End of Course Reading Review Extravaganza

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End of Course Reading ReviewExtravaganza!
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Context Clues -

• Sometimes while you read, you find words that you
  dont know the meaning of.
• It is your job to use the words you DO know to
  figure out the words you DONT know.
• These clues are called context clues.
• Sometimes the clues are in another sentence or
  even a different paragraph!

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Can you find a synonym for the word honor?

• An honor such as Best in Show doesnt come
  easily. A dog must train for years to win this
  award.

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Can you find an antonym for the word narrow?

• The river looks narrow, but if you try swimming
  across it, youll see just how wide it is!

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Can you find an explanation of the word meteor?

• Chelsea saw a meteor streak across the sky. She
  wondered how a bit of rock falling through the
  atmosphere could shine so brightly.

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Can you find an example that helps explain the
meaning of the word gouda?

• What kind of cheese do you want on your burger?
  Dad asked. Will gouda be okay?

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Figurative Language

• Figurative language is an expression. The author
  writes one thing, but means another. You can
  often figure out what the author means by reading
  the sentences before and after the figurative
  language.

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What is the figurative language below?

• Naomi felt bad. She had to whisper when she
  talked because she had a frog in her throat. She
  hoped that her throat would feel better soon.

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What does the author really mean?

• Naomi felt bad. She had to whisper when she
  talked because she had a frog in her throat. She
  hoped that her throat would feel better soon.

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Using prefixes and suffixes

• Knowing the meanings of prefixes and suffixes can
  help you decode other words.
• A prefix is a group of letters before a word.
• A suffix is a group of letters that follows a
  word.
• Prefixes and suffixes change old words into new
  words.

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What is the meaning of the underlined word below?

• Mom had to retake the pictures because my little
  sister had turned her head.

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What is the meaning of the underlined word below?

• Timothy is helpful and feeds the cat each day.

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Multiple Meaning Words

• Some words have more than one meaning. Look at
  the other words for clues to which meaning is
  being used.

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What does the word fair mean in the sentence
below?

• The two men agreed the price was fair.
• fair \fer\ adjective 1. just 2. following or
  observing rules 3. pleasing to the eye 4.
  adequate or enough
• Meaning 1
• Meaning 2
• Meaning 3
• Meaning 4

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What does the word fair mean in the sentence
below?

• The boys entered the relay race both knowing the
  competition would be fair.
• fair \fer\ adjective 1. just 2. following or
  observing rules 3. pleasing to the eye 4.
  adequate or enough
• Meaning 1
• Meaning 2
• Meaning 3
• Meaning 4

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Main Idea

• The main idea of a story answers the question
  What is the story mostly about?
• Sometimes the main idea is clearly stated.
• Sometimes we have to use clues.

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Important details

• Important details in a story work together with
  the main idea. The details tell more about the
  main idea. They tell who, what, when, where,
  why, and how.

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Summary

• A summary restates the main idea and the most
  important details and tells how they are
  connected.
• A good summary tells what the whole story is
  about.

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Ray and the Campfire

• Back off guys, Ray pleaded. I need room to
  build this campfire. Ray felt nervous enough
  without everyone crowding around him. As the sun
  set behind the canyon walls, Ray had to start a
  campfire without matches. Only then could he get
  the Campmaster patch that he had been working on.
  He carefully placed dry leaves into a pile.
  Then he used his flint to make sparks. At first
  nothing happened, but then the pile began to
  smoke. Ray blew gently into the pile and tiny
  flames began to grow. He sat back on his heels,
  relieved. He now knew that he would receive his
  Campmaster badge.

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What is the main idea?

• Ask yourselves, What are all of the sentences
  working together to tell me?

discuss
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The Main Idea

• A boy must start a fire without matches.

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What are the important details in Rays
Campfire?
discuss
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Important details

• Who
• What
• When
• Where
• Why
• How

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Tell me the summary of Rays Campfire
discuss
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Summary of Rays Campfire

• Ray must build a campfire in order to earn his
  Campmaster patch. He is nervous about failing
  but follows the steps. Then he feels proud.

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What are characters?
discuss
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Characters are people or animals in stories.
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Waiting to Begin

• Norah held her breath as she stood behind the
  curtain. She hardly noticed the other dancers.
  All she could think about was her grandparents
  sitting in the audience. She had been dancing
  for three years now, but this was the first
  recital that they had been to. That they hadnt
  come before made Norah sad, but she had
  understood. It cost a lot to fly from the state
  where they lived. Now she was so excited and
  happy to have them there. She heard the audience
  stop talking and knew that the houselights had
  gone down. Norah stood tall and watched the
  curtains rise. Somehow she knew that she would
  dance better than ever because her grandparents
  were watching.

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What is Norah like?
discuss
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What is Norah like?

• She loves to dance and enjoys performing.
• She is very confident.

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How does she feel?
discuss
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How does she feel?

• She is happy that her grandparents are there to
  see her dance.
• She misses them because they live in another
  state.

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How can you tell?
discuss
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How can you tell?

• Norah is hardly aware that there are other
  dancers.
• She cant wait to dance.

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What is a plot?
discuss
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What is a plot?

• A plot is a series of events that happen in a
  story.
• The events are usually arranged around a conflict.

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What is a conflict?
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What is a conflict?

• A conflict is a problem that the characters have
  to solve.

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When more or more characters try to solve the
problem, events build up to a _________________.
discuss
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Conflict

• the most exciting part of the story
• the turning point of the story

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The resolution is where the ______________________
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the storys main problem is solved
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What is a setting?
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Setting is time and place.

• Ask yourself
• Where do the events in the story happen?
• When do the events in the story happen?

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Text structure

• Authors put events in a certain order like
• cause and effect
• chronology
• compare and contrast

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What is cause and effect?
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What is cause and effect?

• A cause is why something happens.
• An effect is what happens.

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What is chronology?
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What is chronology?

• Time-sequence order

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A Little Rain

• Jonathan looked nervously at the sky as he walked
  down the sidewalk toward his neighborhood park.
  When he woke up that morning, the day had been
  sunny, and he had been excited. Today was his
  best friends birthday. They were going to
  celebrate at the park. They were going to meet
  all of their friends from school. Black clouds
  were filling the sky. Then he felt big, cold
  drops of rain. Jonathan turned around and headed
  sadly back to his house.

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A Little Rain

• What is the cause?
• What is the effect?

discuss
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All the Ingredients

• Zach and his father looked at the recipe. It
  looks hard.
• Oh, its not bad. Just follow the steps one at
  a time, his father advised.
• First Zach got out all of the ingredients. Next
  he measured and mixed the flour, sugar,
  shortening, and baking powder. Then he rolled
  out the dough and cut it into round shapes.
  After ten minutes in the oven, the hot, fluffy
  biscuits were ready to eat.

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Chronology (time-sequence)

• What happens first?
• What happens after Zach rolls out the dough?
• What happens last?

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Chronology (time-sequence)

• What happens first? Zach reads the recipe and
  gets out what he needs.
• What happens after Zach rolls out the dough? He
  cuts it into round shapes.
• What happens last? The biscuits are baked and
  ready to eat.

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Representing Information in Different Ways

• An outline shows information from a story
• I. Langstons problem
• A. He lives in the country
• B. He has no friends close by
• II. Solution to Langstons problem
• A. Moves in with Auntie and Uncle Reed
• B. He loves to write stories and
  poetry

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What is this?
discuss
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What is it used for?
discuss
Venn Diagram
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Authors purpose

• Define

discuss
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Authors purpose is why the story was written

• To entertain
• To inform
• To explain
• To persuade
• To describe

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What is an authors point of view?
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What is an authors point of view?

• The way a person sees something.

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Drawing Conclusions
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Drawing Conclusions

• What you do when you figure out things even when
  you dont have all of the information.
• You have to put one part of the story together
  with another part.

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A Trip

• I couldnt get one more fishing lure into this
  box if I tried, grunted Dad, pushing the lid
  closed. Okay, he said, the car is full of
  gas, the cooler is full of ice I think we are
  finally ready to go. We piled into the car
  among the tents and sleeping bags, excited and
  happy.

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What conclusion can you draw?
discuss
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How do you know?
discuss
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What is a fact?
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What is a fact?

• A fact can be proven to be true.

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What is an opinion?
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What is an opinion?

• An opinion is what somebody thinks, believes, or
  feels.

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Fact or opinion?

• You have to think too hard to play checkers.

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Fact or opinion?

• That checkerboard had 64 squares.

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Fact or opinion?

• Winning at checkers is easy.

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Fact or opinion?

• Jammin Juice contains 100 of your daily vitamin
  C.

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Fact or Opinion?

• Jammin juice tastes great.

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What is a prediction?
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A prediction is-

• Thinking about what might happen.
• Read the next passage and make a prediction.

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Morning Surprise

• When Javier went into the bathroom to brush his
  teeth, he saw a note in his mothers handwriting
  taped to the mirror. Come to the kitchen, it
  read. Curious, Javier pulled the note off the
  mirror and headed downstairs. On the table he
  saw another note taped to a dog leash. Better
  bring this leash to the backyard, read the note.
  Javiers heart gave a leap. When he got to the
  door, another note said, What are you going to
  call him?

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What conclusion can you draw?
discuss
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Patterns of Organization

• Authors organize the information in their stories
  in specific ways.
• They arrange their ideas in a pattern.
• Time sequence/Chronology
• Cause and Effect

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Good Morning

• Hannahs alarm went off at 630, and she sat up
  sleepily. Better hurry, she thought, rubbing
  her eyes. I only have a half an hour until the
  school bus gets here. First Hannah made her
  bed. Next she chose her clothes and got dressed.
  After brushing her hair and teeth, Hannah joined
  her mother for a quick breakfast. Finally she
  said good-bye to her mother, grabbed her
  backpack, and headed for the bus stop?

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How was that piece organized?
discuss
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A Not-so-Good Morning

• Hannahs alarm had gone off twice, but she had
  hit the snooze button several times. She was
  still sleepy form staying up the night before.
  Her mom knocked on the door and said, Hannah!
  Hannah! Wake up! Youve overslept and the school
  bus will be here in 10 minutes! Hannah sat up
  in a panic! She threw on her clothes, left her
  room in a mess, and ran to the kitchen. A glass
  of milk was all she had time for. Once she was
  on the bus, she realized that she had forgotten
  her homework.

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How was that piece organized?
discuss
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Caring for Cats and Dogs

• Cats do not need to be taken on walks, but dogs
  do. Dogs need to take a walk every day to stay
  fit and healthy. Cats clean themselves and
  seldom need a bath. Dogs, on the other hand,
  need a bath once a week, and they usually dont
  enjoy it. They both love to be petted and talked
  to.

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How is this piece organized?
discuss