Academic Language

What is a secondhand account?

• A fictional story

• A firsthand account of an event

• A story told by someone who was not there

• A story told by the main character

What is a sentence fragment?

• A complete sentence

• A long sentence

• A question

• An incomplete sentence

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Where does the setting of a story take place?

• In the introduction

• Where the characters are

• In the title

• In the conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What does a simile do?

• Describes something without comparison

• Tells a story

• Compares two things using like or as

• Makes a direct statement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does singular mean?

• Many of something

• None of something

• Two of something

• One of something

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What are stage directions?

• The script of the play

• Directions to the nearest stage

• How the characters move and speak

• Instructions for how the story should end

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

What is a stanza?

• A type of novel

• A paragraph in a story

• A chapter in a book

• Section of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the subject of a sentence about?

• The beginning

• The conclusion

• The person, place, thing, or idea

• The action

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is a suffix?

• A complete word

• A word part added at the beginning of a word

• A standalone letter

• A word part added to the end of a root

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does it mean to summarize?

• To retell in your own words

• To predict the ending

• To read silently

• To copy text exactly

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2