ELA Skills

The theme of a story is- 

• The most important detail. 
• A lesson learned from the story. 
• plot 
• summarizing the text 

When reading fiction we must think about the PLOT. What is the plot of a story? 

• Characters in a story
• The problem 
• The solution
• All the events that make up a story

When choosing a summary you must include- 

• The characters and their problems 
• All the little details from B,M,E
• The most important events from B, M, E 
• Your favorite part of the story

Synonyms are words that -

• have the same meaning 
• have opposite meaning 
• sound the same with different meaning 
• sound the same with different spelling 

The prefix un- (as in unlikely) 

• able to do
• full of something 
• not 
• before 

The prefix re (as in reread) -

• before 
• again 
• not 
• able to do 

The suffix -ful (as in colorful) 

• full of something 
• able to do 
• without having 
• having little of 

The suffix -less (as in homeless) 

• able to do
• full of something 
• with less of 
• without having 

A diagram- 

• labels the parts of something.
• identifies the main idea. 
• is used like a title. 
• is used to tell directions. 

Headings are used to- 

• identify the main idea of a selection
• tell about the photograph 
• explain how to do something 
• describe what it looks like