WorksheetsKC G5/6 Main Important Terms
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is a glossary?
A glossary is a list of words with their definitions.
A glossary is a list of recipes for cooking food.
Where is "glossary of important terms" located?
It's not there.
It's not here.
It's in the back of the LAW Book!
What does the word "terms" mean?
It means therms...
It means worms...
It means words!
What does cite mean?
Cite means to tell me WHERE you got the information. You can write the paragraph number.
Cite always means to copy directly from the book.
Cite means to always use your own words.
What does paraphrase mean?
Paraphrase means to copy.
Paraphrase means to use your own words. You take the PARAgraph and PARAphrase it.
Paraphrase means to tell me where you got your information.
What does analyze mean?
to make well-informed guesses based on prior knowledge
to look carefully at the details of something to understand its parts
to show how to or more things are different
Analyze means "to look carefully at the details of something to understand its parts" (LAW p. 28). Analysis is the noun form.
Which of the following looks like an analysis?
I predict that the character Rosetsu will try to give up but then be inspired by the carp.
The Carp is a legend because its character, Rosetsu, is a real person from history, and so is Kyoto's setting, but much of its plot is fictional.
I like the story The Carp.
I can learn the definition of a word by looking at a dictionary. What does the word "define" mean?
Define means to memorize the word. According to the LAW Book, define means to show how similar two things are.
Define means to give the definition of the word. According to the LAW Book, define means "to tell the exact meaning of a word or phrase" (LAW p. 28).
I like the story The Carp.
I can learn the definition of a word by looking at a dictionary. What does the word "define" mean?
Define means to memorize the word. According to the LAW Book, define means to show how similar two things are.
Define means to give the definition of the word. According to the LAW Book, define means "to tell the exact meaning of a word or phrase" (LAW p. 28).
I like the story The Carp.
Which of the following looks most like a prediction?
I think that if I eat that whole chocolate cake, I will be really sick.
I ate the whole chocolate cake, so I got really sick.
I wanted to be sick, so I ate the whole chocolate cake.
What do I do when I predict?
Based on what I know, I say what I think will happen next in the story.
I will guess without thinking about what will happen in the story.
I already know what will happen in the story because I have read it before.
What is a main idea?
It's the guess I make before I read.
It's the details that support the biggest idea.
A main idea is the most important idea of a piece of text.
What does the word "text" mean?
Words! Words! Words!
Birds! Birds! Birds!
Herds! Herds! Herds!
TEXT: A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false.
Which of the following does a good job quoting and citing from the text?
A fact is something that is true.
According to the LAW Book, "a fact is a statement that can be proven true or false" (p. 29).
A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false.
Proof is a synonym for evidence. They both mean facts or information that show something is true.
What is evidence?
Evidence is proof or information that supports an idea or claim.
Evidence is all the things that I can guess after reading.
Evidence is my own personal opinion.
Prove is the verb form of proof.
If I want to prove my claim (what I believe is true), what do I have to do?
I need to find information that supports my idea so I can show that my idea is true.
I need to say my opinion again and again until it becomes true.
I need to analyze my opinion to understand why I have that opinon.
What is a theme?
A theme is a central topic or idea explored in a story.
What is character development?
Character development is how the character grows and changes in the story.
What does summarize mean?
Summarize means to explain the main points of something briefly and clearly.
(brief means short)
Summarize means to explain everything in great detail.
Summarize means to make many predictions (good guesses) about the story.
Ah! So many hands! Those hands are supporting those blocks.
What does support mean?
Support means hold up. For us, it means to give reasons why something is true or important.
Support means to explain everything in great detail.
Support means to make many predictions (good guesses) about the story.
See those things holding up the bridge? Those are bridge supports.
What does support mean?
Support means hold up.
In class, it means to give reasons why something is true or important.
We hold up our idea with supporting evidence.
Support means to explain everything in great detail.
Support means to make many predictions (good guesses) about the story.
Wolves are the most interesting forest animals. They work together in packs to hunt. They have special howls to communicate. Ducks like to swim in the pond.
Which detail does not fit the main idea?
They work together in packs to hunt.
They have special howls to communicate.
Ducks like to swim in the pond.
What does it mean to "synthesize" information?
To copy information exactly as it is.
To find the main idea and supporting details.
To combine different pieces of information to create a new idea.
Read the two sentences below. Then, choose the sentence that best synthesizes (combines) the information from both sentences.
Penguins can swim very fast.
Penguins huddle together to stay warm.
Penguins huddle together and can swim very fast.
Penguins swim fast in cold water.
Penguins stay warm by swimming fast.
Read the two sentences below. Then, choose the sentence that best synthesizes the information from both sentences.
Penguins slide on their bellies to move quickly on ice.
Penguins catch fish to eat.
Penguins slide on their bellies and catch fish to eat.
Penguins move quickly on ice by catching fish.
Penguins slide on ice to eat fish.
Read the sentence below and choose the best inference.
Sentence: The grass was wet, and there were puddles on the ground.
It must have rained recently.
The world is ending.
It was a sunny day.
In a story, what is a climax?
The climax is the turning point in a story where the conflict reaches its peak.
(peak means top of the mountain)
What sentence sounds most like a story conflict?
Katya wants Pip, the rabbit, to love her, but Pip doesn't like Katya.
Brian learned that self-pity solves nothing.
Amalia's grandma teaches Amalia many things about Mexico.
What sentence sounds most like an explanation of character development?
Katya wants Pip, the rabbit, to love her, but Pip doesn't like Katya.
At first, Brian felt sorry for himself and cried, but after that, he learned that self-pity solves nothing and became good at solving his own problems.
Amalia's grandma teaches Amalia many things about Mexico.
What does it mean to "identify" something?
to find and name something
to ignore something
to make something up
Can you identify Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson?
The one in the middle is Dwayne.
The one on the left is Dwayne.
The one on the right is Dwayne.
Look at the picture of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. What can you infer about his mood from this picture?
I infer he is sad because he is frowning.
I infer he is happy because he is smiling.
I infer he is a dragon because he is breathing fire.
Look at the picture of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. What can you infer about his mood from this picture?
I infer he is sad because he is frowning and I can see he has spilled his birthday cake on his shirt.
I infer he is sad because I can guess without really looking at anything.
I infer he is a dragon because he is breathing fire.
In class, what two things do you need to infer?
My brain and my book!
My book and a milkshake!
My book and a ball!
What does it mean to "evaluate" something?
To describe something in detail.
To say the value or quality of something; to explain how good or bad something is and why
To copy something exactly as it is.
