Homework for this Thursday, tonight GWB 116,118,120
We will be reviewing for our exam next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during class. Students will recieve the following study guide on 12/5/14
6th Grade ELA Study Guide
1. RI6.8- you will be making an inference about a 5 paragraph essay and a diagram
2 RI 6.2 you will be asked to choose the best summary for the same essay
3 RL6.9 you will be asked to contrast 2 characters in a short story
4 RL6.2 you will be asked to give the main idea of the same short story in #3
5 RI6.1 you will be asked to read an essay about birds and make inferences about the birds
6 RI6.8 & 6.1 you will be asked to use the information in the essay to do a simple math problem
7 RI6.6 you will be asked to determine the author’s purpose for writing the same essay
8 RI6.2 you will be asked to determine the main idea of one of the paragraphs for the same essay.
9 RL6.1 you will read a brief personal narrative and infer what activity the author is describing.
10 RL 6.6 you will be asked to go back in the same passage and identify a detail.
11 RL 6.6 you will make an inference about the narrator of the passage.
12, 13, 14, RI 6.7 you will be asked to answer questions about a menu
15 RL 6.1 you will be asked to read a myth and answer a detail question about a character
16, 17, 18, 19 RL 6.3 from the same myth you will make inferences about a character’s motivation for his or her actions.
20, 21, 22 RL6.2 you will be asked to read a short story and (20), choose the sentence that tells what the story is about, (21) choose an alternate title, (22) choose the best summary statement.
23 RI6.1 you will be asked to read an informational passage and draw a conclusion about an animal.
24 R6.8 from the same passage you will be asked to identify facts from the passage
25, RI6.6 from the same passage, you will be asked to identify the author’s purpose for writing the passage
26 RI6.2 you will be asked to choose the sentence which best summarizes the passage
27, 28, 29 L6.1 you will be asked to choose the correct pronoun to fill in a blank in a sentence
30, 31, 32 L6.2 you will be asked to identify which word of four is misspelled
33, 34 L 6.4a you will be asked to determine the meaning of words from context clues
35, 36 L6.4b you will identify the meaning of a basic suffix and identify the root of a word
37 & 38 l6.5a you will choose the sentence which includes an example of personification
& 41 w6.1 and 6.2 you will be asked what details should be included in a paragraph and what details are off topic
W6.1 & 6.2 you will be asked to choose the correct conjunction or transition word to complete a sentence
42 W6.4 you will be asked to determine the purpose of a newspaper article
Inference:
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Summary:
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Compare & Contrast:
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Main Idea:
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Author’s Purpose:
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Details:
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Draw Conclusions:
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Imagery:
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Nouns:
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Pronouns:
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Prepositions:
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Context Clues:
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Root Words:
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Prefixes:
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Suffixes:
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Personification:
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Metaphor:
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Simile:
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Denotation:
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Connotation:
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Conjunctions:
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Transition Words:
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Purpose for Writing
To Inform:
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To Persuade:
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To Entertain:
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