a novel for their literature class. They encounter a word they don't understand. Faten suggests they should look for the definition in the text, Nicholas thinks they should find a word with similar meaning in the sentence, and Jada believes they should find a non-example or opposite. However, they all agree that they can make an educated guess, use reasoning or their background knowledge to determine the meaning. What is this strategy called?

• The definition of the word is incorporated into the text

• The author uses a word having the same or similar meaning to other words in a sentence

• The author hints at the meaning by providing a non-example or opposite

• The reader is able to make an educated guess, use reasoning or background knowledge to determine the meaning of an unknown word

Imagine this scenario: Jessica, Valery, and Elliot are sitting in a classroom. The window is open, and a cool breeze is coming in. What can you infer from this situation?

• It might be fall because the leaves are different colors and not all green

• The weather outside is likely nice and cool

• Jessica's mouth may be dry because that is a common response to being nervous

• Elliot, being a student, probably runs into animals all the time when going to school