Why do we summarize?

What is the meaning of greets as used in the sentence below?

He greets me at the doorway each day when I come home from school.

Beverages such as juice, water, and soda will be provided at the party.

What does the underlined word mean?

You must eat nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables to stay healthy.

What does the underlined word mean?

My desk was messy and disorganized this morning, but now it is spotless.

Whatd does the underlined word mean?

Unlike Jack, who is polite, Alex was rude and bad-mannered.

What does the underlined word mean?

Which text structure best describes how this paragraph is written? Chocolate is a delicious treat enjoyed around the world. The chocolate making process contains many steps. First, the beans are harvested from the cacao trees. After that, they are set in the sun to dry and then roasted. It’s important that in the next step they shell the beans before they are ground into a liquid. Lastly, sugar and flavoring are added before they prepare it to be sold.

Tells the order of events, listed steps, may include dates and times, timeline

No one knows the true origin of ice-cream, but the first published ice-cream recipe appears in “Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts,” a cook book that was printed in London in 1718. Sometime around 1832, an African American confectioner named Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes and invented a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented around 1874, but the real breakthrough may have been at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, when the American ice-cream cone was unveiled!

Which of these topics would be best written in compare and contrast text structure?

What are the two ways you can integrate evidence into your answer?

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well.

Which words help describe the setting?

After your teacher tells you and your classmates a funny story about her first time riding a roller coaster, your classmate draws a comic strip about the event. The comic strip is...

Is this a firsthand or secondhand account?

"During the dust storm, I could not breathe or see my house."