ELA Practice

Facts are true, proven statements. Opinions depend on the author or person speaking. What can USUALLY help you decide if a statement is an OPINION?

• Strong adjectives (beautiful, unfortunately)

• Statistics (95% of the animals...)

• Dates (in 1935...)

• Summaries (The Homework Machine had four main characters.)

Fill in the missing word: Somebody wanted ____ so then.

• Because

• But

• Someone

• It

Character traits refer to...

• A character’s personality

• A character’s height

• A character’s hair color

• A character’s friend

Check all of the ACCEPTABLE strategies for finding a definition to a word.

• Using context clues

• Using a dictionary

• Breaking the word apart (in bicycle, “bi” means 2 and “cycle” means wheels = 2 wheels)

• Thinking of a similar word to compare

True or false: You SHOULD read the text features in a text.

• True

• False

Text about an historical event usually have what structure?

• Compare and contrast

• Problem and solution

• Sequence

• Description

A Venn Diagram (overlapping circles) would be a good graphic organizer for what text structure?

• Sequence

• Problem and solution

• Compare and contrast

• Description

Why do good readers stop and jot? (Check all that apply.)

• To remember information they’ve read

• To connect with ideas in the text

• To help understand what they’re reading

• To think more deeply about the text

As a strong reader, you should NOT...

• Find a comfy smart spot to stay and read

• Use sticky notes to write down questions or ideas

• Take a break after each page

• Work on stamina (reading for longer periods of time)

What is an INFERENCE?

• A guess

• A conclusion

• A character’s plan in the story

• A guess using background knowledge and text evidence