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WorksheetsTapping the Power of Nonfiction: Bend 2
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What are some good ways to sort key vocabulary in a nonfiction text? Select all that apply.
According to central ideas
According to known and unknown words
According to positive/neutral/negative terms associated with the reading.
According to foreign and domestic words.
What are some ways we can discover the meaning of new words that we encounter in a text? Choose all that apply.
Look for context clues.
Look at prefixes and suffixes for root words that you already know.
Try spelling the word backwards and see if it reveals a secret meaning.
Look up the word in a dictionary.
Which of the following is an example of "lingo" that a person working in the medical field would use frequently? Select one.
venipuncture
venison
Valentine
venture capitalism
Which of the following is the best definition of "lingo"?
A cool sport that involves blindfolded dogs fetching frisbees
A delightful pasta dish from the old country
Another word for "language"
A word to describe the research process
What is synthesizing?
Fitting what you're learning with what you already know
Playing a guitar
Finding the Imposter
Retelling a text's main points in your own words
What is summarizing?
Preparing your house for the winter
Restating the central and main ideas in a short paragraph
Looking closely at something on a microscope
Fitting what you already know with what you're learning
Why should you build background knowledge?
To build a wall
To work towards reading harder texts
To tell your friends what you learned
To tell your sister she's wrong
What should a summary include? Select all that apply.
The central idea
The main idea
Only the text's title
Only one sentence
Based on what you learned in class, what does pesticide mean?
Something that kills plants
Something that helps pests
Something that tastes funny
Something that kills pests
